12″ vinyl sleeve design for foward thinking dubstep label Deepmedi Records
I was asked to design the sleeve featuring a sadhu in a transcending meditative pose for this double vinyl EP from V.I.V.E.K

The tracks are dark & subtle with deep base, space and texture laced all over.

Heres how the cover artwork developed:

Initial sadhu sketch

Edited and digitally painted + devi lamps

Stars / Cosmic background detail

Spine aged texture

Recommended typography and layout – Click image to view larger or cilc here

Labels 1 and 2 of 4
The labels were eventually changed to the generic Deepmedi labels to keep inline with the record label.

Final edited sleeve 

You can here the rest of the tracks > Here

If you into your dubstep then also check out the beautiful Natural Mystic previously featured on the Cabein Blog.

> www.myspace.com/vivek321
> www.deepmedi.com

Following from”Outlaw” comes “Fray” taken from the album “Phasmatis In Machina” out on Shiva Soundsystem Recordings.

You can view some of the artwork for the physical album Phasmatis In Machina on the Cabein site > Click here

Hip Hop meets snarling Metal

Director – Shaft Uddin
DOP – Kwami
Post Production – Kooch Chung
Art Direction – Kunal Anand @ Cabein
Make up – Becky Perkins
Producer – Nerm

Featuring: Jenna G, Huw Stephens, DJ Kayper + Nathan “Flutebox” Lee

Cast: Nina Hunjan, Elio D’Anna Jr, Pravvy Prav, Silent Source, D-Code, Nerm, Bambooclart, Kunal Anand, Roshani Hewa, Ravneet Dhanjal, Natashca Nanji, Nellie Hamid, Matilde Ramos Pinto, Reju Sharma, Rupa Bhatti, Kam Bagri Dhanjal, Ed Nattrass, Amrita Singh, Lesh Thapar

And heres the making of, shot by Laura Taflinger

The International Network for Training, Education and Research in Burns is a non-profit, independent organisation with collaborating centres currently in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Wales.

Interburns was founded informally in 2006 by three Surgeons. Tom Potokar (Wales, UK), Shobha Chamania (Indore, India) and Shariq Ali (Karachi , Pakistan). In 2007, they decided to formalise their passion for the cause of burn injuries worldwide and in January 2008, Interburns was incorporated as a UK registered charity, which led to an active partnership between the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, UK, Choithram Surgical Research Burns Centre, Indore, India, and Dow University Medical College Burn Unit, Karachi, Pakistan. This core group quickly inspired other international health-care professionals to become involved in the vision.

I designed Interburns first annual report, a 27 page document with the aim to help Interburns raise awareness and funds through donations and as an internal guide to chart the charities progress.

Written and complied by Ruthann Fanstone
Photography by Nathan West & Junaed Rahman

You can view a PDF version of the document 
> Here

Bang Bang Films is a Bombay-based commercials production company that is dedicated to the internationalization of the Indian media & entertainment sectors. With a global pool of directorial, artistic and technical resources, both exclusive and freelance, Bang Bang is India’s international production company, servicing top-tier agencies and blue chip clients in markets across the world.

You can view some of their work here
> Bang Bang Films – Production Showreel

I was asked to design the front-end of the companies new flash website. The initial concept was developed by Bang Bang Films with the site starting with a game and flowing into the main site. I provided screen-grabs and elements for animation while Bang Bang Films built and animated the final site.

Initial development

A few research images for the cityscape. A mixture of Bombay Gothic, contemporary architecture and the newly built Worli Sea Link

Vehicle designs

Full cityscape – Click image to view full size

Screen-grabs :
Opening load page  for the game

Dodging traffic

Game Over

After the game the rickshaw drives into the city toward the Bang Bang Films offices …

Navigation and content

The site is not 100% what i spec’ed, as the animation and build appears to have been done by blinksolution
A shame really, as it could have been much slicker.

> http://www.bangbang-films.com

For  Il Bottaccio

The Cabein site has had a major update. Reshot all the pieces on a sexy Canon EOS 1000D.

The sites been scaled back with just a few key projects but the old site will still be online under Archive.

Check it out and let me know what you think?

The Shop will be opening soon as well, just need to get the page finished.

Really happy with the way these have come out. Vibrant colours and deep blacks..yummy…

The Reaper will be available on the Cabein Shop by the end of this month.

The video for the forthcoming track “Outlaw”. Remixes coming soon.

Taken from the album “Phasmatis In Machina” out on Shiva Soundsystem Recordings, Sept 14th.

Directed by Shaft Uddin – www.silentcity.co.uk
Art Direction by Kunal Anand @ Cabein
Produced by Nerm

Photography by RJ Fernandez edited by Cabein

I recently finished an annual report for ASTI (Acid Surviovor Trust International). A great charity doing some amazing work helping victims of acid violence around the globe to overcome the trauma and get back on their feet.  The lives and faces rebuilt after acid attacks..

> Telegraph Article

> View PDF version