Randal Birkey Illustration Portfolio
Aerial Perspective Illustration
Aerial Perspective of a Mission
Randal did this aerial perspective of a mission for an educational textbook through Design Associates for Scot Foresman, the publisher. The idea was to illustrate a typical mission as it was usually organized and built. The book designers added labels and captions to...
Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois
I have a friend named Linda VanderWeele, who did a lot of graphic design in the 1980s for various Chicago area firms. One of her clients was the Chicago Board of Trade. They commissioned her to design a coffee table piece on the architectural history and interest of...
Architectural Illustration
Architectura Prairie School House
This custom house was designed by an architecture firm called Architectura, located in suburban Chicago, in the Prairie School style of Frank Lloyd Wright. Randal was asked to render the home for the architect to better enable his client to visualize how the design...
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...
American Invsco – Delaware Place – Chicago, Illinois
OBJECTIVE A leading US condominium developer, American Invsco, required a marketing map and new condo building illustration of a new development in Chicago called Delaware Place. SOLUTION Randal Birkey created a street level detail map of the neighborhood around the...
55 W. Wacker Drive Architectural Illustration
The Customer's Need The office of the building at 55 West Wacker Dr. in Chicago, Illinois required an illustration of their building for use on printed note cards in order to extend the branding and image of their building property. Randal's Solution Randal Birkey...
Deep Tunnel Project Entrance Rendering
Randal Birkey was contracted by an architect to prepare a rendering of a proposed entrance structure design near a Chicago "Deep Tunnel Project" location. Randal went on-site and took reference photos. He then inserted the architect's entrance design--based upon scale...
John Franke House Illustration – Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Francis Barry Byrne designed this home in the Prairie School style of architectural design for John B. Franke of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Randal did this line illustration of the home-based upon a visit to the site in the early 1980's.
Automotive Illustration
1960’s Chevy
I took a watercolor class in the 1980's at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and Irving Shapiro was the instructor. I did this watercolor painting for that class. I had the honor of having it featured in his book on Watercolor.
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...
1998 Black Book Ad
Randal Birkey put together this self-promotional ad for the 1998 Black Book. It features: A series of vector line art icons A Nuclear Fission Reactor Core Vessel An Atomic Level Fission Nuclear Reaction Diagram A Medical Doctor Digital Vector Illustration Youth...
Aiwa Car Stereo
Randal Birkey illustrated this Aiwa car stereo unit for an ad agency in the early 1980’s.
Cartoon Illustration
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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...
Digital Illustration
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
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
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...
Underwriter Laboratories and the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
The world renowned Underwriter Laboratories (UL) of product safety testing and standards fame, contracted Randal Birkey to create an illustration out of an old historical print depicting a scene from the Chicago Fire. It was to be reproduced in a company publication...
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
"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...
Editorial Illustration
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Graphs | Charts | Diagrams
Network Architecture Diagram
Seems like I am always making these little sketches to show people I am talking with, some of the ideas and concepts behind the type of websites we build at BIRKEY.COM. I made this sketch recently when explaining the difference between a typical classic Microsoft...
Map Illustration
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Master Plan Drawings
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Pen & Ink Drawings
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Pencil Illustration
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Product Illustration
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Technical Illustration
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.
Abloy Lock Technical Illustration
The Customer's Need The manufacturer of Abloy Locks required an illustration to reveal the unique tumbler technology used in their locks for a trade advertisement. Randal's Solution Randal was contacted by the manufacturer's ad agency in the 1980's and contracted to...
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...
Mita Copier Technical Product Illustration
Chicago is a very commercial, product-driven town when it comes to advertising and design work. Randal did this product illustration in Adobe Illustrator for an ad featuring a Mita copier. This technical line art style lends itself well to newspaper and magazine...
Vector Illustration
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Watercolor Painting
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