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2013
Nismo Le Mans Spotter Guide |
The sixth edition of our popular Le Mans Spotter Guide launches 8pm June 12th for those travelling to Le Mans early. The guide will then be updated June 18th following Scrutineering.
This is our biggest guide ever, 56 entries, additional info in each 'cell' including Driver Rankings, plus an extra resource page.
Huge Thanks to Nissan for sponsoring this Spotter Guide. Download
your guide on our sister site
SpotterGuides.com
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2013
OSU 'Buckeyes' Football Helmet Design |
Andy was recently commissioned by CJ Wilson Racing to create a unique helmet for OSU student and Mazda MX-5 Cup Driver, Patrick Gallagher.
Andy designed a Ohio State University Football helmet design on an Arai helmet. With some subtle colour breaks giving the impression of a different appearance, the helmet, painted by Censport Graphics looks amazing. The helmet will go up for auction to raise money for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus
You can see more images
here
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2013
Nismo Endurance Spotter Guides now live |
We are
pleased to announce Nissan are now a partner and will be supporting
the Nismo WEC, ELMS and Le Mans Spotter Guides during 2013.
You can download the guides at the usual Spotter Guide Website.
Formula
One, ALMS and an extensive year long wall planner are also
available.
Download
your guide on our sister site
SpotterGuides.com
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Tyler
McQuarrie and JR Hildebrand Formula Drift Camaros. |
Regular
Client, Tyler McQuarrie Racing launched their updated Cheverolet
Camaro at this weeks Formula Drift event. The team also announced
INDYCAR Stat, JR Hildebrand will also compete in a number
of rounds in second Camaro.
Andy designed
the liveries of these cars, an update on his previous liveries
of 2012.
Full feature
on the car on our new website out soon.
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Lewis
Hamiton Pit Lane Spotter Guide |
After
our successful Jenson Button Pit Lane Spotter Guide a couple
of years ago, we had to update this to full 2013 following
Jenson's exploits in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
We had over 37000 downloads just on Facebook with over 205
Shares!
You can
view the special guide here...
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Papadakis
Racing reaches out to Andy Blackmore Design |
Scion
works team, Papadakis Racing reached out to Andy recently
to update the livery of their Scion tC Formula Drift car,
which he designed back in 2011. The car has minimal updates
and has retained the original Team Need for Speed livery even
though the organization bailed out of motorsport. Shows a
good striking livery can have more impact than the brand!
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TAG
Heuer Eyewear Commission for Tommy Milner |
TAG Heuer
Eyewear commissioned Andy to create a unique TAG Heuer branded
helmet which incorporated some of Tommy's graphics for the
2013 season.
The current
ALMS GT champion was very pleased with the helmet and literally
wouldn't shut up about it! Carbon and Graphite complement
the TAG Heuer Greens and Reds to give a high end look. The
helmets were expertly painted by Tyler Cenarussa of Censport
Graphics. Keep an eye out for a film on the design and paint
of these helmets soon.
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CJ
Wilson Mazda MX5 Cup |
With Andy
on TAG Heuer and Simraceway duty at Sebring, he found some
time to capture some shots of the CJ WIlson Mazda MX5 Cup
cars which were support.
You can
view the gallery which includes many of Andy's images HERE
and HERE.
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2013
F1 and ALMS Spotter Guides are live |
We are
pleased to continue our 2013 guides with the ALMS Sebring
12hr and Formula One Spotter Guides. WEC, Le Mans and others
to follow.
We've
also released a special Lewis Hamilton Pit Crew Spotter Guide
following his exploits in the Malaysian GP
Download
your guide on our sister site
SpotterGuides.com
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Saudi
Falcons - Dubai 24hrs 2013 Video |
Our all-new
website is almost completed and we aim to launch this before
the end of the year. The Awesome Group, creators of Crank
and Piston, and Evo Middle East have released this awesome
video of the 24Hr of Dubai from the eyes of Saudi Falcons
Schubert Motorsport.
You can view the stunning looking car, which Andy designed
the livery here.
Enjoy.
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Tommy
Milner, Censport Collaboration |
Andy recently
worked with Tyler Cenarussa of Censport Graphics and Tommy
Milner on a project which will be shown at this year's Sebring
12hr. Stay tuned....
You can
also follow our Facebook
Page or Twitter
Feed
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New
website launches soon! |
Our all-new
website is almost completed and we aim to launch this before
the end of the year. The revised website will feature a more
extensive portfolio, galleries, news updates and opinion pieces
on vehicles and Design.
You can
also follow our Facebook
Page or Twitter
Feed
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Bimmerworld
begin title defense at Daytona |
Bimmerworld
Racing, who compete in the Continental Tires Spots Car
Challenge with an update of Andy's livery start their 2013
Championship this weekend as support to the Daytona 24 Hours.
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2013
Racing Wall Planner |
The 2013
Spotter Guides Wall Planner is now available to Download on
sister site SpotterGuides.com. The Wall Planner features all
the major International championships and many national events
and is supported by RadioLeMans.com and DailySportscar.com
You can
download this extensive Wallplanner
here.
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Saudi
Falcons Shine in Dubai |
The Saudi
Falcons BMW Z4 GT3 took to the track this week in Dubai. Run
with Schubert Motorsports, the car features a unique part
Chrome livery designed by Andy. Excellent Shots at Crank and
Piston.com.
