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Pen and Ink Line Art

rbirkey — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:06:33 +0000

Over the years, Randal Birkey has created hundreds of line art drawings in pen and ink style using actual pen and ink in the early days, then graduating to digital pen and ink using software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel (Fractal) Painter. These are just some of the many line illustrations done over his illustration career.

Commercial Jet Airliner	Camera
Business Woman	Concert Tickets
Dice	Grocery Shopping Cart
Sunglasses	Travel Luggage

Godiva Chocolate Easter Gift Basket

rbirkey — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:21:38 +0000

Through his New York artist rep, Randal was commissioned to illustrate this Godiva Chocolate Easter gift basket for use in a newspaper ad, by a New York City ad agency. The illustration was done by hand using a Rapid-o-graph ink pen on illustration board in a “stipple” style, which reproduces very well in newsprint.

Godiva Chocolate Easter Gift Basket

Photo-Sonics High Speed Film Camera

rbirkey — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:04:29 +0000

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.

Photo-Sonics 35mm Film Camera

Photo-Sonics cameras have been used by NASA in the US space program.

Glass Hand and Globe for IGA

rbirkey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:46:37 +0000

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 glass.

Glass Hand and Globe for IGA

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

Pampered Chef Products

rbirkey — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:50:31 +0000

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 brochure spread with product names and descriptions located around it. Randal also cleaned up the Pampered Chef logo art and added a more contemporary typeface to the piece. It was printed in 2 colors on heavy brown Kraft style paper.

Pampered Chef Kitchen Products

Oil Filter Diagram

rbirkey — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:37:28 +0000

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.

Oil Filter Diagram

Ocean Cargo Insurance

rbirkey — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:13:35 +0000

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.

How to Measure for a Swimsuit

rbirkey — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:47:56 +0000

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.”

How to Measure for a Swimsuit - Lands End Catalog