Tag Archives: hardboiled

A Behind the scenes look at the Mumbai Confidential art process

Posted on August 11, 2010 by mohaps

I’ve posted a behind the scenes look at how Vivek Shinde develops the painted look of Mumbai Confidential. Read the post at Mumbai Confidential website. About Mumbai Confidential Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Confidential teaser posters

Posted on June 9, 2010 by mohaps

We now have some teaser posters for Mumbai Confidential. Click on the images to see details or head on over to the Mumbai Confidential site. About Mumbai Confidential Mumbai Confidential is a crime noir comic book series created by writer … Continue reading →

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[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 →

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New sketch

Posted on April 23, 2010 by mohaps

guess what? another b/w doodle. drawn from photo ref of Koena Mitra Share

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Femme Fatale doodle redux

Posted on April 18, 2010 by mohaps

After trying out a couple of stark/high contrast b/w drawings (this and this), this time decided to play with some color and textures. Share

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Mumbai Confidential cover

Posted on October 10, 2009 by mohaps

Cross-posting from Mumbai Confidential 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!) … Continue reading →

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Mumbai Confidential cover

Posted on August 25, 2009 by mohaps

So here’s a cover mockup for Mumbai Confidential 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) … Continue reading →

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