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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..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..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..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..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..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..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..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..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..