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Godiva Chocolate Easter Gift Basket

Godiva Chocolate Easter Gift Basket

Through his New York artist rep, Randal was commissioned to illustrate this Godiva Chocolate Easter gift basket for use in a newspaper ad, by a New York City ad agency. The illustration was done by hand using a Rapid-o-graph ink pen on illustration board in a “stipple” style, which reproduces very well in newsprint.

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Branch Bank Illustration

Branch Bank Architectural Illustration

Randal Birkey was contracted by a Chicago area architectural design firm to create an illustration of one of their branch bank designs to present to their customer. Randal worked from the architect’s scale blueprint drawings to create this perspective view. Once the view was approved, it was rendered in a pen and ink stipple style [...]

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Gas Research Institute Conference Room

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Randal was contracted by the Gas Research Institute in 1997 to illustrate a typical business scene of two business people communicating in a board room, for use in one of their print publications. Randal chose to place the people in front of a massive conference room window in silhouette, with the window light reflecting off [...]

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Stipple Style Site Plan

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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 [...]

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Closet Maid Organization Products

Closet Maid Organization Products © Randal Birkey

Randal was contracted by an ad agency to illustrate the Closet Maid system of closet organizing products in a line art style suitable for newspaper print ad use. Randal generated a number of closet views rendered in black & white “stipple” style. This illustration method involves creating a thin ink line outline, the filling in [...]

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Mercedes Benz Protoype C-111 Gullwing

Mercedez Benz Gull Wing Concept Car

Randal did this drawing of a Mercedez Benz Prototype Model C-111 in the 1980′s. Based upon a photo of this experimental, Wankel-powered automobile, the illustration was done by hand with ink lines and black wax pencil shading on croquill board. Croquill board has a bumpy surface that when certain types of dark pencils are rubbed [...]

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