This is Amsted

Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Technical Illustration | No Comments »

These are a series of illustrations that Randal Birkey did in the 1980's for a brochure entitled, "This is Amsted" - highlighting the various industries that Amsted Industries was involved ... Read more..

Early Technical Line Illustration

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in Technical Illustration | No Comments »

Randal Birkey started his illustration career in 1980 after 10 years in the architectural and engineering drafting world. One of his first freelance illustration projects was to illustrate a recycling ... Read more..

How Gold is Made - Newmont Gold Illustrations

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Digital Illustration, Flash Design, Technical Illustration | No Comments »

Randal Birkey was commissioned through a Denver design firm in the 1980's to prepare a series of illustrations on "How Gold is Made," for use by their client, Santa Fe ... Read more..

Abloy Lock Cutaway Technical Illustration

Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in Technical Illustration | No Comments »

Randal Birkey illustrated this lock product for Abloy Lock for use in a trade ad. Using references provide by the manufacturer and a sample of the lock itself, Randal constructed ... Read more..

Mita Copier Product Illustration

Sunday, November 11th, 2007 Posted in Digital Illustration, Technical Illustration | No Comments »

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. ... Read more..

City Furniture Product Illustrations

Saturday, November 10th, 2007 Posted in Technical Illustration | No Comments »

Randal created this series of line art drawings for City Furniture, a Chicago furniture retailer, for use in print materials. Read more..

Automotive Piston Pin Illustration

Saturday, November 10th, 2007 Posted in Technical Illustration | No Comments »

Randal Birkey created this quick felt tip ink line sketch showing the location of a "piston pin" in the layout of an automotive V-8 engine. Read more..

Automotive Engine Cutaway Illustration

Monday, October 29th, 2007 Posted in Technical Illustration | No Comments »

I did this technical cutaway illustration of a 4-cylinder automomotive engine back in the early 1980's. I used Rapidograph pens and black ink on cold press illustration board. Read more..

Racing Car Cutaway Illustration

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Technical Illustration | No Comments »

I was watching the Houston Texas LeMans race yesterday afternoon on TV for a bit, and it reminded me of this cutaway drawing I did years ago of a Formula ... Read more..