Both entries
lead, but ultimately retired. Regardless, they received more
image coverage than any other team at the event.
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24H
Dubai Spotters Guide |
Thanks
to Saudi Falcons, DailySportsCar and Radio Le Mans, a special
24Hr Dubai Spotter Guide is now available to download. 82
entries.
The event
will be covered by Motors TV and RadioLeMans.com with extensive
reporting (Including input from Andy) on DailySportscar.com
Download
the guide here.
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Saudi
Falcons and Schubert Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 |
Here is
the first image of the BMW Z4 GT3 which Saudi Falcons will
campaign with Schubert Motorsport at the 24Hr Dubai. More
images here.
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SpotterGuides.com
Car Illustration Wallpapers launched |
Andy has
released some Desktop Wallpapers on sister site, SpotterGuides.com.
Three Desktops are available initially,Le Mans ,Petit Le Mans
and a celebration of Nissan in 2012 Motorsport, in association
with Nissan.
Download
the Wallpapers
here
More Wallpapers
soon
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Saudi
Falcons Porsche 911 GT3 Cup takes to the track |
The two
car Saudi Falcons Porsche 911 GT3 team took to the track this
past weekend in rounds 1 and 2 of the GT3 Cup Middle East.
Abdulaziz Al Faisal was running in the two tone Blue Red Bull
entry while Faisal Binladen ran the now traditional Chrome
livery.
Fantastic
Gallery here
on Crank and Piston
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Saudi
Falcons preview 2013 |
The Multi-discipline
Saudi Falcons Team, who led the 2012 Dubai 24Hours recently
released a teaser image of their new range of liveries.
The Porsche
911 GT3 Cup car, designed by Andy features a unique Chrome
Green base with Dark Green and Yellow accents which emphasis
the Saudi Falcon logo on the sides.
More from Saudi Falcons soon.
All will
be revealed on my new website
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Spottter
Guide success with over 90,000 downloads in 2012 |
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 Andy
if you are interested in branding opportunities ensuring your
brand in front of die-hard Motorsport fans.
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Epic
Motorsports BMW M3 E46 comes to life |
This special
wide bodied E46 has been in build during 2012 and the new
Andy Blackmore Design livery has been applied. The Epic Motorsport/Bimmerworld
entry will stand out on track like no other E46, just as requested
in the original brief.
You can
read about the build here.
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Not
just cars,,,although they did sneak in |
One of
Andy's recent commissions was for a Aquatic Bedroom Wall mural
featuring many preschool and children film characters. The
wall features characters from Octonoughs, Team UmiZumi, Nemo,
Cars 2 and the Little Mermaid.
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Bimmerworld/BMW
take manufacturers Title |
Continental
Tires Team, Bimmerworld continued their successful 2012 season
with a 1-2 at Indianapolis and the Manufacturers Trophy for
BMW in the series. Andy is already working on 2013 Projects
with Bimmerworld so stay tuned for our new website.
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Simraceway 24 Hours of 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 dont
need it straight away, remember to visit after Tuesday.
As ever,
thanks to everyone for their support!
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Bimmerworld
celebrates win at Barber |
Congratulations
to Bimmerworld on their win at Barber Motorsport Park in the
GRAND-AM Continential Tires Championship.
Andy designed
the team's 2011 and 2012 livery
You can
view the 2011 Bimmerworld cars here
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2012 Spotter Guides |
The 2012
Edition of Spotter Guides continue to be a success. You can
viewe the dedicated SpotterGuides website for full details
We released
a successful Rolex 24 GRAND-AM Guide and Wall Planner at the
beginning of the year and are now working with the American
Le Mans Series to released ALMS Spotter Guides for every race.
We are
looking for partners for the Le Mans Guide and a possible
DTM Guide. If your company would like to sponsor a guide and
get your brand in the hand of thousands of die-hard fans,
contact Andy now.
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Simraceway |
Andy Blackmore
is proud to announce he will be assisting Ignite GT and their
Simraceway racing simulation project as Creative Director.
After
12 1/2years with Electronic Arts, at one time, the largest
video game developer in the world and five year at McLaren,
plus his twenty years experience in freelance design, Andy
will be bringing his design expertise to the Simraceway game
and the Simraceway Performance Driving Centre.
Andy will
continue with his livery and motorsport design services.
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Minichamps produce Schubet Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 |
German
Model make, 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!
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Tyler McQuarrie Chevrolet Camaro - Formula Drift |
Andy Blackmore
Design is proud to announce his new livery for Tyler McQuarrie's
Chevrolet Camaro which will compete in Formula Drift. Working
with ABD client, Gardella Racing, McQuarrie will run the car
during the 2012 season with Mobil 1 and Go-Pro Sponsorship.
Despite the new ride, Tyler put in a great performance and
finished 6th at Long Beach.
This brings
the total to three ABD liveries in Formula Drift 2012
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Team Aon Ford Focus - WTCC |
Team Aon
made their World Touring Car Championship debut at Monza,
Italy earlier in March with a new look Livery.
The new
design features light blue areas for new Sponsors Laser and
Profile Matts.
Team Aon
is run byArena International, a client of Andy Blackmore Design
for 18 years.
