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I was thinking of putting up just the linework for this piece as I was rather pleased with it, but then thought I'd throw it together with a couple of other scans I'd made as I worked on it.

As you can see the initial pencil sketch just blocks the areas out and makes sure that things are roughly in the right place and proportional to one another. Sometimes I might do less than this before really getting underway, it depends on how I'm feeling really. In this case though I added some additional pencil details, particularly the windows on the buildings, again pretty roughly, to make sure the perspective was correct. I don't like to take a ruler to check the lines, and most of the time I don't work to a specific focal point, just an idea of one. It feels too much like technical drawing otherwise, though it does mean I sometimes throw in a really wrong line. Once the additional sketch details are done I go straight into doing the pen work. Hopefully with all the key elements in place I don't make a mistake I can't erase or hide. Finally, with a completed ink line drawing I do the inks, starting normally with the solid blacks and working from dark to light.

Description
I was thinking of putting up just the linework for this piece as I was rather pleased with it, but then thought I'd throw it together with a couple of other scans I'd made as I worked on it.

As you can see the initial pencil sketch just blocks the areas out and makes sure that things are roughly in the right place and proportional to one another. Sometimes I might do less than this before really getting underway, it depends on how I'm feeling really. In this case though I added some additional pencil details, particularly the windows on the buildings, again pretty roughly, to make sure the perspective was correct. I don't like to take a ruler to check the lines, and most of the time I don't work to a specific focal point, just an idea of one. It feels too much like technical drawing otherwise, though it does mean I sometimes throw in a really wrong line. Once the additional sketch details are done I go straight into doing the pen work. Hopefully with all the key elements in place I don't make a mistake I can't erase or hide. Finally, with a completed ink line drawing I do the inks, starting normally with the solid blacks and working from dark to light.