In this post you can see the illustration 'Stairs' that I created for Chapter Thirty Six of 
Morris strained for the tenement handrail. He’d climbed these stairs without since he’d learned to walk, and now here it was, a lifeline.
Chapter Thirty Six of Doug Karr's novel Dwelling
Creating an illustration for Dwelling
The drawing of the stairs was sketched out lightly in pencil. Then areas were masked out and subtle tones were built up in inks.
He started to cough. A few sharp phlegmy pants of air at first, but then another flight up, his esophagus seized and his breath became shallow.
Chapter Thirty Six of Doug Karr's novel Dwelling
'Stairs'
If you want to see some of my previous ink illustrations check out DWELLING, an illustrated crime novel collaboration between myself and fellow Steemian
@dougkarr, set in New York’s Lower East Side. Dwelling is now available in print and ePub.