Architectural Illustration, Pencil Drawing
There is a piece of land on the Chicago River near the Merchandise Mart that is called Wolf Point. It has remained undeveloped for many years, as maybe it should. While working at an architectural firm in the 1980’s Randal did this concept sketch of putting a...
Architectural Illustration, Pencil Drawing
This is an unfinished rendering of a townhouse development in a wooded setting. Still, there is something attractive about this unfinished pencil on...
Architectural Illustration, Pen & Ink Line Drawing
Randal developed this pen and ink streetscape illustration to represent the iconic “main street USA” look, for a hardware brand and chain of retail...
Architectural Illustration, Pen & Ink Line Drawing
Randal did this pen and ink illustration of a house casting a shadow in the shape of a castle for a newspaper...
Architectural Illustration, Pen & Ink Line Drawing
Randal did this croquil pen and ink illustration of a house in a wooded setting in...
Architectural Illustration
These sepia line art and watercolor illustrations were done as a series to be used in the print ads and marketing brochures for this blended commercial and residential property development in Chicago. The purpose of the illustrations was to present the atmosphere and...
Architectural Illustration, Watercolor Painting
This is a sepia line art and watercolor perspective illustration of a proposed commercial office building for the Darien Business Center, in Darien, Illinois. The perspective view was developed on a Mac using MacPerspective, then transferred to watercolor board, where...
Architectural Illustration
This illustration was part of a series of sketches to visualize various approaches to the signage and landscaping for a commercial business center. This sketch was done on yellow tracing paper with sepia ink line art and color pencil shading. I used a 1940 Ford coupe...
Aerial Perspective Illustration, Architectural Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Map Illustration
This aerial perspective map of Charleston, S.C. was done for educational textbook use. It demonstrates how the town looked and developed earlier in its history. The art was done in Corel (Fractal) Painter software, with a line art layer, and a watercolor art layer...
Architectural Illustration, Pencil Drawing
This skyscraper design study was done with ink line on rough cotton paper then colorized with color pencils.
Aerial Perspective Illustration, Architectural Illustration, Map Illustration
Randal Birkey recently received news from design firm Corey McPherson Nash, that the “Cushing Academy Admissions Viewbook” has been selected by the CASE District I as an award winner in the 2011 District I Communication Awards. Visit...
Architectural Illustration, Pen & Ink Line Drawing
Randal did this pen and ink line illustration of the North Branch of the Chicago River for a project funded by the Open Lands nature conservancy project. The illustration was used in a report designed to highlight how the Chicago River could be developed and turned...
