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I'm Talaka and I create stylized comics, concepts and illustrations!

I share my resume upon request.

simplicity is my jam, so long as within that simplicity is an abundance of detail that keeps the eyes busy, finding small things that invoke the satisfaction of finding a little treasure.i have great interest in all natural sciences, paleonthology, history and anthropology. it's just very exciting to understand and get to know the world we live in.

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

concept art 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

The Heart of a Monster, 2018-Now

exemplatory excerpt: Issue 7 Pages 17-23

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.

belonging
may 2022

short comic made for a digital artbook. the sales of this project went to charity.the theme of the project was "core"i tried to play around with layouts and narrative tools