About
Jason is an artist and animator based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with over 20 years of experience in the animation industry. Since graduating from Limkokwing Institute of Creative Technology in 2002, he has worked as an animator, illustrator, and character designer across a wide range of projects.
He’s a regular collaborator with London-based Flying Eye Books, having worked on two tie-in books for Hilda, the graphic novel series that became a Netflix original. Outside of animation, Jason is an avid plein-air watercolourist, often taking his paints outdoors to capture places and moments as he sees them. He also occasionally runs drawing and watercolour workshops, sharing his approach and experience with others.
Whether he’s working on animation, games, paintings, or graphic novels, Jason enjoys exploring visual storytelling and finding those little moments that can make a scene stick with you.
When he’s not drawing or painting, he enjoys making moody, ambient guitar music. He lives in Rimabyu with his wife, Gillian, and their dog, Malenia.
Selected Highlights
A few of the exhibitions, workshops, talks, and interviews Jason has been involved with include:
2026 — Exhibiting Artist, Comics Art Festival Kuala Lumpur X
2025 — Capturing Gestures of Moving People (Art Demo), Asia-Link Sketchwalk Phuket
2025 — Special Guest (Art Demo and Sharing), Comics Art Festival Kuala Lumpur 9
2025 — Inside the sketchbook of animator Jason Chan P.L., creativebloq.com
2021 — Jason Chan P.L on Hilda’s Book of Beasts and Spirits, Flying Eye Books
2018 — Kuala Lumpur in Colour : Urban Sketching in Watercolour and Ink, Graphite Issue 08
2017 — Sketchbook Exhibition (Featured Artist), The One Gallery