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I'm Talaka and I create stylized comics, concepts and illustrations!
I share my resume upon request.

i love edges, creatures and environmental storytelling.
art is all about creating problems that can only be solved creatively.director of several creative sonic community projects (primarily free release fanzines)
lead environment concept artist for The Uzujigoku Massacre

fanmade sonic webcomic since 2018, weekly page updates
this comic is a retelling of sonic unleashed; but with a major twist: sonic doesn't just absorb and use dark gaia's powers - he is seemingly turning into one of those creatures himself. racing time and his stubborn selflessness he fights to put the planet back together and stop doctor eggman's plans before it is too late.

concept & design

I'm a generalist that likes to dip his toes in all aspects of visual comunication between the medium and the consumer. Be it a game and its player, or a comic and its reader.
Translating complicated ideas into simple designs that ooze of essence is the most fulfilling challenge to me.

graduation project: game concepts for an existing ip

please check out the artstation post, as this is only a very small selection of all the stuff I made for this!
There's concepts for environments, level design, gameplay, creatures, box art.... all the good stuff!

SONIC PROJECT: HORIZON
Titans of the Starfall-Islands in Sonic Frontiers redesigned!
I was disappointed at the lack of greek myth inspired content in a Sonic game, so I took it into my own hands.please check out the full project here.---------------------beast of burden for fantasy universe.---------------------
creature design for a client ↓

CREATURES

concepts and designs for personal projects

Here are concepts for a speculative chao garden mobile game! many sonic fans are hoping for a game like this and here i'm showing my spin on the idea.Click on the project title for the artstation post with more content (which is simply too much to put it all here).

illustrations

BLUE TIDE
JULY 2024

23 page short comic released as digital pdf for free here.
This comic was made with the intent of print for personal use. A "print it yourself" version will release later this year.

The Heart of a Monster, 2018-Now

exemplatory excerpt: Issue 7 pages 19-23, Issue 9 pages 8-12

fan!webcomic about sonic the hedgehog that has been ongiong since 2018.
(not affiliated with sega or the official idw comics)Here I show some selected pages, for the full comic check the button below. (it is impossible to show all pages, as there are over 300 by now)

[CHOSEN ONE] 2023

short comic made for a digital artbook. the sales of this project went to charity.text is lyrics from semi-hero ending song of shadow the hedgehog (2005), chosen one by A2

Don't mess with the KING!
april 2022

8 page original short comic project done over the course of 4 weeks with 2 work days every week.
see more progress and background info in the artstation post!Would love to do more original projects like this.Some character design I did below.