\tdplotsetmaincoords{110}{50} \begin{tikzpicture} [tdplot_main_coords, cube/.style={very thick,black}, grid/.style={very thin,gray}, axis/.style={->,blue,thick}] %draw a grid in the x-y plane \foreach \x in {-0.5,0,...,2.5} \foreach \y in {-0.5,0,...,2.5} { \draw[grid] (\x,-0.5) -- (\x,2.5); \draw[grid] (-0.5,\y) -- (2.5,\y); } %draw the axes \draw[axis] (-1,0,0) -- (3,0,0) node[anchor=west]{$y$}; \draw[axis] (0,-1,0) -- (0,3,0) node[anchor=west]{$x$}; \end{tikzpicture}