TheTeam Need for Speed RTR-X, which was a monumental project for Vaughn Gittin Jr. and I along with the many many dedicated people who brought it to fruition. Team Need for Speed has just released this video by Will Roegge which provides some insight into how the RTR-X project came about.
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News – Creating cars for a video game
As Vehicle Styling Director for Need for Speed -The Run, Andy was asked to contribute a behind the scenes post for Speedhunters on how the Blackbox Car team creates a car for ‘The Run’ and how we can customise it. You can read the in-depth article here
News – Shelby GT500 Super Snake – Need for Speed Edition
During production of Need for Speed – The Run, Andy was asked to design a subtle, real world customised Shelby GT500 Super Snake, which would also feature on the cover of the game. Andy designed a subtle bodykit, new striping package with subtle NFS branding and choose HRE Wheels for this one-off car which recently made its debut.
Speedhunters’ Linhbergh takes a close look at this one of a kind Shelby, designed by Andy
News – Vehicle Styling Director – Need for Speed – The Run
Andy has been working on the video game, Need for Speed The Run over the last two year. The car features over 1800 car variations, which were customised by Andy and artist, Mike Hayes. Andy was also involved in many aspects of the vehicle production supporting the awesome Vehicle Team at Blackbox.
Here are a couple of videos from The Run. A number of articles will appear on Speedhunters overing the coming weeks and will be featured here.
Need for Speed The Run hits shelves during the week of November 14th
You can also view additional screenshots here.
News – PCMG Photoshoot of Team NFS BMW Z4 GT3
Paddy McGrath of PCMG has just published this awesome photo-shoot of the Team Schubert Need for Speed BMW Z4 GT3 at Silverstone. Paddy was the first photographer to shoot at the new Silverstone Wing Complex.
Based in the Republic of Ireland, Paddy is a total Petrolhead and also covers the British Isles. Hire him. You wont be disappointed.
You can view his Photoset here
News – Last year’s GRAND-AM Concept predicts the future
Andy’s GRAND-AM Design study, designed with the help of SPEED.com and Marshall Pruett has re-appeared on many websites and forums in recent days as word comes Chevrolet and others are involved in the new 2012 DP look. This was confirmed recently on RadioLeMans.com
You can read the original article on my design, from last year and see a full galley HERE Contact suggest my Corvette design is very close to the final design by GM
News – Skoda Octavia BTCC Vehicle Styling
Andy was commissioned by TH Motorsport and Matt Hamilton Racing to style the new Skoda Octavia NGTC car which will compete in the British Touring Car Championship in 2012.
The render appeared in numerous traditional and online magazines including Autoblog, Auto Express, Motorsport News, Jalopnik, BTCC.net and Autosport and confirms fully to the NGTC regs.
News – Speedhunters – An inside look at the Aston Martin V12 Zagato
Andy recently attended the Nurburgring 24 Hours as part of the Speedhunters/Team Need for Speed crew. Andy has been working with Aston Martin and their driver Pete Cate on a exclusive look into the stunning Aston Martin V12 Zagato here.
You can some of Andy’s other posts and images with fellow Speedhunters, Paddy McGrath and Jereon Willemsem, from the event here
News – 2011 Le Mans Spotter Guide breaks downloads record
Mentioned in countless magazines, seen on Pit Stands and Pit Garages at Le Mans and promoted on Radio Le Mans, Speed TV and Eurosport, the Nissan Sportscar Le Mans 24 Hour Spotter Guide broke download recored ahead of final qualifying earlier this month.
As we go to press, we have over 65,000 unique downloads and expect this to rise during the course of the year and people download the guides for posterity.
Thanks to everyone who download the guide and every site and individual who took the time to promote the guide.
Sponsorship of the 2012 Guide is available. Please contact Andy directly
News – Lola Group Le Mans LMP Spotter Guide
Andy’s Spotter Guide are available for personalisation, PR and marketing campaign. Once such example is this Le Mans Prototype guide, commissioned by Lola Group. The guide is featured in their Le Mans Media Guide and also a small run of Posters for employees of the Group.
A great example of how you can use tailor the guides to fit your marketing plans. Please contact Andy for more information.