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Teaser Image: |
A Striking
new BMW M3 E46 will make its debut in North America's BMW
CCA Club Racing series.
Following
his successful Bimmerworld liveries, customer Eric Zimmermann
comissioned Andy to create a stand-out livery.
The BMW will make its debut later this yer.
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Liveries Return |
Andy's
two Team Need for Speed liveries return for the 2012 season
in Formula Drift. Frderic Aasbo and Papadakis Racing enter
their second year with the Scion tc and have updated the livery
to show the correct 'Marlboro' Rocket Red, which was originally
intended last year. Team mate, Matt Powers also returns with
his Nissan S13 in the same colour scheme.
Elsewhere,
Schubert Motorsport have decided to retain their 2010-2011
livery, designed by Andy, for their GT Open campaign.
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Bimmerworld Racing - GRAND AM Continental Tires |
Andy recently
created a new livery for GRAND-AM Continental Tires team Bimmerworld.
After
a successful partnership in 2010 the new livery reflects Bimmerworld's
new corporate identity while giving its co-partners maximum
exposure .
Andy was also consultant for a thrid car sponsored by CRC
Brakes.
You can
view the 2011 Bimmerworld cars here
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Rolex 24 at Daytona Spotter Guide |
The first
Rolex 24 at Daytona Spotter Guide, presented by SPEED.com
is available to download atSpotterGuides.com
and later in the week at SPEED.com
This is
the first of the 2012 series of Spotter Guides and features
a 60 car entry over two pages.
We plan on expanding our range of guides for 2012. If your
company would like to sponsor a guide and get your brand in
the hand of thousands of die-hard fans, contact Andy now.
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The Making of the Mustang RTR-X |
The very
talented Will Roegge
has produced a short video on the Making of the Mustang RTR-X
which Andy designed with Vaughn Gittin Jr last year. The video
shows the first run of the car at Willow Springs and features
interviews from Andy, Vaughn and Twins Turbo, who built much
of the car.
In addition,
a number of magazine features will appear in the coming months
including Redline Magazine in the UK and Mustang Monthly in
North America
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Speedhunters- Dan Wheldon remembered |
Andy's
final post for Speedhunters was this tribute to Dan Wheldon
who lost his life doing what he loved best earlier this year.
Back in the UK, Andy spent many weekends at (cold!) racetracks
watchning upcoming stars in Formula Ford, Vauxhall Lotus,
F3. Dan always stood out and will always be remembered.
Andy was
one of the founding Associate Editors for Speedhunters until
March 2012 and posted over 340
articles.
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Saudi Falcons choose Andy Blackmore Design |
Saudi
Falcons by Schubert Motorsport chose Andy to design their
colourscheme for the BMW Z4 GT3 which finished fourth in the
recent 24 Hours of Dubai.
Schubert Motorsport have been 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 across the side of
the Z4.
Note,
Andy did not do the logo placement for this design.
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2012 Racing Wall Planner |
Andy has
produced a comprehensive Racing Wall Planner for 2012, in
conjunction with DailySportsCar.com and Radio Le Mans.
The PDF is a free download at the new SpotterGuides.com
website.
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Need for Speed Shelby Super Snake GT500 Cover/Show car |
Andy recently
designed after market modifications to a one-off Shelby Super
Snake GT500 for Need for Speed -The Run, out in November.
In addition to usage on the cover of the Multi-Million selling
game, Shelby have replicated a show car which shows off almost
all the modifications, including new Graphics, HRE C90 Wheels
with Falken Tyres, Carbon Conponents and a new front bumper
design which gives a more agressive look.
A small
gallerye exists on Need for Speed's Facebook Page
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MegaBloks Need for Speed Range |
As Vehicle
Styling Director for the franchise, Andy has been working
with MegaBloks on anew
range of cars which featute in various Need for Speed games.
Working
with the very licensors, Andy designed a number of liveries
for the cars.
The MegaBloks
Need for Speed range is out now in North America and Europe.
Andy worked on the 2011-2013 ranges.
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2011 Spotter Guides |
The 2011
Spotter Guides continue to be vailable as a free download
at SpotterGuides.com.
We currently
have the Official ALMS guide, the FIA GT1 World Championship,
V8 Supercar and the Le Mans Guides available. All our guides
have a significant increase in downloads (60,000 for Le Mans!!!),
so thans to everyone who download the guides.
Download
at http//www.spotterguides.com
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TH Motorsport announce Skoda Octavia NGTC BTCC car |
Andy was
comissioned 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.
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Last year's GRAND-AM Concept shows the future |
Andy's
GRAND-AM Design study, designed with the help of SPEED.com
and Marshall Pruett has appeared on many websites and forums
in recent days as word comes Corvette and others are involved
in the new 2012 DP look. This was confirmed recently on RadioLeMans.com
.You can
read the full article on my design, from last year and see
a full galley HERE
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2011 Le Mans Spotter Guide now online! |
Powered
by Nissan, the 2011 Guide is now released and features the
latest designs and cars ahead of Scruitneering. The Guide
will be updated after Scruitneering.
The Guide
is massively popular with over 55,000 downloads in the last
two years. With our partnerships with Nissan, Radio Le Mans,
DailySportsCar, Speed and others, we hope to spread the word
further.
