Digital Illustration

A House in the Woods

A House in the Woods

This is a croquil pen and ink illustration of a house in a wooded setting completed in 1988.

A Home is a Castle

A Home is a Castle

This pen and ink illustration of a house casting a shadow in the shape of a castle was created for a newspaper ad.

1997 Black Book Ad

1997 Black Book Ad

Randal Birkey put together this self-promotional ad for the 1997 Black Book. It features: Pharmaceutical Product Logo Globe - Product Illustration Retouched and digitally altered 5 dollar bill with 2 Abe Lincoln's Close-up diagram of a chain product used in a road...

“The Item Catalog” for Caterpillar, Inc.

“The Item Catalog” for Caterpillar, Inc.

Caterpillar, Inc. desired to explore moving a portion of their extensive parts catalog from a paper only, to an interactive CD-ROM computer-based solution back in the early 1990's. Randal Birkey worked with Lou Morelli in producing an interactive CD-ROM demo for...

Ameritech “Signals” Magazine

Ameritech “Signals” Magazine

Randal did this vector digital illustration in Adobe Illustrator for Ameritech's "Signals" magazine in the 1980's. It demonstrates how their wireless technology can penetrate walls and windows in buildings giving customers better cell signal reception.

Atlantic City, New Jersey, Map Illustration

Atlantic City, New Jersey, Map Illustration

This preliminary city map was illustrated in Adobe Illustrator by Randal Birkey and intended for use to sell advertising to the businesses in that city. It featured all the major casinos, and shopping spots as a means to attract additional businesses to advertise on...

Ameritech Mobile Paging Services Coverage Map

Ameritech Mobile Paging Services Coverage Map

Ameritech Mobile and Ameritech Paging were major wireless carriers headquartered in Chicago during the 1980's as the cellular-mobile-paging market was in its infancy. These firms were an outgrowth and result of the old Bell Telco system before deregulation. Randal did...

3D Perspective Wireframes

3D Perspective Wireframes

Randal purchased his first Macintosh computer in 1996 after seeing a simple 3D wireframe software running on one at a trade show. He realized how much time could be saved by building his 3D perspectives on a computer, rather than by the painstaking and time-consuming...

Base Maps

Base Maps

OBJECTIVE To create a number of Chicago area base maps in Adobe Illustrator (Postscript - vector) format, to enable a wide range of customization and personalization by RANDAL BIRKEY clients. SOLUTION Randal Birkey has created a number of such base maps that can be...

Nuclear Reactor Cutaway Illustration

Nuclear Reactor Cutaway Illustration

Randal Birkey was contracted by Boston Edison, a Massachusetts utility company, to complete a series of technical illustrations for a public relations brochure. This image is a nuclear reactor core, with the sides shown cutaway to reveal the rods inside. The...

Da Vinci’s "Vitruvian Man" Adapted Illustration

Da Vinci’s "Vitruvian Man" Adapted Illustration

"Vitruvian man, a figure study by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1509) illustrating the proportional canon laid down by the Classical Roman architect Vitruvius; in the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice." -- Encyclopaedia Britannica This is Randal Birkey's simplified and adapted...