Project three for Backgrounds, Props and Structures required an illustration of a busy city street. The actual street had to be based on one from real life, although we were allowed to make cosmetic changes as necessary. The only other requirement was that in addition to cars -- both driving and parked -- we had to include a boy scout helping an old lady across the street, a "Paris Hilton" style girl, and a group of fully-dressed business men. I went a little crazy with mine and decided to make it a bit more chaotic.

An interesting thing to note: this photo is of Broughton Street in Savannah, facing East. This means the parachuter in the background is basically jumping out of his plane directly over the Atlantic Ocean. Sucks to be him!

Finished in Col-Erase blue pencils. Total work time: about 7 hours.

Cross-posted on my sketch/portfolio blog.