Another illustration done for the “Friends of the Chicago River” project. Randal illustrated what could be done at the southern end of Rush Street in Chicago, where it dead ends into the Chicago River. This view showed an outdoor eating area, a dancing area on a barge, plantings, walkways and other amenities to make creative use of this under-utilized property.
Rush Street at the Chicago River
Randal was commissioned by a real estate development firm to develop this architectural rendering of a residential design being offered in a development in Chicago’s near South Loop area. This was to be new construction offered in the Prairie School style, popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright. Randal first worked from architectural drawings to develop a 3D perspective wireframe. Once a view was established and approved by the client, Randal transferred the line work to watercolor illustration board, then rendered the house in watercolor and ink line work. The original was done on D’Arches 22 x 32 watercolor illustration board.
Prairie Style House
Randal did this white ink and pencil illustration of Chicago bridges at night for a project funded by the Open Lands nature conservancy project. The illustration was used in a report designed to highlight how the Chicago River could be developed and turned into an amenity for Chicago, rather than the eyesore that it was back the 1980′s.
Interestingly, The City of Chicago has since implemented many of the recommendations and ideas put forth in the Open Lands report.
Chicago Bridges at Night
This illustration and a number of others in this series were commissioned by and in collaboration with Jonathan Boyer, a Chicago area architect.
While traveling overseas, I often do sketches of things I see. This is a figure study ink line sketch done of a Greek goddess statue or sculpture as a part of a fountain or public building in Europe… not sure where.
Greek Goddess Ink Line Sketch
Product Illustration of Larressingle Armagnac
New York city ad agency
A New York ad agency required a product illustration of Larressingle Armagnac for newspaper advertising use.
Through his New York artist rep, Randal Birkey was contracted to prepare a line art illustration of the Larressingle Armagnac product. The art was completed by hand in a pen and ink style and a high resolution copy delivered to the client.
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