You can
download your free copy HERE
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Mobil 1/ Red Bull Gardella Camaro Makes its debut |
Originally
the first of three liveries for Gardella Racing, their new
Chevy Camaro made its debut at Road Atlanta round of Formula
Drift, finishing 2nd in intial qualifying.
More images
will be availble shortly, but for now, you can read the article
on Enkei's blog
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Mustang RTR-X goes testing, spreads around the net |
The Mustang
RTR-X which I designed with Formula Drift Champion, Vaughn
Gittin jr went testing at Willow Springs recently. The car
performed well and looked stunning out in the sun.
Twins
Turbo did a truely awesome job building it. Full Article on
Speedhunters shortly, but a full
gallery on Autoblog.com can be viewed here
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Eric O'Sullivan's Formula Drift Pontiac Solstice |
Irish
Drifter, Eric O'Sullivan will be making his 2011 debut in
the next 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, their iconic blue
and the new GR identity. As you can see on WreckedMagazine,
the livery has gone down a storm!!!
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Jenson Button Pit Crew Spotter Guide |
Just a
bit of fun. 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
F1
guide will be release soon, have been very busy
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2011 Team Need for Speed BMW Z4 comes to life |
Following
its Dubai 24 Hour win in January, the Team Need for Speed
BMW Z4 has gone back to BMW for a full 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. More on Edward Sandstrom's Facebook
page.
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Truck illustration for Team Aon |
Here is
a great example of artwork I create for teams. The illustration
of the two Ford Focus BTCC cars is produced in vector and
is scaleable 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 mechandise and pit panels
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Team Need for Speed makes its 2011 Drifting debut |
Andy has
been heavily involved with the identity of Team Need for Speed
again in 2011, updating race trucks, Electro Lounge area and
the racecars.
As shown
below, Andy designed a new livery for Fredric Aasbo's Scion
tc and also assisted Matt Powers on its very individual Nissan
S14.
You can follow the exploits of Team Need for Speed on Speedhunters.com
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2011 Spotter Guides now available |
The first
2011 Spotter Guides are now available as a free download at
SpotterGuides.com.
We currently
have the ALMS/ILMC Guide for Sebring, and the all-new FIA
GT1 World Championship Guide available. Formula One and GT3
to follow.
Download
at http//www.spotterguides.com
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Team Aon 2011 Ford Focus debuts at Geneva Moto Show |
Andys
longest serving client, Arena International under the Team
Aon brand, launched their new 2011 Ford Focus Touring
Car with Ford at the Geneva Motor Show this week. The all
new car features a development of Andys livery.
Andy also
assisted in a consultancy role with the Engineers at Arena
on the bodykit design of the car. View a gallery of Images
of the new car here
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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. The Supra will compete in selected
European events while the Scion tc, prepared by Papadakis
Racing will compete in the Formula Drift Championship
As with
all Team Need for Speed designs, this car has been personalised,
with the Rocket Red, paying homage to Fredric's previous Supra.
Press release here
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Bimmerworld celebrate new livery with a podium |
Andy has
recently completed two new liveries for GRAND-AM Continental
Tires team Bimmerworld. The team are fielding two E90's in
the ST class and tweo M3's E92's in the 'GS' Class. The two
cars have slightly different hood designs to tell them apart
on track. You can view a gallery
here.
Bimmerworld
scored a podium at the first round of the series, the Daytona
200. Congratulation guys!
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Reflective
livery stand out on top of the podium in Dubai.
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The 2011
Team Need for Speed livery on the Schubert Motorsport BMW
Z4 GT3 made its debut with a convincing win at the Dubai 24
hours in January. The reflective livery was a photographer
favourite during the event and received much praise on Need
for Speed and Speedhunter's Facebook and Twitter outlets.
The livery
features a unique wireframe graphic from the in-game cars,
which is in reflective on the white areas. More images and
full details on Speedhunters'
Dubai coverage.
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Two designs win Speedhunters Cars of the Year! |
Speedhunters
readers have voted two of Andy's designs as 'Cars of the Year'
in the annual reader voting.
The Mustang
RTR-X, designed with Vaughn Gittin Jr won Demo Car of the
Year.
Mad Mike's
Team NFS Red Bull Mazda RX8, with Andy's livery, won Pro-Drift
Car of the Year.
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Andy's Photos of the Year |
As a part-time
contributor to Speedhunters.com, the leading Car Culture website,
Andy has attended a number of events during 2010 including
Formula Drift, American Le Mans Series, SEMA and Le Mans.
All the
contributors were asked to pick their photos of the year.
You can view Andy's images HERE!
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Team Need for Speed enter 24H Dubai with an updated look |
Andy has
been working with the 'Team Need for Speed' crew at Electronic
Arts to design the latest Team Need for Speed livery. The
race winning Team NFS will be entering the 24 Hours of Dubai
with the BMW Z4 GT3.
Andy has
updated the livery with wire-mesh from NFS Shift 2 which is
partly reflective, so it will glow in the dark during the
24 Hours.
Full details
on Andy's launch post on Speedhunters.com
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2012 Lotus IndyCar Livery for SPEED.com and Indycar.com |
Andy recently
created a quick livery for SPEED.com to announce Lotus' Bodykit
and Engiine program for the new 2012 Indycar.
