WAKA
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</image> <group collapse="open"> <header>Bio</header> <label>Born</label> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Years active</label> </group> </infobox> WAKA, whose full name is Takayuki Isobe (磯部孝幸), was a concept designer & director for the Little Tail Bronx series. His most notable work was for Solatorobo: Red the Hunter and Mamoru-kun, with his last works as a CC2 concept artist being for Fuga: Melodies of Steel in its earliest stage of development. Some of his art was also featured in CyberConnect2's Kemono Magazine. WAKA utilized two distinctive art styles while working for CC2, one that was more painterly & sharp and another more simplistic style with an emphasis on rounded features. Most of his artwork was done digitally though traditional pencil sketches can be found throughout the Little Tail Bronx Archives series of art books. While he would draw anthropomorphic characters with anatomically-correct or simpler rounded muzzles, the majority of them were much more human-like when it came to facial features. Where WAKA is currently hired is unknown. All of his social media has been closed.
Works Participated
Mamoru-kun
- Concept art
- Character design
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
- Director
- Concept art
- Character design
Solatorobon
- Guest artist
Solatorobo Fan Book Complete Collection
- Short doujin/manga
Little Tail Story
- Lead artist
The Art of Tail Concerto: Little Tail Bronx Archives
- New world-building material
- New character designs
- New concept art for existing designs
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
- Concept art (for first 11 children)