Digital

Boston Vicinity Map

Boston Vicinity Map

Randal Birkey created this Boston Vicinity Map as a part of an entire new map product line for Rand McNally in 1989. This product series called CityFlash Maps was the first product line offered by Rand McNally and European partner Hallwag, produced completely digitally on desktop computers. Randal and his team used Apple Macintosh FX [...]

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Glass Hand and Globe for IGA

IGA Hand and Globe Award Trophy

This is another illustration I did for IGA back in the early 1990′s using Fractal Painter software. It is a digital illustration in pencil style of a glass award trophy that IGA gave away at an international event, of a human hand holding a globe. The IGA logo is reflected in the base of the [...]

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Watercolor Clown Icon

Watercolor Puppet Clown

Randal did this watercolor illustration as a part of the Memphis Arts Council Map project. This is a clown hand puppet that was used as an icon to designate comedy clubs and venues on the Memphis Arts Map. It was done in Fractal Painter software on a Mac, using a Wacom stylus and tablet.

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1997 Black Book Ad

1997-Chicago-Creative-Sourcebook

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 grader Watercolor boot Watercolor tractor Nascar line drawing sketch How to measure for [...]

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Ocean Cargo Insurance

Kemper Ocean Cargo Insurance

This digital watercolor illustration was done for Kemper Insurance, to illustrate the cover of a brochure on their Ocean Cargo Insurance products. The idea was that their insurance is a safety net for shipping cargo overseas.

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Cesario Home Builders

Cesario Builders

Cesario Builders, a custom home builder located in Warrenville, Illinois, required a line illustration of their new Windemere model home for sales and marketing brochures and newspaper advertising. To complete this project, Randal Birkey first created a 3D wireframe model of the home, based upon the builder’s blueprint drawings. Once the wireframe viewpoint was approved, [...]

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“The Item Catalog” for Caterpillar, Inc.

The Item Catalog

Caterpillar, Inc. desired to explore moving a portion of their extensive parts catalog from a paper only, to an interactive CD-ROM computer-based solution back in the early 1990′s. Randal Birkey worked with Lou Morelli in producing an interactive CD-ROM demo for Caterpillar, Inc. to evaluate. The graphics were done in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, then [...]

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Historic Jamestowne Aerial Perspective

Historic Jamestowne Aerial Perspective

Randal Birkey created this aerial perspective of the archaelogical site at Jamestowne, Virginia, located in the Colonial Historic National Park. The image was used in a textbook for children studying this first English settlement in the New World. Read more about it here: Historic Jamestowne View Larger Map

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