self-promotion

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Creative Sourcebook Ad 1997

Creative Sourcebook Ad 1977

OBJECTIVE Generate new clients and freelance illustration business by creating a self-promotional ad in the Chicago Creative Sourcebook SOLUTION In partnership with his Chicago artist rep, Randal Birkey created an ad featuring his illustration work for insertion in the 1997 Chicago Creative Directory. It worked! In 1997 this ad produced new illustration work from: DDB [...]

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Chicago Creative Sourcebook Ad

Sourcebook Ad

In the early 1980′s, Randal Birkey started his freelance illustration career. At that time, one of the best ways to advertise illustration and get new work, was in the Chicago Creative Sourcebook, published in Northbrook, Illinois. Randal created this ad as his first entry into the Chicago illustration market. He used a pen and ink [...]

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