✦ Open for new projects — Q3 2026 ✦
Where ideas get shipped
Bhatkal → World

the studiofor web3, apps& video*

Fullstack web apps and Ethereum tooling, brand systems and event identity, motion and video. Engineering and design from one desk — clean code, sharp visuals, and work that actually ships.

*no bloat. no middlemen. just shipped.

Fullstack DevWeb3 BuilderVideo EditorGraphic DesignerEst. 2022Fullstack DevWeb3 BuilderVideo EditorGraphic DesignerBhatkal → World

⚡ Welcome to Tatsuik

For The Ambitious, The Deadline-Driven And The Detail Obsessed.

Helping founders and teams simplify the journey from idea to launch — one clean commit and one crisp frame at a time.

Digital heist poster design

Web3 & Ethereum Infra

Smart contracts, tooling and infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem. Building in the trenches since 2022 — audited patterns, gas-aware code, no vaporware.

Build on-chain
MIT post design

Fullstack Web Apps

Next.js, TypeScript and Postgres apps that scale. Say goodbye to spaghetti and hello to clean architecture, fast load times and CI that stays green.

Ship an app
Animanga quiz and cosplay poster designed for Grey Matter

Graphic Design & Branding

Logos, brand systems, event identity, merch and social creatives. Real receipts: Grey Matter, CSI, VISTA, Taaleem and Incridea all run on identity work built here.

See the design work
End of Beginning cover artwork designed for VISTA

Motion & Video

After Effects and Premiere Pro — teaser videos, reels, event promos and title sequences. Story first, transitions second, delivered cut and colour-graded.

Roll the tape

✦ Design portfolio

the poster wall

Event identity, key art and social creatives for Grey Matter, VISTA, Taaleem, Incridea and CSI. Hover to pause.

Animanga event poster
Barbarika poster (English)
Pop Tamasha poster
Digital Heist poster
The General Quiz poster
Grey Matter recruitment poster
End of Beginning artwork
Point Blank poster
Roadies poster
DAMN poster
Grey Matter MUN DISEC poster
MIT Manipal alumni campaign poster

selected pieces, with the brief

Barbarika — Stage production key art for the Aikya cultural showcase, released in English and Kannada cuts.

Taaleem

Barbarika

Stage production key art for the Aikya cultural showcase, released in English and Kannada cuts.

26 April 2025

Digital Heist — Cyberpunk event identity for the flagship tech fest — poster, social cutdowns and on-stage screens.

Incridea · NMAMIT

Digital Heist

Cyberpunk event identity for the flagship tech fest — poster, social cutdowns and on-stage screens.

Feb 27 – Mar 1

Animanga — Quiz & Cosplay — Anime quiz and cosplay night. Silhouette-led composition so the cast reads instantly at thumbnail size.

Grey Matter

Animanga — Quiz & Cosplay

Anime quiz and cosplay night. Silhouette-led composition so the cast reads instantly at thumbnail size.

April 5 · Shambhavi Hall

End of Beginning — Album-style cover artwork for the multimedia club's send-off showcase.

VISTA · NMAMIT

End of Beginning

Album-style cover artwork for the multimedia club's send-off showcase.

Cover artwork

Pop Tamasha — Retro collage identity — halftone, tape and newsprint textures against a sunburst field.

VISTA · NMAMIT

Pop Tamasha

Retro collage identity — halftone, tape and newsprint textures against a sunburst field.

April 12 · Phalguni Hall

(Niche)zche — The General Quiz — Pun-driven quiz identity. Inverted portrait and torn-paper masthead built for a scroll-stopping feed.

Grey Matter

(Niche)zche — The General Quiz

Pun-driven quiz identity. Inverted portrait and torn-paper masthead built for a scroll-stopping feed.

General quiz series

Let's look at the receipts

projects, real ones.

A few things we've built — some live, some shipped for clients, all real.

📊

Ethereum tooling

EIPs Insightlive ↗

Interactive Ethereum dashboard for exploring EIPs/ERCs — live sprint tracking, editor leaderboards, automated GitHub pipelines and a glassmorphism redesign.

  • Next.js
  • Web3
  • MongoDB
🕹️

Realtime multiplayer

Stone Cold Scissors

Retro arcade Rock Paper Scissors esports platform with real-time multiplayer, a lobby system, Best-of-5 rounds and spectator reactions.

  • Socket.io
  • Next.js 15
  • Prisma
🎓

On-chain credentials

ETH Ed

Web3-powered LMS with NFT credentials and SIWE auth. Students earn on-chain proof of course completion — no central authority.