2011 Nissan Sportscar Le Mans 24 Hour Spotter Guide
Powered by Nissan, the 2011 Guide is now released and features every car in this years race. The guide will be updated during the week to ensure you have the very latest Spotter Guide.
The Guide is massively popular with over 55,000 downloads in the last two years. With our partnerships with Nissan, Radio Le Mans, DailySportsCar, SpeedTV and others, we hope to spread the word further.
You can download your free copy HERE
Team Need for Speed – Dubai 24h
Will Roegge and DC Chavez produced this awesome video of Team Need for Speed winning the Recent Dubai 24hours. Andy was fortunate to attend this event and he believes they captured the ambiance of the event perfectly.
In the video you can see the car livery and Alpinestars race suit which Andy designed.
Mustang RTR-X is alive!
The Mustang RTR-X which I designed with Formula Drift Champion, Vaughn Gittin jr had its first shakedown at Willow Springs recently. The car performed well and looked stunning out in the sun.
I was in California for less than a day, but it was a very special moment to see the RTR-X driven in anger.
You can read Vaughn’s take on the day, with Larry Chen and Linhbergh’s excellent photography on Speedhunters.
Gardella Racing Livery #3 – Red Bull/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Camaro
Originally the first of three liveries designed for Gardella Racing, their new Chevy Camaro made its debut at Road Atlanta round of Formula Drift this past weekend, finishing 2nd in initial qualifying.
The basic livery was designed on the Camaro earlier this year, but had to be squeezed down to fit the much smaller Pontiac Solstice in April. Strict Corporate guidelines from Red Bull and Mobil 1 made this a challenging but enjoyable livery for Andy to design. The car will also feature in some GM advertisements for the Camaro later this year.
Gardella Racing Livery #2 – Eric O’Sullivan Pontiac Solstice
Irish Drifter, Eric O’Sullivan will be making his 2011 debut in the Atlanta round of the Formula Drift Championship in a Gardella Racing Pontiac Solstice.
Gardella have a long history of Blue race cars, so this was a great chance to show off a more creative livery, not tied to any sponsors. The design uses their iconic blue and their new Corporate GR logo. As you can see on WreckedMagazine, the livery has gone down a storm!!!
Gardella Racing Livery #1 – Red Bull/Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice
Ryan Trueck and Gardella Racing previewed their 2011 Red Bull/Mobil 1 livery at a recent Red Bull event in LA. The design was originally created for the much larger Chevrolet Camaro which is currently in build and needed to be shrinked down to fit the Solstice, while still conforming to Mobil and Red Bull North American Corporate Guidelines.
Ryan will also drive the car at the 1st round of the Formula Drift Championship in Long Beach before the Camaro makes its debut.
Truck Graphics for Team Aon
Here is a great example of unique artwork I create for teams. The illustration of the two Ford Focus BTCC cars is produced in vector art and is scalable without any loss of resolution. This will be printed around 3.5 metres tall to fit on the race transporters. Smaller versions will appear on merchandise and pit panels
Jenson Button Pit Crew Spotter Guide
Just a bit of fun, following the recent Chinese GP. I created a Pit Crew Spotter Guide for Jenson to use at the next Grand Prix! As a past employee of McLaren, I’ll be trying to ensure he gets a copy 🙂 You can view the full image HERE
Original idea by Jake Yorath
2011 Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 takes shape
Following its Dubai 24 Hour win in January, the Team Need for Speed BMW Z4 has gone back to BMW for a full 2011 update and is now back with Schubert Motorsport ready for the FIA GT3 and Nurburgring 24hour races.
As you can see, we’ve decided to keep the reflective wireframe mesh livery, combined with the Team NFS look. I’m sure the Vinyl guys in Germany hate me!
Fredric Aasbo joins Team Need for Speed
Formula Drift’s ‘Rookie of the Yea’, Fredric Aasbo has joined Team Need for Speed for the 2011 season with two machines in a new eye-catchning livery by Andy Blackmore. Fredric will race for Papadakis Racing in the Formula Drift Championship with an all new Scion tC and will compete in selective events in the Middle East and Europe in his regular Toyota Supra, now in Need for Speed colouration
As with all Team Need for Speed designs, this car has been personalised, with the Rocket Red, paying homage to Fredric’s previous Supra livery and long term partner, Japan Auto. Press release here