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Saudi Falcons debut new look

One of the leading teams in the Middle-East, the Saudi Falcons has a new look for their 2012/2013 season. The design features an evolution of the Falcon graphic on the side of their race cars which has now been emphasised by contrasting chrome and solid colouration

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Following successful usage of material finishes on the Mustang RTR-X and the 2012 Tyler McQuarrie Racing Chevrolet Camaro, I took this one stage further by introducing a Chrome Green into their design. Working with the team over a number of months, we settled on solid color on the hood, roof and trunk as well as the ‘Falcon on the side. The contrast works well in the Middle East with their strong sunsets and open desert circuits. Continue Reading

November 23, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , , ,

SAS Porsche win Carrera Cup GB Championship

Matthew Meadows has followed in the SAS footsteps of Damien Faulkner by winning the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship for 2012. Meadows driving the Redline Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car won six races on the road to the title.
I originally designed the SAS livery back in 2004 for Andy and Gary Britnell and VLR Racing. Since then the livery has appeared every season and has been campaigned by many different teams including VLR, Motorbase, Lechner Racing and now Redline Racing.

SAS also sponsor a Porsche in the Middle East GT3 Cup

Congratulations to Matthew and Redline Racing

 

November 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , ,

News – Spotter Guides a success with over 100,000 unique downloads

As the 2012 season comes to an end, we need to pass on our thanks to everyone who downloaded the Rolex 24, ALMS, WEC and Le Mans Spotter Guides this year. Our numbers are up and we were also fortunate to be sponsored by top racing brands including RadioLeMans, Simraceway, DailySportscar the ALMS and Eyecoon, sponsors of the Felbermayr Proton Porsche team.

We will be back with more Spotter Guides in 2013. Please contact me if you are interested in branding opportunities ensuring your brand in front of die-hard Motorsport fans. I am interested in producing a DTM and Grand-Am Spotter Guide

October 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags:

News – Bimmerworld win at Indy and the Championship

Continental Tires Sports Car Challenge Team, Bimmerworld continued their successful 2012 season with a 1-2 at Indianapolis and taking the  ‘ST’ Manufacturers Trophy for BMW in the series.

Congratulations to James and the whole team at Bimmerworld Racing. Richly deserved.

I am pleased to announce I am already working with Bimmerworld on their 2013 projects!

October 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , , ,

News – Not just cars….

One of my recent commissions was for an Aquatic Bedroom mural for a lucky three year old. The Wall featured many pre-school characters including Nemo, Cars 2, Little Mermaid, Team Umizoomi and Octonaughs. The mural was produced with Tester Pots, Acrylic Paint and Graffitti Paint and Pens.

Very enjoyable project, but it took many hours to finish. You might notice I did slip in a couple of cars. McMissile from Cars 2 and James Bond’s Lotus Esprit!!!
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August 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: ,

Porsche 918 RSR Retro Liveries

Way back in early 2011, I was working on vehicle customisation for Need for Speed The Run. EA had managed to obtain the rights for the Porsche 918 RSR Concept car which had been previewed earlier that year.

Each car  in-game has 2-3 levels of visual progression with a choice of colours at each level. I approached Porsche AG about creating some retro 917 liveries for the 918RSR given their heritage. It took a while but they eventually agreed to the three above, Hippy, Porsche Salzburg and the Pink Pig.

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June 26, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , , ,

News – 2012 Le Mans Spotter Guide.

The 2012 Edition of our massively successful 24Hrs of Le Mans Spotter Guide is now available at SpotterGuides.com & Simraceway.com’s Blog

The Simraceway.com sponsored guide is available in different formats and resolutions to cater for everyone’s needs and has already been promoted heavily on the social networks and with our media partners.

The guide will be updated after Scrutineering, so if you don’t need it straight away, remember to visit after Tuesday.

As ever, thanks to everyone for their support!


UPDATE – A huge success! During Le Mans week, we had over 50,000 unique downloads. Thanks to everyone who supported the guides.

June 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags:

News – BMW Z4 GT3 models released

German Model maker, Minichamps has recently launched their two Schubert Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 racecars from the 2010 Nurburgring 24Hrs. Both liveries were designed by Andy Blackmore and feature the now iconic asymetric Team Need for Speed livery.

Minichamps and Spark Models will also be producing the 2011 cars, complete with wireframe livery and ABD branding on the boot!

June 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , , ,

PCMG photoshoot of Team NFS Corolla.

Irish photographer, Paddy McGrath has just published an cool photoshoot of Darren McNamara’s Team Need for Speed MCN Sport Toyota Corolla Drift car, one of the most extreme Drift cars in Europe.