The IZOD
Indycar series liked the art so much, they also used the image.
The Image was used by multiple news outlets including Autosport
and Racer.
Click
here for the article on IndyCar.com,
SPEED.com
and Racer.com
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Team Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X unveiled at SEMA |
The Team
Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X which Andy designed with Vaughn
Gittin Jr was unveiled earlier this week on the Ford Stand
at the SEMA Show. The car looks stunning in the flesh.
Twins
Turbo and Steen Chassis did an amazing job bring Andy and
Jr's vision to reality. AutoGuide.com said it was "Definitive
showstopper".
You can
follow the build process and the debut of the RTR-X here,on
Speedhunters
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Voted ''Best looking Car' in Formula Drift |
The Team
Need for Speed/Red Bull Mazda RX-8, which Mad Mike Whiddett
campaigned in the 2010 Formula Drift Championship won the
'Best looking Car' Award at the season banquet. The award
was presented following voting by drivers, teams and industry
figures.
Andy designed
the livery with MIke, a variation of Andy's BMW Z4 design
for Team Need for Speed to include Mike's Red Bull sponsorship.
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Congratulations Champions!!! |
As the
racing season comes to an end, a number of Andy's clients
have won the following Championships :-
Team
Aon (Ford Focus) |
BTCC
Independent Teams Trophy |
Tom
Chilton (Team Aon) |
BTCC
independent Drivers Championship |
Scott
Tucker/Level 5 |
ALMS
LMPC Championship |
Vaughn
Gittin Jr. |
Formula
Drift Championship |
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GRAND-AM
2012 Design study spreads around the net |
Andy's
GRAND-AM Design study has spread around the net, creating
quite a buzz on Facebook, Twitter and forums such as Ten-Tenths.com,
to the official GRAND-AM and SPEED.com forums, the study has
been positively received.
Endurance-Info.com
and DailySportsCar.com
(subscription)have also run stories on the study.You
can read the full article at SPEED.com
and see a full galley HERE
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GRAND-AM
2012 Design study, in association with SPEED.com |
Andy has
recently been working with SPEED.com on a design study for
the 2012 GRAND-AM Cars. The series has been working with teams
for new ideas to improve the look of Grand-Am cars via a chassis
update. With his vehicle styling experience at McLaren, Yamaha,
KWM, Arena and Electronic Arts, Andy was commissioned by SPEED.com
to work on some proposals.
You can
read the full article at SPEED.com
and see a full galley HERE including
a Corvette Version, showing how a GRAND-AM Car with more extreme
styling.
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Mustang RTR-X build progress! Getting ready for SEMA |
The Team
Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X which I designed with Vaughn
Gittin Jr is progressing well at Twins Turbo. You can follow
the latest updates here
as the build takes shape. Note we have now confirmed colour
with Green accents.
The car
will make its debut at the SEMA Show in November 2010. See
you there!
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2010
Spotter Guides series - ALMS, BTCC, FDrift,
Le Mans |
The 2010
Edition of the BTCC and the OFFICIAL ALMS Spotter Guide are
now available as a free download at SpotterGuides.com.
The ALMS guide will be updated prior to each race..
The ALMS
guides also appears on the official site (Race hub section)
and is available as a poster and on T-shirts at ALMS races.
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Riley
Racing Choose Andy Blackmore Design |
Grand
Am Continental Tires Challenge entrant, Riley
Racing commissioned Andy Blackmore for a new livery for
their title sponsor, PitchEngine, a PR and media release website.
The top
half of the car remains Black, while the bottom half has an
all-new look. The livery will make its debut in September.
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Team
Need for Speed Mustang RTR-X Announced |
Andy has
been working with Formula Drift race winner, Vaughn Gittin
Jr, on this exciting new build over the past few months. The
build is based off a 1969 Mustang Boss and will be built from
a new Chassis, from scratch.
The car
will make its debut at SEMA 2010, but you can follow the entire
build process including livery voting here
at Speedhunters.com
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Team
Need for Speed Livery Design Process |
Andy recently
published an article on Speedhunters about the livery process
for the Team Need for Speed collective of cars racing this
year. Read the full article on Speedhunters.com
The Mazda
and Nissan race in Formula Drift, while the BMW Z4 GT3 races
in FiA GT3 and various VLN races including the Nurburgring
24 hours
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New
look for Ryan Gates in Redline Time Attack - UPDATED |
Andy was
recently commissioned by Ryan Gates to design a new livery
for his Evo X, one of the fastest Evo X's in the world. Making
over 700bhp, Ryan and his machine achieved a 100% win rate
in the Redline Series in 2009.
This is
just a Work in progress shot as a few of the logos still need
to be applied, but you can view more images on Ryan's
Flickr site.
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Team
Need for Speed BMW Z4 breaks cover |
Hot off the
press, just after the vinyl work was complete.Here is the new Team
Need for Speed BMW Z4 entry for the FIA GT3 European Championship
More Images
over on Speedhunters.com
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Team
Need for Speed makes its debut |
Following the
Team Need for Speed announcement earlier this month, Mad Mike Widett
and Matt Power's made their Team debut at the Long Beach Formula
Drift event.
