ANNIE TRAN
Artist/Animator
Ongoing Projects
Gline (In Development)
Animator/Pixel Artist/Concept Artist
Kaze Sora Studios is an indie game development studio based in Tokyo, Japan, with team members worldwide. We are currently working on Gline, a 2D retro monster-collecting RPG inspired by monster-catching games.
Contributed Work (Click Me!):
- Character, Environmental Prop and Monster pixel art
- 2D Creature and UI Design Concept art
- Pixel animation for monsters
June 2023 - Present
Gline (In Development)
Animator/Pixel Artist/Concept Artist
Kaze Sora Studios is an indie game development studio based in Tokyo, Japan, with team members worldwide. We are currently working on Gline, a 2D retro monster-collecting RPG inspired by monster-catching games.
Contributed Work (Click Me!):
- Character, Environmental Prop and Monster pixel art
- 2D Creature and UI Design Concept art
- Pixel animation for monsters
June 2023 - Present
WaxHeart (In Development)
3D Environment Artist
WaxHeart is an atmospheric horror 3D platformer where you play as a wax boy with a lantern for a heart, journeying through a dark, ruined world in search of his lost memory. It’s an adventure set in a sunless world filled with monsters and mysteries. The light from your lantern-heart helps you find your way through the darkness, but also alerts monsters of your presence. As you explore, you will discover the cruel fate of the world, and the role you play in it.
Contributed Work (Click Me!):
- Set dressing environments with props, fog and lighting to add more depth and immersion to different traversable areas
- 3D modeled environmental props
- Assistant 3D Environmental Lead Between May 2025 - January 2026
September 2023 - Hiatus
Cold Bloods (In Development)
Main Colorist
COLD BLOODS, is an independent self-publishing comic series later to be available on Webtoons, Tapas, and print. It is an Action/ Comedy-adventure with hints of mature content which tells the story about a rogue mob boss Josie Ventura getting mixed up with authorities within the drug trade. He is granted immunity by tagging along on insane missions to help rid the ultimate threat in the NA drug market. Stay tune for these wacko adventures about a corrupt cop, a cocky smuggler and guns for hire on both sides.
Contributed Work (Click Me!):
- Main colorist and renderer for the comic series.
March 2023 - Present
Completed Projects
Cold Bloods (In Development)
Main Colorist
COLD BLOODS, is an independent self-publishing comic series later to be available on Webtoons, Tapas, and print. It is an Action/ Comedy-adventure with hints of mature content which tells the story about a rogue mob boss Josie Ventura getting mixed up with authorities within the drug trade. He is granted immunity by tagging along on insane missions to help rid the ultimate threat in the NA drug market. Stay tune for these wacko adventures about a corrupt cop, a cocky smuggler and guns for hire on both sides.
Contributed Work (Click Me!):
- Main colorist and renderer for the comic series.
March 2023 - Present
Comic Artist/Sound Designer/Music Producer
I Knead Those Biscuits!
August 2025
"It was a quiet day at the Biscuit Bakery... Until the Mob Dogs show up and threaten your very establishment! You'll need to make the best biscuits possible to keep the customers coming, and the cash flowing.
While baking, you'll need to balance the risk between getting high scores and sacrificing the flavor ratio of your Biscuits. Do this well, and you might just be able to save your biscuits. After all, you'll be kneading them!
Made as part of the 2 weeks long Brackey's 2025.2 Game Jam: Risk it for the Biscuit!"
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- Comic Writer and Artist
- SFX and Music Producer
Doki N' Dragoons
Pixel Artist
"Doki has a special request of you. She wants you to hatch a dragoon and take care of it until it's fully grown. Think you can manage?
Feed, clean, and train your dragoon as it transforms over the span of 10 days.
Submission for Doki Jam 2025."
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- Pixel Artist for all Dragoon Sprites
- Pixel Animator for all Dragoon Sprites
August 2025
Sorelle
3D Modelor/Concept Artist
Sorelle, a USC student-led game, is a 3D, 3rd-person Action/Adventure/Exploration game where you play as three sisters who gain magical abilities by helping the residents of a seaside Sicilian town prepare for the annual summer festival.
Contributed Work (Click Me!):
- 3D models (UV unwrapped, textured) for one of the main sisters Capri + grandparent Nonno (UV unwrapped, textured) + Baker Felicia (UV unwrapped, textured)
- 3D environment prop of the Cathedral's stained glass
- Concept art for floor/wall tiling and the Cathedral stained glass.
June 2023 - May 2024
Sorelle
3D Modelor/Concept Artist
Sorelle, a USC student-led game, is a 3D, 3rd-person Action/Adventure/Exploration game where you play as three sisters who gain magical abilities by helping the residents of a seaside Sicilian town prepare for the annual summer festival.
Contributed Work (Click Me!):
- 3D models (UV unwrapped, textured) for one of the main sisters Capri + grandparent Nonno (UV unwrapped, textured) + Baker Felicia (UV unwrapped, textured)
- 3D environment prop of the Cathedral's stained glass
- Concept art for floor/wall tiling and the Cathedral stained glass.
June 2023 - May 2024
Donut of Discord
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Animator/Concept/Colorist/Sound Editor
3-minute animated short film created alongside Denisse Hernández, Ivan Dela Cruz, Hanhi Kim, and Gerardo Palomo. The music was composed by Cameron Westmoreland. Featured in KCET's Fine Cut: I've Got This, Season 23 Episode 5. Aired on KCET (ch. 28), Link TV (Dish Network ch. 9410), and DirecTV (ch. 375). Awarded several different accolades.
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- Concept work for the cop and grandma character design.
- Animations for all cop scenes and truck scene.
- Colorist for all backgrounds and assisted in additional character animation coloring.
- Post-edited and added sfx for everything except music.
May 2022
