Copley Center Entrance Landscaping and Signage

Copley Center Entrance Landscaping and Signage

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...
Concept Skyscraper Tower

Concept Skyscraper Tower

This skyscraper design study was done with ink line on rough cotton paper then colorized with color...
Chicago River – North Branch

Chicago River – North Branch

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...
Loft Conversion Project

Loft Conversion Project

Randal Birkey created this watercolor illustration of a Chicago industrial style warehouse building being converted to residential lofts by a Chicago area real estate developer back in the 1980’s. Randal created the 20″ x 30″ ink line and watercolor...
MetLife Asset Transfer Kit Tower Illustration

MetLife Asset Transfer Kit Tower Illustration

Randal Birkey created this Adobe Illustrator vector-based illustration of a high-rise tower building for use on the cover of a MetLife Asset Transfer Kit, through a New York City ad agency. This style of architectural illustration is called an axonometric. The...