Photos and background
to Mike's Mazda RX8 is available
here, and Matt Powers here,
all courtesy of the Team NFS section of Speedhunters.com
which I'm involved with
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CRS
Racing Formula Renault livery |
Podium finishes
marked the debut of the new Formula Renault livery for CRS Racing
at Thruxton. The livery was designed before the car had been launched,
using CAD screengrabs which gave Andy more of a challenge. The team
wanted a different livery to the Ferrari and have coloured
pockets for different sponsors on multiple cars.
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Team
Need for Speed launched across multiple disciplines. |
Andy has been
working on a new livery for EAs Need for Speed race team which
will compete in multiple disciplines including FiA GT3 and Formula
Drift. The asymmetric livery has been designed to stand out from
the crowd but also be personalized for each ride.
Andy also assisted
on race gear and the VIP booth at FD events. Andy's art will also
feature on some Fatlace clothing. Full story and more images over
on Speedhunters.com
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Team
Aon builds on partnership with Andy Blackmore Design |
Team Aon, run
by Arena International, a client of Andy Blackmore Design for the
past 17 years, launched their new 2010 Ford Focus at the BTCC media
day. The livery has been updated with new sponsors including Calor.
Andy designed
all the race clothing, pit panels and truck graphics for the 2010
season. A long job!
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CRS
Racing Ferrari F430 goes testing |
The 2010 CRS
racing Ferrari F430 has recently been testing in preparation for
its competition debut in April. See more images here.
As you will
see, some sponsor changes, but the livery still holds together well
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Legend
Fires Skoda Fabia WRC |
Andy has designed
a Legend Fires livery for John Stones new Skoda Fabia WRC which
will complete in the British Tarmac Rally Championship. The livery
is based around a scaled up version of the Legend Fires logo, with
the colours tweaked for maximum exposure.
Images will
appear here shortly.
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2009
American Le Mans Series Yearbook now available!!! |
The
2009 ALMS Yearbook, produced by TPP Publishing has now been printed
and will be shipped for Christmas (in North America). Andy supplied
all the car illustrations for the Yearbook, which also features hundreds
of fantastic photos. A fantastic review of the season. Available now,
with LMP1,2 or GT2 Champion colours at TPP
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CRS
Racing livery makes its debut at Autosport International |
Andy recently
completed a new livery design for CRS Racing, one of the top Ferrari
GT teams in the world. 2010 will see CRS move into the Le Mans Series,
complete with this new livery which has been designed to improve
branding placement and opportunities.
A full launch
will take place nearer the start of the season
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Jenson
Button's 2010 helmet travels around Social Networks |
Andy
mocked up Jensons 2010 McLaren sponsored helmet, shortly before his
2010 drive was confirmed. Originally published on Radio Le Mans Facebook
group, the image spread across Facebook and Twitter rapidly and appeared
on a number of websites including F1 Scoop and Grand
Prix Diary, claiming it to be an 'EXCLUSIVE'...only, it wasn't....just
as their wasn't a credit. Lucky I sneaked on in - Edit: March 2010...pretty
much spot on as well |
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Merry
Christmas from Andy Blackmore Design |
As is now tradition,
the Andy Blackmore Design Christmas Card has now been released,
Merry Christmas and a Happy, successful 2010 to clients, past, present
and future.
Click on the
image to view the card.
You can download
older cards here : 2008
, 2007
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BTCC
2009 Season Preview (!) on SpeedTV.com |
The
BTCC returned to North American TV in December. As a SpeedTV.com writer,
and produced of the on-screen TV car graphics, Andy wrote a preview
to bring the North American audience up to speed
.without letting
slip who won! You can read the full article here. BTCC airs on Speed
on Saturday afternoons during December and January |
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Hero
Poster for Matt Hamilton Racing |
A
Hero Poster was recently produced for new BTCC star, Matt Hamilton.
Using the Photoshopped images of his, then, to be completed Honda
Civic, the poster was designed and laid out by Andy and produced double
sided A2 for fans at the track. Click on the image for a larger version.
Contact Andy now it you want a stunning
Hero Card or Poster produced for 2010. |
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Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca uses Spotter Guide art |
The
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca race track commissioned Andy to supply car
images for their own Spotter Guide, which was available at the circuit.
Produced by designer J.R.Martinez, Andy supplied all the cars for
the guide. If you are interested in using my 2010 cars for your own
circuit or sponsor Spotter Guide, please contact Andy directly.
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Need
for Speed.com articles on RadioLeMans.com and Petit |
As
an offshoot of Andys writing on Speedhunters.com, Andy produced
two articles for Need for Speeds new website in October as the
video game was sponsoring #92 BMW M3 GT2 at Petit Le Mans. Andys
first article was an insight of ABD client, RadioLeMans.com
while the second
article was a review of the race, centered around the #92
car.
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Team
AON Ford Focus finishes season with a win |
Andy
had three cars in the final rounds of the 2009 BTCC. Matt Hamiltons
Honda Civic and the two Team AON Ford Focus, run by Arena International.
Tom won the final race of the season, quite an achievement given the
team started the season with no development. More to come in 2010
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McLaren
F1 GTR Retrospective on Speedhunters.com |
Andy is a member
of the Editorial team on Speedhunters and also worked for McLaren
in the 90's. Andy designed 14(!) liveries, as an employee, or freelance
to the teams. In
this retrospective, Andy recounts the 1995 and 1996 BPR seasons
and the 95 Le Mans wins, also telling many behind the scenes stories
regarding the livery designs of the F1 GTR
Read the two
part series here
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2009 Spotter Guides - A huge success!
