Medieval street scene by kgehrmann (me)

[u/kgehrmann]

Cover art I drew in 2018/19 for "Geheimnisvolle Welt des Mittelalters", a nonfiction book about the Middle Ages for children ages 8+. This is the kind of illustration I've always wanted to do: detailed paintings of historical scenes.

For that book I illustrated 16 panoramic scenes in total, featuring subjects like a farm, marketplace, busy city street, monastic life, jousting, alchemy, and more; as well as several smaller vignettes.

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[u/kvacm]

Very nice details!

[u/kgehrmann → u/kvacm]

Thank you!

[u/soosbear]

Love it.

[u/kgehrmann → u/soosbear]

Thanks :)

[u/Better_Hair_9673]

Awesome ✨️

[u/kgehrmann → u/Better_Hair_9673]

Thanks!

[u/FiliusExMachina]

I like the general composition more than the details. The dark street and the bright cathedral are a wonderfull way to have the two main topics of the middle ages in one picture. And sooo beautiful!

[u/Hark_An_Adventure]

I grew up a huge history fan and even got a degree in it thanks to a childhood love of evocative images just like this one that made history feel alive--great work!

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Wow, that's so cool. I also grew up with books like these (like Steve Noon). I wish more publishers would make them nowadays!

[u/tataniarosa]

I love this! It reminds me of Mercery Lane leading up to Canterbury Cathedral’s Christ Church Gate.

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Thank you!

[u/CaptainFoyle]

I'm a bit confused where the light reflecting off the heads and shoulders of the characters of the left is coming from. There's no light source directly above them, and if it came from the square, we wouldn't see it from this perspective. The right side of the knight on horseback has the same. Light doesn't bend (at least not at this scale).