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Arriflex Film Camera

Arriflex Camera

Before the advent of digital and video photography, one of the standard workhorse cameras of the motion picture industry was made by the German company Arri and called an Arriflex. This hand-drawn sketch illustration was done by Randal for a client whose business was in the film industry, and was used in some print communications.
Arri [...]

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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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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 a swimsuit diagram
3D clock tower projecting from a [...]

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1998 Black Book Ad

1998 Black Book Ad

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

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Pampered Chef Products

Pampered Chef Kitchen Products

Randal had the privilege of being asked by Doris Christopher to design one of The Pampered Chef’s earliest printed brochures featuring the kitchen products they were selling in the early 1980’s. This line illustration was done by hand based upon photos the illustrator took of the actual kitchen products. It was used on an interior [...]

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Oil Filter Diagram

Oil Filter Diagram

An automotive aftermarket manufacturer required a diagram illustration to show how a new type of cellulose fiber could filter automotive oil better than previous competitive products. This is a sepia line art drawing on D’Arches watercolor paper, with Windsor & Newton watercolor washes added by hand.

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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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How to Measure for a Swimsuit

Lands End Catalog Illustration

Along the same lines as the “How to Build a Better Sportshirt” illustration I did for Lands End, they also asked me to illustrate a woman’s body for a diagram on “How to Measure for a Swimsuit.”

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Aiwa Car Stereo

Aiwa Car Stereo

Randal Birkey illustrated this Aiwa car stereo unit for an ad agency in the early 1980’s.

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City Furniture Product Illustrations

City Furniture

Randal created this series of line art drawings for City Furniture, a Chicago furniture retailer, for use in print materials. They specialized in the modern Bauhaus style.

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