Tag Archives: black and white

[Doodle] Nana Patekar (Ab Tak Chhappan) homage

Posted on May 4, 2010 by mohaps

One of my favorite crime movies (and a major inspiration for Mumbai Confidential) has been “Ab Tak Chhappan” (Translation: 56 Till now) . So this doodle is a homage to Encounter specialist Sadhu Agashe played by Nana Patekar. (Done from … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Mumbai Confidential, Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass, Writing | Tagged Ab Tak Chhappan, black and white, Bollywood, Crime Noir, digital art, Doodle, encounter cops, hardboiled, Mumbai Confidential, Nana Paterkar | 4 Comments

another doodle

Posted on April 17, 2010 by mohaps

continuing from here, here’s another one. drawn from photo reference of the actress Dia Mirza. Something in the face/composition of the photo inspired me. Share

Posted in Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass | Tagged actress, art, black and white, Bollywood, dia mirza, digital art, doodles | 2 Comments

Femme Fatale – Noir doodle

Posted on April 16, 2010 by mohaps

As you can see from my previous doodles, i love the stark b/w contrast based noir art. Mostly they have been tough guys with guns . So this time for a change I decided to draw the other noir staple, … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Saurav Mohapatra, Timepass | Tagged art, black and white, digital art, doodles, femme fatale, hardboiled, noir | 2 Comments

Mumbai Confidential Chapter 1 Preview posted online

Posted on December 28, 2009 by mohaps

Christmas came early this year. As promised, we are posting a preview of Chapter 1 of Mumbai Confidential Book 1 “Good Cop, Bad Cop“. NOTE: The preview requires Flash and on low b/w connections might take a bit of time … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Mumbai Confidential, Mumbai Confidential, New Releases, News, Previews, Saurav Mohapatra, Worklog, Writing | Tagged black and white, comic book, Comics, Crime Noir, encounter cops, Graphic Novel, hardboiled, Mumbai, Mumbai Confidential, online, preview, Saurav Mohapatra, vivek shinde | 1 Comment

More Toughguys with guns

Posted on December 11, 2009 by mohaps

I just can’t stop drawing these Share

Posted in Columns, Mumbai Confidential, Personal, Timepass, Worklog | Tagged black and white, digital art, gun, gunman, Mumbai Confidential, noir, Saurav Mohapatra, sin city, tough guy | 3 Comments

Artdump

Posted on December 6, 2009 by mohaps

Lately I have been experimenting with a minimal black and white style for hardboiled crime novels. As befits my limited artistic talent, I have been working off of photo references. Here are some of the pieces I have done in … Continue reading →