How I Draw My Road Drawings

How I Draw
My Road
Drawings
By: Nathan Young
@nvyoung

Why I Draw Roads?
So the people that have known me for a long time knows that I
draw Roads. I do admit it is a very interesting hobby to do. It is
also a hobby that some people think I am crazy to do. I am a
avid road fan and geek (as well as weather and news junkie). I
love to drive on roads, take pictures of roads, read stories on
the infrastructure, watch TV shows about roads, and love
watching traffic go by. Especially at traffic light intersections
(why my logo is a traffic light). While in high school I wore a
traffic light necklace and the people thought I really went
crazy!
When I introduce someone to my road drawings most are
very surprised in what I do. And some think I have a weird
hobby. So I can get a little crazy talking about roads as well, I
think of it as a way to express myself. This is what I love to do;
everybody has a crazy hobby they love to do and mine is one
that only a few people do very well; and that’s drawing
roads. So how do I do a drawing from start to finish.

I start off with a blank piece of white paper and I use a
variety of pens and markers to create a road. I just think of
something to draw and then start.

I use a Paper Mate Eraser Mate pen and draw the outline of the road
design I will do. Notice all the lines that have been erased. I will usually
make some changes when I draw the outline of the road. It does look like a
mess but the next step makes everything look nice.

I then use a BIC Wite Out pen to cover up the erased lines and to
create the dashed lines for the road drawing. I also add the yellow lines
in the middle of the road and the lines for the train track on the left.

I then draw on the yellow lines onto the road drawing. I use a Sharpie
Accent highlighter pen to put on the yellow lines. It does not show up
well now but in a little while you will see a difference.

I then get back out the Paper Mate Eraser Mate pen to draw on all the other features
for this road drawing. Signs, traffic lights, and the railroad lights are added to this
road drawing. In other drawings I might add freeway signs, delineators, bridges,
tunnels, toll booths, and other things that you might see in a road picture.

I then use a Pilot Precise V5 extra fine pen to draw over the signs and traffic lights
that will not be colored in by a Sharpie pen. Notice the Yellow lines now have the
darker ink drawed in also. Notice the lines that have not been drawed over by the
Pilot pen. They will have a Sharpie pen colored over.

All the lines that were not drawed over by the Pilot pen now have been
colored over by a Sharpie fine point black pen. Since I am using white
paper the black lines represent the white lines you would see on a road.

The next step is to draw in the colors of any traffic or caution lights I have on a
road drawing. I use a Sharpie ultra fine point red and green marker. If I use a yellow
light, I use the high lighter again. I usually am random on which side gets a green or
the red lights. You think I have might gone a little overboard with the traffic
lights. But you can not have enough traffic lights at a intersection.

The last step to complete a road drawing is to draw on the reflectors onto the
drawing. All those orange and black dots on the drawing is a reflector. I also use a
Sharpie ultra fine point orange and black marker. I also use the black marker to draw
on any symbols onto the drawing. Like arrows and words.

Finished Product
Here is the finished
product. A very creative
thing I do you might say. I
have been drawing roads
for over 20 years now and
it started with school
paper with a pencil to now
with color being added.

Finished Product
This is how I draw a
freeway road drawing. I
draw big overhead signs
and the delineators on the
side of the road. Thanks
for reading how I draw my
roads. And watch the
video about how I draw my
roads below!

Anyone that has known me for a while knows that I draw roads. I
posted some drawings I completed here for you to see.

See More!
See more of my road
drawings by going to:
geekalabama.com/road-
drawings

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About Nathan Young
Thanks for checking me out; Nathan Young is an
experienced writer, blogger, photographer, and
videographer who blogs at Geek Alabama.
Nathan is a big Road, Weather, and News Junkie
Geek and is a great person to be around who is
funny and informative.
Nathan is an accomplished media person who
regularly covers topics on Geek Alabama and
gets numerous requests to cover things
from businesses, products, TV shows, movies,
books, games, food, events, conventions,
concerts, and other reviews. He is open to
speaking, covering products or events, and
representing your brand.
The most interesting fact about me, I draw
roads! #Aspie proud! #ASD
About Nathan Young
Hello geeks and nerds; let me introduce you to what I
am. Nathan Young does a lot of wonderful things in the
media world, from writing, photography, videography,
and social media. My current home is the blog and
website Geek Alabama. There I do everything from
geeky/nerdy talk, event coverage, reviews, cooking,
community coverage, promotions, and anything else to
give any geek and/or nerd an organism.
If it’s anything any geek and/or nerd would care about, I
am usually talking about it. From conventions, gaming,
crowdsourcing, tech, movies, TV shows, comics, books,
food, videos, apps, and more. If you are looking for
articles anyone would love reading, you have come to
the right place! If you are looking for someone who can
cover events with pictures and videos, cover products
and shows, speak at events, cover your products, or
attend your conventions, consider me! Every geek
and/or nerd from trekkies, whovians, and even bronies,
already has!
The most interesting fact about me, I draw roads!
#Aspie proud! #ASD

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