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I originally designed the livery last year during production of Need for Speed Shift 2. This was a car which appeared virtually before the real car.

Take a look at Paddy’s shoot here

Fantastic imagery as usual from Paddy.

May 30, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , , , ,

News – Tyler McQuarrie Mobil 1/ GoPro Camaro

Tyler McQuarrie made his debut as team owner this past weekend in the opening round of the 2012 Formula Drift Championship with the ex Gardella Racing Chevrolet Camaro.

Tyler contacted me after Gary Gardella recommended me to him in the closed season. We were able to work in the Go-Pro and Mobil 1 Sponsorship with a Gloss Black and Matte White design which continues the theme from the Gardella machine in 2011. Mobil 1 also used my original artwork for stickers at the opening round.

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April 25, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , , ,

News – Zimmermann BMW M3 wide body

I was fortunate to work on Eric Zimmermann’s new BMW M3 E46 wide body build, which is currently in construction at Bimmerworld. The car is scheduled to make its debut towards the end of the year in the North American BMW CCA Club Racing Series.

This was a great livery to work with with a relatively clean piece of (digital) paper to work from. The brief was to design a striking livery.

April 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , ,

News – Team Aon enter the World Touring Car Championship

Arena International, the team behind the Team Aon Ford Focus team were one of my first clients back in 1994 and I was able to work with the team again on their 2012 campaign in the World Touring Car Championship.

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With new sponsors including Laser Tools, we designed a new livery for this season leaving the Airbrushed Blue and White look behind.

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March 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , , , ,

News – Liveries return for 2012

I am fortunate in that a number of my race liveries return for 2012. In Formula Drift, Papadakis Racing and Fredric Aasbo retain their asymmetric Team Need for Speed livery with the car now in its correct Fluorescent Red. Elsewhere on the Team Need for Speed Roster, Matt Power returns with his Nissan S14.

In Australia, Mad Mike Whiddett also retained his Team NFS livery, now with camouflage graphics on his Red Bull Mazda RX-7 and RX-8. In this case, Need for Speed has been replaced by Speedhunters as title sponsors.news_sas_2012

Back in the UK, SAS International continue to sponsor in the Porsche Carrera Cup and continue with a livery I originally designed in 2003. I wish I was on yearly commission for that one.

All the best for 2012.

 

March 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags:

News – Bimmerworld retains ABD

Following their 2011 livery, I was commissioned by Bimmerworld again to produce their 2012 livery. With the team focusing on the BMW E90 sedan in the GRAND-AM Continental Tires Series we were able to work through multiple designs to create a distintive design which shows off the Bimmerworld colors and corporate identity effectively with a BMW Motorsport inspired graphic on the Hood.

I was also a consultant for a third entry, sponsoeed by CRC Brakes.

You can view the Bimmerworld cars here

March 6, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: , ,

News – Saudi Falcons choose ABD

Saudi Falcons by Schubert Motorsport chose Andy to design their colour scheme for the BMW Z4 GT3 which finished fourth in the recent 24 Hours of Dubai.

Schubert Motorsport is a client of Andy Blackmore Design with the Team Need for Speed brand in recent years and directed the Falcons to Andy for the latest design.

The design is based on the Falcon logo stretched across the side of the BMW Z4  GT3.

Note, Andy did not do the logo placement for this design.

January 10, 2012 / 0 Comments / Category: News
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News – 2011 Speedhunters Awards

Andy Blackmore Designed vehicles, once again triumphed in the 2011 Speedhunters Car of the Year Awards.

The Ford Mustang RTR-X won the Muscle Machine of the Year, while the top 3 Pro-Drift Cars all had Andy Blackmore Design vehicle liveries, Matt Powers Nissan S14, Darren McNamara’s Toyota AE86 and Mad Mike’s Mazda RX-7, whose design is a development by Mad Mike of the Mazda RX-8 livery Andy designed in 2010.

The RX-8 won Formula Drift Best Looking Car of the Year and Speedhunter’s Pro-Drift car of the Year in 2010.

December 31, 2011 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: ,

News – MegaBloks

As Vehicle Styling Director for the Need for Speed franchise, Andy has been working with MegaBloks on a new range of cars which feature in various Need for Speed games.

Working with the Canadian Company, licensors and EA Game teams, Andy designed all the liveries for the cars and assisted in car choices and development of the range of products.

Models include the McLaren MP4-12C, Porsche 911, Audi R8 and the Mustang RTR-X which Andy designed with Vaughn Gittin Jr.

The MegaBloks Need for Speed range is out now in North America and Europe

December 21, 2011 / 0 Comments / Category: News