Cathedrals Everywhere

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

When visiting Spain in March 2008, I was visually reminded of how many cathedrals there are in that country and in the rest of Europe. This was a sketch of ... Read more..

Moorish Design Influence

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

This sketch was done at La Lonja, a castle from the 15th century that housed the silk merchant trade in Valencia, Spain. The design is definitely organic, and carved from ... Read more..

Sketches of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

Here are some additional sketches I did while in Spain last month. The first is a window detail on the side of the place of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, ... Read more..

Back from España

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Personal | No Comments »

Sorry for the recent silence. I took a trip to Spain, and was almost completely off-line and unplugged from most technology and the Internet! I spent 1-hour online between March ... Read more..

Old Man Illustration

Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

I think I was looking through some Pen and Ink drawing books I have, and decided to try my hand at a pen and ink sketch of a guy in ... Read more..

Kemper Insurance

Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

I had a friend who was a graphic designer, with a design project for Kemper Insurance. He needed a series of illustrations depicting the process an employee would go through ... Read more..

Exelon Illustrations

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

Back in the 1990's, I did a series of illustrations for a designer friend of mine, who was designing some print brochures for Exelon, the energy company. The illustrations had ... Read more..

Chicago Area Map Illustrations

Saturday, September 29th, 2007 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

I've done so many map illustrations in my career, I've lost count. Many of them are of the Chicago area. The one on the left I did in 1995 of ... Read more..

Cartoon Illustrations for Ameritech Mobile

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

I am not really known for doing "cartoon" illustrations, but back in the 1980's I did a whole series of them for Ameritech Mobile Communications. They were used in various ... Read more..

Racing Car Illustration

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Birkey Illustration | No Comments »

I was watching the Houston Texas LeMans race yesterday afternoon on TV for a bit, and it reminded me of this cutaway drawing I did years ago of a Formula ... Read more..

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