Passion. Precision.
Welcome to YOLCH Illustration! For nearly 20 years, I have been creating expert-level isometric and
2-dimensional illustrations for clients like McDonald's, Airbus, Caterpillar, Steelcase, City of Pittsburgh,
Alcoa, Carnegie Museums, YMCA, SAE International, Pulte Homes and countless others.

No matter what your company's illustrative need is, from a set of tiny interface icons to exploded-view drawings of jet engines, I can draw it... and draw it right.

And now that I'm out on my own, forget about those big firm rates!
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THOUGHTFORM: McDonald's PlayPlace drawn by using a photograph as source.THOUGHTFORM: I was one of only two illustrators chosen to re-illustrate the entire 628 page McDonald's Operations & Training Manual distributed worldwide. This was drawn by visiting the site, taking measurements and photos.THOUGHTFORM: More McDonald's equipment. My colleague and I drew EVERY piece of equipment related to the operations of McDonald's Corp.THOUGHTFORM: A typical grill system at McDonald's.THOUGHTFORM: Hundreds of process drawings were created using photographs as reference.THOUGHTFORM: More process drawings for McDonald's.THOUGHTFORM: A VERY important grid! All McD's color art would also be published simultaneously via software as black & white. This study allowed me to know how to tweak the grays to provide suitable separation for the black & white art.THOUGHTFORM: An example of precise isometric illustration conveying how a camlock secures a horizontal support to a vertical panel assembly. Steelcase illustrations were typically created from engineering drawings. 1 mm = 1 inch.THOUGHTFORM: An example of precise isometric illustration conveying how wiring & cabling is routed through offset panel heights. Steelcase illustrations were typically created from engineering drawings. 1 mm = 1 inch.THOUGHTFORM: A precise drawing to show how cantilevers and supports are utilized in this particular Steelcase office furniture system.THOUGHTFORM: How do all those Steelcase panel parts go together? Just like this!THOUGHTFORM: An example of a Steelcase furniture system assembly.THOUGHTFORM: An exploded-view drawing to explain a common Steelcase electrical system.THOUGHTFORM: An exploded-view drawing to explain a common Steelcase electrical system within a panel system.An example of just one simpler style of illustration created from a simple photograph.SELF: A FormZ 3D model to display different materials.THOUGHTFORM: Source was just a sketch. Steelcase wanted to build interactive workstation areas to foster creativity. They were built, and very successful, based on this 3D model.THOUGHTFORM: A snapshot of a large 3D model which demonstrated optional furniture system arrangements for one of Steelcase's flagship lines.THOUGHTFORM: An excellent illustration to explain how the "Underscore" flooring and cable management system works.BUILDIQ: An excellent example of taking a very complex work process and simplifying it. The result is a deliverable where each team member involved in the process clearly understands their roles and goals!THOUGHTFORM: A poster to explain to management candidates the road they will be on to complete their goals.BUILDIQ: Housewrap procedure for a shed roof to wall application.BUILDIQ: HVAC attic system guidelines with blown-in insulation.BUILDIQ: HVAC enclosure minimum requirement illustration.BUILDIQ: Overview of an entire HVAC attic system.BUILDIQ: A selection of custom web interface icons related to the homebuilding industry.BUILDIQ: A selection of custom web interface icons related to the homebuilding industry.BUILDIQ: A cutaway view of a roof edge overhang regarding blown-in insulation.BUILDIQ: Large illustration showing an entire example of a post-tension slab foundation installation.BUILDIQ: A close-up of just one of the steps to install a post-tension slab.BUILDIQ: Another post-tension slab illustration regarding the proper treatment of foundation penetrations.BUILDIQ: An illustration demonstrating the proper siding installation techniques for a specific chimney.BUILDIQ: One of the steps in proper siding installation on an exterior deck.Client: Accunurse: Large poster design to illustrate the effective uses of a voice-controlled database-driven nursing system to better serve the senior healthcare industry. This illustration was a collaborative effort with my colleague, Kurt Hess.Detail view of Accunurse illustration.Detail view of Accunurse illustration.S&H Industries called on YOLCH Illustration to provide their customers exceptionally concise assembly drawings for their many products. The result? Nearly ZERO calls from confused customers and a lot more happy people everywhere.Step 1 in the assembly process of a vertical masker used in the auto body sector.A sample from the continued assembly of the vertical masker.Close-up detail of the vertical masker.SAE International called on YOLCH Illustration to provide a very clean, technical, intelligent front-end search engine design.YOLCH Illustration provides very detailed spec maps for developers to accurately re-create the final design.
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