Rev Dagada in Breakaway
Surprised to see Rev Dagada sipping a green liquid in a Clockwork ‘Juice Bar’.
Another one of our patrons sketched into a scene in Clockwork Watch: Breakaway.
Patron and Contributor Rev Dagada – in Breakaway
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Breakaway concept art. Chan Ranbir sketch!
Chan Ranbir got old, but still an authority figure.
Breakaway has begun! First sneak peeks of Janav concept designs.
Janav’s all grown up now.
First concepts of the Clockwork Watch uniform.
First sketches of possible hairdue for Janav.
Trying out his grown up face…
CHUD Reviews The Arrival
“Janav’s mother, in particular, is more “liberated” than an Indian woman would have been in the historical Raj, but in just a few words and gestures, she shows us how she must still keep her strength hidden in a man’s world.”
Cinematic Happenings Under Development Review
The Ranbir Family… with an addition.
Here’s the first scan of the painting! I still need to do a few touch up’s here and there, but the majority of the work is done.
Doodles and sketches and inklines!
Here’s a progress scan of what is to become a painting very soon!
And below are a few first sketches and doodles of various things connected to Breakaway, the sequel to The Arrival which is currently being drawn by yours truly behind the scenes!
The very first concept sketch of a certain Chan, 20 years on from The Arrival.
The following doodles show how I start off with costume designs. I do quick little thumbnails.
And finally a sketch of… Well.. It’ll become clear later on. 😛
Yesterday’s World…Today
That was the week that was. We had a blast at Tomorrow’s World… Today. We launched Clockwork Watch with an immersive prologue, and participants had a chance to interact with characters from the story. We also made sure that the first batch of “The Arrival” were in the post, and were being delivered prior to the event.
So what happened? Well, you need to read the latest news in the London Gazette…
Here are some snippets of the day’s activities:
Professor Elemental Rap Class
The Lady and Tiger Illusion Clock Unveiled
Photo Gallery
Tomorrow's World Today
More Photos here
All Patrons Big and Small…
Sohan at the London Zoological Gardens
Young Victorian Sohan meets Janav from India at the London Zoological Gardens in “The Arrival”, first instalment of Clockwork Watch.
The Clock faces – part 3 by Corey Brotherson
And here we move on to the last of our main characters in The Arrival…
Chan Ranbir
Chan Ranbir
Chan is very much a driving force of The Arrival – for both the right and wrong reasons. A short-tempered genius, the father of the Ranbirs is stern, influential and a figure who looms over the family’s future.
Chan wants two things – for Clockwork to be a success, and to have his family part of that. In some respects he thinks that’s one and the same, and as such it creates one of the major problems for the family.
Reading Yomi’s original script made Chan into a very harsh figure. Which is perfectly natural. The Arrival is told through the eyes of his son, Janav, who only sees the move to England not in terms of building a future, but as a destruction of the young boy’s past. And as we take in the story through the perceptions of a slightly bitter eight-year-old, Chan comes across as a bit of an ogre. However, deconstructing that reveals a man driven by his passion to be a father to a better society, rather than merely being a simple obstacle for Janav to overcome.
Chan Ranbir, Master Kineticist
True, Chan can be seen as overbearing, but the intriguing thing that stood out when peeling back the layers of his character is that he is a man of the future. He is such an important part of the Clockwork Watch universe – a main cog, if you will – that he is one of the few characters in the story who has his eyes firmly set on what’s yet to come.
Which is the biggest problem for Chan. After all, the large irony of a man who has his sights on everything ahead of him, tends to be short-sighted to the things closest to him…
The Clock faces – part 2 by Corey Brotherson
Tinku Ranbir - Janav's Mother
And so on to our next main character in The Arrival– the dutiful mother, Tinku.
Tinku Ranbir
Mother to the ever-questioning Janav and wife to the stoic Chan, Tinku is a character who has great significance to the story. Her presence is felt throughout both The Arrival and Breakaway, and provides a sense of balance to the two male figures.
Tinku and Janav
It’s somewhat ironic that I initially found Tinku the hardest character to get a bead on in The Arrival.
Many of the stories I’ve written have been said to be “very female” – not just because they feature female lead characters, but also because of the themes and subject matter they contain. However, when it came to taking a look into what made Tinku work as a character and what made her more distinctive from the rest of the cast, it took me a bit longer to figure out.
It’s too easy to merely say that Tinku is the ‘heart’ of the family – while this is true (in more ways that one), Tinku represents more than the glue of conscience that keeps the Ranbirs together. She’s strong, thoughtful and probably the most socially aware of the family, which are important traits for anyone relocating to a different country, culture and society. As expected, Jen’s artwork conveys all those elements of her character with subtlety, beauty and grace.
Tinku possesses relatively minimal dialogue in The Arrival, but arguably some of the most important lines in the whole story. In some respects, this is as much her tale as it Janav’s…