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Quantum Graphics Aerial Perspective Cutaway

Quantum Graphics Aerial Perspective Cutaway

Randal was commissioned by Rich Nickel Design to create an aerial perspective cutaway illustration of a client printing facility. The client was Quantum Graphics, located in suburban Chicago, Illinois.  Randal first worked from architectural blueprint drawings to construct a 3D perspective wireframe of the building and the interior components that were to be revealed in [...]

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Loft Lobby Interior

Loft Lobby Interior

Randal was commission by a real estate development company in Chicago called Loft, to illustrate the lobby of an industrial building being converted to residential “loft” condos in the 1980’s. There was no way to take reference photos of the site, so Randal worked from architectural blueprints to construct a 3D wireframe model 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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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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How to Build a Better Sportshirt

How to build a better sportshirt - Lands End

Randal did this catalog spread illustration and detail insets for Lands’ End, a catalog retailer located in Dodgeville, Wisconsin on “How to Build a Better Sportshirt.” The spread illustrated the superior way in which Lands’ End men’s sportshirts are constructed and designed.

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Wilson Sporting Goods

Wilson tennis racquet cross section

Randal was contracted by Wilson Sporting Goods to do a series of illustrations for their tennis product catalog. Each racquet in the catalog featured a cutaway illustration showing the layers and materials used in its construction. Each illustration was done by hand with pencil and color pencil on 100% cotton drafting vellum for that “techie” [...]

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