Making The Tōkyōiter cover illustration

My website: The Tōkyōiter project: My version of the cover for The Tōkyōiter project. I wanted to picture something iconically Tokyo for the cover image, but without making it look cheap. I remembered how the Tokyo Skytree filled up almost all the sky when I was taking a walk there from Asakusa. After some location hunting in the scorching sun I found a perfect shot of the tower and a small street with interesting buildings to match. An old lady