Randal did many illustrations using a “stipple” ink line style in the early 1980′s before the Macintosh computer came along and changed the way business and print communications were done… the so-called “desktop publishing” revolution. This is an example of a real estate development site plan done by hand in stipple style, primarily because the style lends itself very well for newsprint and magazine reproduction.
A Real Estate Development Site Plan in Stipple Style
Randal Birkey created this site plan of what eventually became an insurance office campus in the northern suburbs of Chicago in the 1980’s. The developer was Homart, and the project called Riverwoods. The original art was done with pen and ink line work, and color pencil and watercolor washes on illustration board. The illustration was used in a printed piece promoting the development project, and seeking to attract a major tenant. It was one of the first color site plans I did as I started my freelance illustration career in 1981.
Riverwoods Corporate Site Plan