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Spotter
Guides were very successful this year. Over 10,000 downloads for
the ALMS guides on SpotterGuides.com
(+ who knows how many on the official ALMS Site) and 35,000 Le Mans
Guides. ALMS and BTCC will be back in 2010. Unsure of Formula 1
as that was abused, copied and pirated by sponsors, websites and
even 2 Grand Prixs without any authorization
.makes
me wonder why I bother. These things take about 30hrs to set it
initially
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American
Le Mans Series - State of the Series address |
Scott Atherton,
CEO of the American Le Mans Series presented his annual 'State of
the Series' address on Friday of the Petit Le Mans weekend. The
presentation included two
slides showing Andy's artwork from the Spotter Guide series.
As a client
of ABD, the ALMS uses Andy's artwork for Spotter Guides and presentations.
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BTCC
Matt Hamilton Racing Honda Civic livery launched |
Andy was commissioned
to create a livery for the ex-Syncro Motorsport Honda Civic Type
R. The car was still in blue and silver. We were limited by time
and budget with the livery but were able to convince the sponsor
to vinyl wrap over the Blue area with Red Vinyl creating a cohesive
look with the Sponsor corporate identity
Livery Design
Artwork is available here,
in our livery section.
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Road
& Track Magazine - October 2009 |
Andy was recently
commissioned by Road and Track magazine to produce three images
showing the class structure in the American Le Mans Series.
The series put
Road & Track in touch with Andy directly. Click
here for a scan of the image or pick up a copy of the October
issue of Road
& Track Magazine across North America.
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GrandTouringPrototype.com |
Andy is working
with Marshall Pruett on the new
GrandTouring Prototype.com website. The website showcases golden
era of North American Motorsport, the IMSA GTP championship in the
80's and 90's. Andy is producing a number of graphic assets including
website branding, stickers and t-shirts.
You will be
stuck in this site for hours. Lots of awesome videos to watch!
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March
09/R line drawing |
Andy has recently
worked with KW Motorsport on various artwork to showcase the new
S2000 March 09R, which is a modern day version of the classic 75S
You can view
the article at Professional Motorsport World
here
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Sunday Times Goodwood Festival of Speed |
If you are lucky
enough to be attending this years Goodwood Festival of Speed on
Sunday July 5th, make sure you pick up a Sunday Times Goodie Bag,
which will contain some Andy Blackmore Design Artwork
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SpeedTV.com commission : 'Two Fastest" |
Andy recently
commissioned by Marshall Pruett of SpeedTV.com to produce this piece
as a print which will be given to Allan McNish and David Brabham,
in recognition of being voted the Two Fastest Sportscar Drivers,
by fellow drivers, journalists and team owners. The image also appeared
on Allan's official website.
You can view
the article HERE
and download the image HERE
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Over 29,000 Downloads of the Le Mans Spotter Guides |
The 2009 24
Heures du Mans Spotter Guide was a major success. Over 31,000 hits
across four websites hosting the guide in a six day period. Radio
Le Mans, Eurosport and Speed TV commentary teams all used the guides!
If you would
like to sponsor the guide for 2010 and capture a dedicated motorsport
audience please contact Andy today. Branded versions of guides
are also available.
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2009 Le Mans Spotter Guide Released |
The 2009 24
Heures du Mans Spotter Guide is now online at www.spotterguides.com
The guide is
available as a two-page PDF and JPEG versions..Produced in association
with Radio Le Mans, SpeedTV.com, Ten-Tenths.com, Fourtitude, Speedhunters
and l'endurance magazine. SpeedTV commissioned a unique branded
version for their website
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SpeedTV.com article : The Science of Liveries |
Andy recently
wrote his first article for SpeedTV.com. The article reviews the
liveries of the 2009 Formula One teams and explains to the Speed
TV audience challenges faced by livery designers.
The article
is in two parts. Part
One, Part
Two
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BTCC
Arena Ford Focus bodykit and livery design. |
Andy was commissioned
to create the car, truck livery and various presentation artworks
for the new Arena Motorsport Ford Focus, which Tom Chilton and Alan
Morrison will campaign in the 2009 British Touring Car Championship.
The livery is loosely based on the Ford WTCC design from 2004.
Livery Design
Artwork is available here,
in our livery section.
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'Grid
Graphics' for ITV Sport BTCC Coverage |
Andy has produced
the 'Grid' graphics ITV's coverage of the 2009 BTCC season. Andy's
graphics were first used in 2008. The images are based of the BTCC
Spotters Guide which you can download (see below).
A video of the
2008 Gird is available on You-Tube
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ALMS
2008 Yearbook featuring artwork by Andy Blackmore |
Andy has recently
been working with TPP Publishing, providing car illustrations of
every car raced in the 2008 American Le Mans Series. Based on the
Spotter Guide artwork, the illustrations compliment a year in review,
technical review and team-by-team guide.
