[Miki1993]

Most will take a couple hours, although I rarely do it all in one go and I'm usually working on several at a time. Postmodern buildings take longer than modern buildings and pre-art deco buildings and churches take the longest.

I also start out in MS paint to get the general shape and colors and then go to Photoshop to add texture and detail. I don't do the Paint drawing in 1:1, though. I usually do it with 1 pixel = 1 foot so I can use the Google Earth imagery and height numbers as precisely as possible, and then I shrink it and sharpen it once I'm done. Unfortunately something is a bit odd since I've gotten my most recent computer where images look much sharper when they're in my desktop folder than after I upload them, and I haven't been able to figure out why yet.