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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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555 W. Jackson Isometric Cutaway

555 W. Jackson

Randal Birkey created this pen and ink line drawing in an isometric layout in order to show an office building floor plan in a three dimensional yet true to scale fashion. This image was used for self-promotion as a architectural illustration portfolio piece in the 1980’s.
The original art was produced using Rapid-o-graph ink pens on [...]

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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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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall Aerial Map Perspective

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall Aerial Perspective and Cutaway

Randal Birkey was commissioned to produce a series of architectural illustrations of the renovation project of “Symphony Center,” the home of the world renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra Hall, as it is also known, was undergoing an extensive renovation, as well as being connected to another building around the corner from Michigan Avenue. Together, this [...]

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1972 Datsun 240Z Cutaway

1972 Datsun 240Z Cutaway © Randal Birkey

Randal once owned a car like this (see photo below) and used his personal knowledge of the car along with his technical illustration skills to create the “transparent” style cutaway line art illustration, focused on the engine and front suspension details. The 1972 Z-car is regarded by many as the best classic year of any [...]

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4 Cylinder Engine Cutaway

4 Cylinder Engine Cutaway Illustration

Randal created this cutaway technical illustration of a 4-cylinder automotive engine as a self promotion piece for use in advertising his technical illustration skills in the 1980’s. This illustration was done by hand with Rapidograph ink pens on smooth illustration board.

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Cutaway House

Cutaway Steel House

Randal illustrated a typical house shown partially cutaway to reveal how Dale Industries/Incor steel framing products can be used in residential construction. The base line work was done in a 3D wireframe software, then transferred to Adobe Illustrator in a 2D format for adding color fills, line weights, captions and border framing.

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Castle Keep Cutaway

Medieval Castle Keep Cutaway Illustration

Randal has been asked to provide illustrations in many textbooks. This one was done for an elementary textbook on the Castle Keep. It is a cutaway diagram showing the floors and various typical activities inside the Keep.
This illustration was hand done in Corel Painter software on a Macintosh computer using a Wacom Tablet.

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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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Abloy Lock Technical Illustration

Abloy Lock Cutaway Technical Pencil Illustration

The Customer’s Need
The manufacturer of Abloy Locks required an illustration to reveal the unique tumbler technology used in their locks for a trade advertisement.
Randal’s Solution
Randal was contacted by the manufacturer’s ad agency in the 1980’s and contracted to create the illustration. This image is one of the working “pencils” that Randal did on his way [...]

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