Mumbai Confidential

What’s the best thing about working on MC? The awesome Vivek Shinde art drops, of course! :)

mohaps — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:44:28 +0000

We make no secret of the fact that Mumbai Confidential is a love song to the pulp crime / hard-boiled movies and books we love (both Indian and Foreign). So from time to time, when Vivek and I discuss the visual tone/feel of MC, the amazing Mr. Shinde dashes off some quick explorations. These may or may not have direct implications on the main story art, but they are damn cool to look at.

We’ve used old hindi movie posters like this one, pulp crime book covers etc. for inspiration to strike the correct balance between the classic pulpy hardboiled-ness and Vivek’s unique painted style in MC art.

Since Vivek has been overloading my awesome-ness sensors for a while now, I felt that the time has come to share with you some of those images.

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Digital Short #2 “MISSED CALL” – Work in Progress

mohaps — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:03:36 +0000

Artist Shounak Jog (India Authentic, Vargav) has picked up the script for Digital Short #2 MISSED CALL and sent in some WIP thumbs when I was away at SDCC.

Shounak has a great flowing style that I admire a lot (He did awesome work for India Authentic : GARUDA issue) and I, for one, am waiting eagerly to see what he does with the script. If the rough WIP thumbs below are any indication, we’re in for a visual treat.

Enjoy these while we wait for Shounak to finish the short, after which it shall be posted here. Meanwhile you can enjoy Sid Kotian’s work on Digital Short #1 REMASTER.

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Some Vivek Shinde awesomeness while I go off to SDCC 2010

mohaps — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:28:18 +0000

Today Vivek exploded my inbox with the sheer awesomeness of his artwork. In keeping with his painted style, he just knocked the visuals out of the park. If it were up to me, I’d dump the whole goddamned chapter over here. But I guess you’ve got to buy the book, to see it all.

So while I scoot off to San Diego for SDCC 2010, why don’t you already hold your jaw wide open (to save time) at the sneak peek below.

Click the image above for a hi-res version

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Sneak Peak

mohaps — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:09:35 +0000

Click. See and bask in the utter awesomeness of Vivek’s art

A sneak peek from the interior art for Mumbai Confidential vol 1 “GOOD COP, BAD COP” ( read the preview here )

and, ah, did I mention that the book features multiple art styles as executed by Vivek?

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First Digital Short is now online

mohaps — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:43:10 +0000

As has been mentioned before, there’s a series of digital short comics set in the Mumbai Confidential universe. So the first of these shorts called “REMASTER” (art by Siddharth Kotian) is now online.

MUMBAI CONFIDENTIAL Digital Shorts are a series of companion comics to the first book “GOOD COP, BAD COP” by various artists using the characters created by Saurav Mohapatra and Vivek Shinde. These shorts are set in the same “universe” as the main story. Though these are not required to follow the main book, they do enhance the backstory of GOOD COP, BAD COP.

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Digital Shorts on iPad test drive

mohaps — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:22:08 +0000

So we spoke about the Digital Shorts last time around and that they were designed to be viewed on devices like iPad, Kindle etc. So today we test drove the Digital Short #1 “REMASTER” (art by Sid Kotian) on the iPad.

As you can see, we chose the so-called “Zuda Format” for the digital shorts, because it is better for viewing on a digital reader (iPad, Kindle etc.)

And, even if I must say it myself, the results look damn freakin’ cool .

MC on iPad – the cover page

MC on iPad – random interior page

MC on iPad – random interior page

Who likes short shorts? :)

mohaps — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:53:15 +0000

Things are sort of humming on the art front after a lull and Vivek is busy churning out story pages. We always envisioned Mumbai Confidential as a universe rather than just one book (something like Ed Brubaker’s CRIMINAL or Frank Miller’s SIN CITY). So apart from the main book “GOOD COP, BAD COP”, there will be a series of digital shorts about characters, events outside of the book’s scope. Reading these shorts isn’t mandatory to enjoy the book, but they do enhance the backstory.

First digital short is pencilled, inked, lettered and ready. We’ll be releasing it soon on the website. The art is by Sid Kotian (DEVI, EAT THE DEAD, RAMAYAN RELOADED, THE STRANDED). So keep your eyes peeled for that. The shorts will also be available for other digital readers like iPhone, iPad and Kindle.

Ah, and before I forget — a new one sheeter for MC.

Another Teaser

mohaps — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:36:15 +0000

Following up on teaser I posted earlier, here’s another one done with a slightly more “euro” style. The images used are from interior art by Vivek. As usual, your comments/crits are most welcome.

Also in other news, good things are happening vis-a-vis MC in a medium other than comic books , more on that when we are allowed to share.

Teaser Poster

mohaps — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:23:02 +0000

While Vivek is moving on with the artwork, I decided to play around with some of his explorations for a teaser poster.

What do you think?

[Art Dump] Explorations

mohaps — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:37:00 +0000

Some new exploration / character sheets.