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Karthik has been wanting to tell his story for some time, Chapter 1 was exhibited and he was looking for someone to take up the task of Chapter 2. It was interesting to collaborate with a fellow designer on a none commercial project, drawing on our love for art & design. We soon found ourselves having late nights sketching out the plot and drinking rocket fuel.

What interested me was seeing how the various styles and approaches of the different artists would develop over time and the challenge of drawing 25 spreads with an exhibition deadline looming just a few weeks away.

After receiving the script i roughly sketched different scenes in the margin to work out the various panels. Whilst also hanging and chatting with Karthik discussing the best way we could translate his script.

Then it was important to start some sketching, as it was 2 weeks to exhibition day. I started with the main charater, Karthik, his charater had to have the right overall look, simple to reproduce across different scenes and also extended into other characters in the story.

It was clear quite early that i wanted to simplify and lighten the overall feel. As this 2nd chapter is a sweet, light flirt before…

It made sense to start from where Fiza and Yogesh (previous artists) had left off. Having a slice of the previous chapter but at the same time an evolution.

Chapter 1 – Illustrated by Fiza Husain Khan & Yogesh / Chapter 2 – initial cover sketch by Cabein

The cover developed from this small b/w sketch, we begin where we left off…

Final cover

Text from the script was cut out and pasted on the various sketches to find the best positioning.
Below: Wall of notes per spread on colour, printing and text edits

Sketch and final colour.

Due to time i had to digitally colour the final images.
Ideally it would haven nice to paint the final panels.

Work Staff – Character sketches, adapted to “Match the following relationship game.

Rickshaw spread

Cell Framed and Opening Zenzi Spread.

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Photography by Iza Viola

Special Thanks to Amar, Sejal, Riaz & Yogesh, Karthik Amrit, Shivraj and Alex for all they help.

Illustration, layouts and typography by Kunal Anand
Written by Karthikeyan Ramachandra

Here is a sneak peak at of Chapter 2/69, an ongoing graphic novel series based in Bombay written by friend and fellow designer Karthikeyan Ramachandran from Xtrathin.

“69 is the pattern that today’s youth finds themselves tangled in, as they navigate through a changing social environment. set in Bandra, the conflict between traditionally inculcated values and a global perspective is explored over two twisted relationships in one man’s life. A true story of fictional love, told over 69 chapters through a series of exhbitions over the course of 2012; you will be taken on a chemical journey of love, hate, betrayal and sex…”

Each chapter will be illustrated by a different artists in varying styles.

Chapter 1: 69, put your self in my pants & see
Illustrated by Fiza Husain Khan and Yogesh
Moods & Layout by Yogesh Walunj
Written and Directed by Karthikeyan Ramachandra

View the first Chapter and Subscribe here for updates.

Talented brother Randolph Correia from Pentagram and  Shaa’ir + Func, takes up the mantel next in Chapter 3.

Gods & Robots installation: 
Original photography – Sameer Tawde
Installation setup – Anand Tharaney
Art Direction – Kurnal Rawat

For the last year I have been working with Grandmother India on a 250pg hard bound book, called “Gods & Robots”.

The book discusses the Ganpati Festival from a design and theory perspective, specific to the displays, workshops and artisans in and around Bombay.

The festival is part of the Hindu god Ganesh’s birthday which goes on for 10 days; starting from the 20th of August till the 15th of September. For more info on the festival please click Here.

As a prelude to the upcoming book some photographs and hybrid sculptures were produced for the Diesel+Art Exhibition – Did anyone Notice? Several other re-known artists also featured work, including  Charmi Gada Shah, Maadol Mukherjee, Soazic Guezennec, Grandmother India, Mukul Deora, Pat, Vivek Vilasini, Ratna Gupta, Ali Akbar Mehta, Munir Kabani and Rajendra Kapse in collaboration with curator Kanchi Mehta of Chameleon Art Projects.

Do check it out if you in Bombay.

Also see:
Vogue  India – http://www.vogue.in/content/diesel-art
FashionFab – Photo Gallery

Tejal Shah (b. 1979) is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily working with video, photography, performance, sound and installation. Her work, like herself, is feminist, queer and political. She has exhibited widely in museums, galleries and film festivals. Recent presentations include, Paris-Delhi-Bombay…, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2011, Where Three Dreams Cross, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2010; Lost and Found – Queerying the Archive, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, 2009; Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, NY, 2007 and Saturday Live, Tate Modern, London, 2006. Solo exhibitions include The Incidental Self, Barbara Gross Gallery, Munich, 2011…

The site includes a digital collage on the homepage and a updateable CMS to manage new works and sub-projects. Covering video, installation, performance and image making from 199 to present.

http://www.tejalshah.in

More info:
>; I AM, and other works, Platform_, May-June 2011
>; The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India – The YBCA, San Francisco

Nada Brahma is a UK based portal covering the sounds, and now sights, of cross cultural music and art.  

Caught up with the brother in arms last week. Did a short interview on upcoming projects, music and design.

Read Interview

6am on S.V Road Khar West, Bandra, Mumbai

6pm – ish

The original artwork was 27cm x 27cm and mounted on 1cm thick dark wood. After some time creases and bumps in the underlying layers started to appear and i decided to try and reproduce the collage on a larger scale for more impact.

There were 2 options as i saw it:
1) Get a high res photo taken and edit it via a photo touchup lab. (prob too much time editing)
or
2) Scan in the various elements and try and deconstruct the collage, clean it up and put it back together again. This processes took a considerable amount of time, coupled with trying to achieve similar colour tones in print.

During the editing process i got sidetracked and started experimenting with printing on gold leaf and specially treated metal sheets from Germany. With both options there was a slight blurring of the print and some of the image’s power was lost to the material. More Here and Here.

Fast forward and finally Madam is completed with every tear and crumple of paper captured on astonishing Rag 500 gsm Archival Art-print stock, measuring 45cm x 45cm.

The final stage of this piece is framing which will probably start next month.
Want one? Drop me a mail from Here.

Final Print

Framed Preview

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Pics from the last event – Here (Photography by Iza Viola)

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Typography Development + T-shirt Designs

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