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[Doodle] Nana Patekar (Ab Tak Chhappan) homage

mohaps — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:43:41 +0000

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 a photo ref, from the publicity stills for the movie).

About Mumbai Confidential

Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer Saurav Mohapatra (DEVI, SADHU, MUMBAI MACGUFFIN, INDIA AUTHENTIC, JIMMY ZHINGCHAK) and artist Vivek Shinde (PROJECT: KALKI, SNAKEWOMAN) set in (of course!) the Indian city of Mumbai.

another doodle

mohaps — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:48:59 +0000

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.

Femme Fatale – Noir doodle

mohaps — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:34:32 +0000

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, a femme fatale. As usual this one is drawn from a photo reference.

Mumbai Confidential Chapter 1 Preview posted online

mohaps — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:52:26 +0000

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 to load

So we’ll be back in Jan with new exploration and never before seen concept art and some other goodies. The MC Team has always valued our fans and community and this is our christmas gift to you.

If you want to link to it :

http://www.mumbaiconfidential.com/preview/previewchapter-1/.

Also we’re on TWITTER and FACEBOOK too, so drop us a ping if you feel like it.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

About Mumbai Confidential

Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer Saurav Mohapatra (DEVI, SADHU, MUMBAI MACGUFFIN, INDIA AUTHENTIC, JIMMY ZHINGCHAK) and artist Vivek Shinde (PROJECT: KALKI, SNAKEWOMAN) set in (of course!) the Indian city of Mumbai.

More Toughguys with guns

mohaps — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:26:01 +0000

I just can’t stop drawing these

Artdump

mohaps — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:29:51 +0000

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 recent times.