How Gold Is Made

How Gold Is Made

Randal Birkey was commissioned by a Denver, Colorado graphic design firm in the 1980’s to prepare a series of illustrations on “How Gold is Made.” The illustration series was to be used by their client, Santa Fe Pacific, (now Newmont Gold), in...
IGA Hometown

IGA Hometown

Randal created this “Hometown IGA” illustration for IGA International for use on the home page of their website in 1995. The image was placed into the HTML of the web page and an “image map” technique used to create links to other pages on the...
Nascar Sketch for IBM

Nascar Sketch for IBM

Sometimes the early quick sketch or design study turns out better than the final art! This pencil sketch was done by Randal in preparation for an illustration for an IBM publication that featured information about the company’s AS400 product line. The number...
Steel Company Trade Ads

Steel Company Trade Ads

CLIENT Hubbell Steel Franklin Park, Illinois OBJECTIVE A Chicago area steel distributor required conceptual images for a series of trade ads. SOLUTION Working with a designer, Randal Birkey created a series of conceptual images in a digital watercolor style using...
Gold Mining in Africa

Gold Mining in Africa

CLIENT Newmont Gold Denver, Colorado OBJECTIVE Newmont Gold required updated images to the “How Gold is Produced” series that Randal Birkey had previously completed through the design firm: Design+Image. The new images were to reflect how gold is produced...