Character illustrations for a restaurant in Oxford, Ohio

Doughby's Restaurant is located in Oxford, Ohio, just north of Cincinatti. The city is home to Miami University, founded in 1809 and named after a local Indian Tribe. Doughby's is open 7 days a week until 3:00 and 4:00am for hungry students involved in late night study sessions. We have done a series of 3 different versions of the Doughby's character as shown below, and expect to do several more for the restaurant in their continuing promotions.

Prototype parts illustration

All manufactured products start out from a basic concept. This illustration is a single plastic part that allows a handle to connect to an adjustable ball joint. We received a photo of the part and then created detailed drawings of the piece and rough dimensions to enable the manufacturer to begin work on fully detailed CAD drawings prior to machining the dies for the molding of the parts. If you're an inventor and need line drawings of your creation, give us a call.

Instructional drawings for IPS Corporation

IPS manufactures plumbing and roofing products, and structural adhesives under the Weld-On brand. We were  contacted to create a series of line drawing illustrations for various plumbing products  to demonstrate installation procedures. A large part of the challenge lies in figuring out how to draw the images so that they easily communicate the text that accompanies each illustration. Shown here is the installation of a closet flange stabilizer (a plastic part that sits beneath your toilet to help produce a proper seal).

Illustrations for an anti-snoring device

VitalSleep is a company in New York that designs and manufactures special adjustable mouthpieces that gently move the lower jaw forward, which opens up the airways in the back of the throat thus allowing snorers to breathe easily at night. The company asked us to update their existing drawings to show the anatomical effects of the VitalSleep device, along with several other illustrations demonstrating how to custom-fit the device for first time use.

Custom Roman coin logo illustration

A client brought us an old woodcut engraving of "Janus", the 2-headed Roman god of doorways, archways, beginnings and endings. We were asked to create a metallic-looking coin image for his financial services company. The challenge was to develop a method of drawing the various surfaces to look as if they were stamped in low-relief (bas relief) in gold and silver. The effect was achieved by the use of gradients of yellows and browns to simulate gold; and white, grays and black to simulate silver. It was a tricky process to work out the reflectivity patterns, but the results turned out great, and the client loved it.

Fitness product instruction illustration

When Armore Wearable Fitness launched its new resistance arm exerciser, we were called on to create an illustration for their website and instruction booklet with labels to make the device easier to understand and use. A photograph of the unit on a model's arm was taken and the drawing created in Adobe Illustrator from the photo. The drawing and labels of the various parts of the unit made the text instructions instantly easier to understand.

Simplified location drawings

The City of Dunedin hired us to create a brochure for their downtown baseball stadium that has been the spring training home of the Toronto Blue Jays for over 33 years. The brochure includes 2 large illustrations of the stadium and grounds, and the secondary practice area containing 6 additional baseball fields. We used Google Maps satellite photos of both locations, and created simplified drawings of the areas to show the various facilities. We also created a map of Florida showing the various Florida Grapefruit League teams and their home stadiums in the state.