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Technical

Water Testing

Water Testing for Toxicity

Randal Birkey did this line illustration for Newmont Gold, depicting a lab employee testing natural stream water for toxicity near a gold leeching facility. This illustration was done as a part of a series of illustrations on “How Gold Is Made” which has been featured in company annual reports, as well as on printed posters. [...]

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Tugboat Isometric Cutaway

Tugboat Isometric Cutaway Line Drawing

Randal Birkey completed this isometric line drawing of a tugboat as a part of a series of illustrations for a ship and barge manufacturing company. This cutaway reveals the bulkheads and inner structure of the tugboat.

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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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1985 Chicago Creative Sourcebook Ad

1985 Chicago Creative Sourcebook Ad

Randal Birkey created this ad for the 1985 Chicago Creative Sourcebook, to promote his architectural and technical line art illustration styles and services primarily in the Chicago area.
The ad features:

Drinking Fountain – stipple style
A Commercial Office Building at Night – croquil board
Goodyear Eagle Automotive Tire – stipple
Mercury Inboard-Outboard Marine Engines – line art
Credit Suisse Gold [...]

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Scientific Optical Diagrams

Biaxial Indicatrix Diagram

Randal did a series of scientific illustrations for Dr. John Delly, scientific advisor to the McCrone company in Westmont, Illinois. This diagram of a Biaxial Indicatrix was used in a training manual for lab technicians to learn how to identify optical light refracting properties of crystals. The reason this is important is that forensic labs [...]

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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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Engine Piston Pin Sketch

Automotive Piston Pin

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.

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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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Renault Elf Racing Car

Renault Elf Racing Car

As a part of developing a technical illustration business in the 1980’s, Randal Birkey did many illustrations as “self-promotion.” These projects were designed to push skills and abilities further, and to show prospective customers what could be done.
This pen and ink line art illustration of a Renault Elf Formula One racing car was carefully constructed [...]

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