  • Ethereum
  • SIWE
  • Next.js
🌐

Automation pipeline

Multilingual Ghost CMS

Automated translation pipeline using n8n and the DeepL API. New content gets translated and published across languages with zero manual effort.

  • n8n
  • DeepL
  • Ghost
🐾

Community platform

StrayMate

A platform for stray animal welfare — report sightings, coordinate rescues and connect feeders with local volunteers instead of scattered WhatsApp groups.

  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Maps
🧑‍🏫

AI for education

Classroom Co-Teacher AI

An AI teaching assistant that sits alongside the instructor — generates lesson scaffolding, fields student questions during class and flags where the room is falling behind.

  • LLM
  • Next.js
  • RAG
📦

Logistics tooling

WebWay / DeliverZip

Delivery and routing tooling built to take the guesswork out of last-mile dispatch — route planning, live status and a dashboard that non-technical staff can actually run.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • REST
🧠

Hackathon build

Mental Health App

Built under hackathon time pressure: mood tracking, journaling and low-friction check-ins designed so someone having a bad day only has to tap twice.

  • React Native
  • Firebase
  • Hackathon

Who we are

we empower ideas
& embrace their visions.

A Rare Combination: Systems Engineer And Visual Communicator, In One Person.

Most studios make you choose. Hire an engineer and the work ships but looks generic; hire a designer and it looks sharp but someone else has to build it. Tatsuik exists because that handoff is where projects lose their edge.

Founded by Dhanush Naik — B.Tech Computer Science at NMAMIT (2022–2026), building in the Ethereum ecosystem since 2022, and simultaneously running design and multimedia for college fests and clubs. The same hands that write the smart contract cut the teaser video.

That intersection is the whole pitch. Architecture decisions made with a designer's eye, brand systems made with an engineer's rigour. Lean, remote-first, no middlemen — direct collaboration from Bhatkal to wherever you are.

  • B.Tech CS · NMAMIT ’22–’26
  • Building since 2022
  • Remote-first · IST
  • Bhatkal, Karnataka
🪩
Dhanush Naik, founder of Tatsuik
Dhanush Naik — Founder · Fullstack & Web3

Leadership & community

not just freelance work

Four years of running design and web for student bodies — which means deadlines set by other people, committees to align, and work that had to hold up in front of a few thousand attendees.

01

Web Editor Head

CSI — Computer Society of India

Ran the chapter's web presence end to end — site updates, event pages and the digital side of every campus tech event.

02

Graphic Committee Head

Grey Matter

Led the design committee for the quizzing and debate society. Set the visual language across quiz nights, MUNs and recruitment drives.

03

Social Media Co-Lead

Taaleem

Co-led social for the cultural body — campaign planning, creative direction and the poster-to-post pipeline for stage productions.

04

Multimedia

VISTA — Multimedia Club

Cover artwork, event identity and video for the multimedia club, including the Pop Tamasha and End of Beginning showcases.

The toolbox

boring tech, exciting results.

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Bun
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
  • MongoDB
  • JavaScript
  • + Solidity · Ethers · Wagmi · AE · Premiere

Availability & pricing

what it costs to work together

Next slot: Q3 20261 retainer slot open
Most common

Retainer

from $500/ month

Ongoing design, development or both. Weekly shipping cadence, a standing slot in the schedule, and priority on anything urgent.

  • Ships weekly
  • Rolling scope
  • Priority response

Project

quotedon request

A defined build with a defined end. We scope it together, agree deliverables and a price up front, then execute against it.

  • MVPs in 2–4 weeks
  • Fixed deliverables
  • Milestone billing

Design or Video only

2 weeksminimum

Standalone brand, poster, motion or edit work without the engineering. Same standard, smaller surface area.

  • Brand & identity
  • Posters & social
  • Reels & promos

All figures in USD · GST/invoicing available · Response within 24h

FAQ

before we get to work

The things people usually ask. We empower ideas & embrace their visions — here's the fine print.

What do you actually build?+

Fullstack web apps, Web3/Ethereum tooling, brand design, and video. If it needs to be built or look good, it's in scope.

How do engagements work?+

Monthly retainer or project-based. We scope it, agree on deliverables, you get clean work on time.

How fast is fast?+

MVPs in 2–4 weeks. Retainer work ships weekly.

Do you take design-only or video-only work?+

Yes — minimum 2-week engagement.

Where are you based?+

Bhatkal, Karnataka. Fully remote, IST timezone, flexible overlap with EU and US.

Before you close this tab

ready to ship
something great?

Open to freelance contracts, Web3 projects, and interesting problems. We move fast — response within 24 hours, direct with the people who'll build it.

dhanush@tatsuik.com · tatsuik.eth · Bhatkal, Karnataka