er in which we will draw the vertices and edges
        vertex_order = self._determine_vertex_order(graph, kwds)
        edge_order = self._determine_edge_order(graph, kwds)

        # Construct the iterator that we will use to draw the vertices
        vs = graph.vs
        if vertex_order is None:
            # Default vertex order
            vertex_coord_iter = zip(vs, vertex_builder, layout)
        else:
            # Specified vertex order
            vertex_coord_iter = (
                (vs[i], ver