The City of Veitheim

[ChaimHoltjer]

This is a city map that was commissioned from me. The customer provided me with a description of the city and a request to have it in an isometric perspective. This is what I did with it.

I first sketched the city in pencil, so I could draw complete buildings, without needing to leave space should others overlap later on (as they always do).
When I was happy with the pencil-sketch, I inked all the outlines in East-Indian ink. I always use a Waterman fountain pen with a small bin for this.
Then I proceeded to shade the roofs, followed by the walls and the strike shadows. Then I would add in details such as windows and doors, little bits and bobs of architecture, a tree here and there.
The last phase was drawing in the surrounding lands, which really grounds the city in reality. It only serves to guide the eye to the city, but works better than a blank surrounding in my opinion.

Cheers,

Chaim