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Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University Magazine Illustrations

rbirkey — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:21:51 +0000

I just completed an illustration project for the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. They publish a quarterly magazine for alumni and interested subscribers featuring various activities, events and accomplishments of the school and its alumni.

The Fall 2011 issue features 5 alumni who are involved in what the article calls “impact investing.” That cover story and article titled “Investing in Solutions” highlights how these featured alumni are tackling some of the world’s biggest problems – and satisfying the bottom line at the same time.

Kellog Magazine Cover Illustration

Kellogg Magazine Cover Illustration

Feature Article on Equilibrium Capital Group

Opportunities in Green Real Estate

Feature Article on Affordable Housing

Opportunities to Preserve Affordable Rental Housing

Global Impact Investing Network

Transforming the way we think about solutions to problems.

Microfinance and Microlending to Poor African Farmers

Opportunities to microfinance poor farmers

Establishing Metrics for Effective Impact

Opportunities for establishing metrics for more effective solutions

Treehouse

rbirkey — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:06:40 +0000

Randal did this watercolor illustration of a treehouse to fit a layout designed by an educational textbook publisher.

1997 Black Book Ad

rbirkey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:48:14 +0000

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 a swimsuit diagram
3D clock tower projecting from a 2D blueprint
2 whimsical vector art graphs

1997 Black Book Ad

1998 Black Book Ad

rbirkey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:39:24 +0000

Randal Birkey put together this self-promotional ad for the 1998 Black Book.

It features:

A series of vector line art icons
A Nuclear Fission Reactor Core Vessel
An Atomic Level Fission Nuclear Reaction Diagram
A Medical Doctor Digital Vector Illustration
Youth Science Fair Project
Automotive Engine Turbocharger See-Through Cutaway
A Harris Branch Bank Architectural Line Illustration

1998 Black Book Ad

Ameritech “Signals” Magazine

rbirkey — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:22:36 +0000

Randal did this vector digital illustration in Adobe Illustrator for Ameritech’s “Signals” magazine in the 1980′s. It demonstrates how their wireless technology can penetrate walls and windows in buildings giving customers better cell signal reception.

Ameritech Signals Magazine - Diagram

Manufacturing Conveyor System

rbirkey — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:32:56 +0000

This is one of the earliest line illustrations Randal did after starting his freelance career in 1980. A client needed a simple line diagram of a manufacturing process to use in a printed company communication brochure. Randal worked from photo references to create this line art illustration. He worked with Rapidograph ink pens on smooth 20 x 30 illustration board. These were the same tools that he learned to use working as a engineering and architectural draftsman beginning in 1970 as a high school student.

The final line art was photo stat copied down to reproduction size and positioned on the designer art boards for final photo transfer to film and then a printing plate.

Manufacturing Process - Conveyor System Diagram

HALAN Diagram

rbirkey — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:20:41 +0000

Computer Network Diagram

The Houston Area Library Association required a simple visual diagram to communicate how their library system would be upgraded an connected via emerging Internet based technologies. This diagram was developed by Randal Birkey in 1998 and created using Adobe Illustrator software on an Apple Macintosh computer using a Wacom tablet. This vector art style was delivered as a digital illustration file to the customer via email.

Computer Network Diagram

Exploded View Diagram

rbirkey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:05:41 +0000

Exploded View Diagram of an Engine Head

Exploded View Diagram of Automotive Engine Head

Exploded view diagrams are very useful for communicating technical information is an easy to understand manner. They show various parts and pieces of a manufactured item or product in a “pulled apart” manner, with lines and visual aids to help the viewer understand where each part fits, and sometimes even in what order. In this case, an engine head is shown with the gasket, and various pins, washers, springs, seals and plugs extended away and in line with where they fit.

This particular technical exploded view diagram is done in a “pen and ink” style, and can easily be replicated in a vector-based software program like Adobe Illustrator.

Whimsical 3D Graph

rbirkey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:20:24 +0000

3D Whimsical Graph

Ketchum Advertising
Chicago, Illinois

Randal Birkey proposed this whimsical 3D style of bar graph to a Chicago ad agency as part of a range of stylistic approaches to making charts and graphs more visually inetresting and appealing.

This work was done in Adobe Illustrator.

Brinson Partners Annual Report Graphs

rbirkey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:15:14 +0000

Brinson Partners Financial Graph

Brinson Partners, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

OBJECTIVE

The ad agency for Brinson Partners required a new approach to viewing typically boring financial graphs for an annual report.

SOLUTION

Randal Birkey created 3D versions of the graphs to increase visual interest to the layout and design of the report. The files were created and delivered in Adobe Illustrator format.