You can order
the Yearbook, and view preview pages showing Andy's work here
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Audi
R15 TDI Artist Impression |
The new Audi
R15 has been caught testing this week, in bare carbon. With the
help of 'Mulsanne' Mike Fuller and others, Andy was able to create
an artist impression from images taken at the test. The livery is
a guess, based on the 2008 season
Illustration,
photographs and technical Analysis over at Mulsanne's
Corner
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Team
/ Sponsor branded Spotter Guides available. |
Team branded
Spotter Guides can provide ViP's, fans and team guests with useful
race entry information on the series they are involved with. This
is a great cost-effective way to spread your brand via a unique
header and when required, featured cars such as the Team Dynamics
Guide shown here.
Please contact
andy if you are interested in using this cost-effective marketing
tool
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Need
For Speed / Speedhunters Porsche |
Andy was recently
commissioned to produce a livery for Patrick Soderland's new Porsche,
which will be running in selected Endurance races in 2009. Base
colour had to remain white, due to time constraints. The clean livery
is loosely based on NFS 'Undercover' cover car, which Andy also
assisted in designing (see below).
You can view
images and report at Speedhunters.com, by clicking the image.
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Interview: 'Need for Speed' Porsche (Cover Car) Design |
Need
for Speed.com and Speedhunters.com recently carried an interview
with Andy on his design for the modified Porsche 997 GT2 car which
features on the cover of Need for Speed - Undercover.
In the interview
Andy discusses the design process in designing a bodykit, livery
design and its approval from Porsche AG. Interview is available
here
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Spotter Guides return for 2009! |
We are now planning
our 2009 series of Spotter Guides. We plan on producing F1, ALMS
and BTCC guides. The American Le Mans Series will be using Andy's
guides online and at the circuit. You can view the 2008 Guides,
here!
Release schedule
will appear here, on Ten-Tenths and on the new Spotter Guide Facebook
Group
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2008
Christmas Card |
Following the
success of our 2007 Christmas Card, Andy Blackmore Design produced
a new card for the 2008 Festive Season. Click on the image to download
the card
You can also
view the 2007 card, HERE
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SpeedTV.com
Interviews Andy Blackmore |
SpeedTV.com
carried an Interview with Andy during the ALMS finale weekend. The
in-depth Interview, by Marshall Pruett, covers Andy's career and
future direction, now he is based in North America.
You can read
the interview in full HERE.
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2008
Spotter Guide wrap |
The final Spotters
Guide of 2008, for the final round of this years ALMS is now online.
You can download this, and all our other Spotters Guides here!.
Thanks to everyone
for their support and helping to promote and download this during
the season. Special thanks to John Hindhaugh at Radio Le Mans, Marshall
Preutt at Speed TV and Grant at Ten-Tenths. We will be back in
2009
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Andy's
designs remain in F1 for over a decade! |
Every
year, F1 teams attempt to out-do each other in the pit lane with new
pit equipment. McLaren started this trend back in the 90's. It is
therefore a credit to Andy Blackmore, that the pit
crew helmets he designed for the 1998 Championship
Winning Season and the overhead garage modules,
introduced at the 1997 French GP are still in use, Eleven years
on!. |
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SEAT
BTCC Commemorative Wallpaper |
Andy has recently
produced commemorative wallpaper for SEATCupra.net highlighting
SEAT Sport UK's participation in the British Touring Car Championship
The wallpaper
can be downloaded at SEATCupra.net
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BK-Lola
Mazda Illustration on SpeedTV.com + others |
Andy was recently
commissioned by Speed TV, to create an artist impression of the
B-K Motorsports Lola Mazda coupe, which will appear later this year.
The illustration and article has now appeared on countless forums
and new sites as well as the official American Le Mans website.
You can view the original article and image here.
A larger version
of the image can be viewed here.
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'53
Ford Truck Design & Illustration |
Andy was recently
commissoned to design and illustrate a customised '53 Ford Truck
You can veiw
the finished article HERE
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Speedhunters.com
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Speedhunters.com,
a website dedicated to car culture has recently been launched. Andy
is one of the contributors on the site, concentrating on circuit
racing, rallying and design topics. You can read Andy's topics HERE.
Speedhunters
also published a biography on Andy, which is available
HERE
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ALMS,
F1, Le Mans, BTCC& WTCC Spotters Guides online |
A series of
PDF Spotters Guides are now online as a free download HERE
We have partnered with Ten-Tenths.com, SEATCupra.net, Radio Le Mans
and DailySportscar.com. The guides will be updated during the season,
keep checking the dedicated Spotter
Guides site.
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'Grid
Graphics' for ITV Sport BTCC Coverage |
Andy was comissioned
to produced new car 'Grid' graphics for the 2008 BTCC coverage on
ITV. The images are based of the BTCC Spotters Guide which you can
download (see above).
A video is available
on You-Tube
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Radio
Le Mans 'Midweek Motorsport' logo |
Andy has just
completed a new logo for Radio Le Mans flagship show, Midweek Motorsport.
Broadcast online every Wednesday evening and as a podcast, the show
is presented by John Hindhaugh and Tim Grey. www.radiolemans.com
The show also
has its own successful Facebook Group HERE
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Leigh
Rallying website relaunched. |
The 'LeighRallying'
website of BTRDA Navigator and rally driver, Robert Leigh has been
relaunched to reflect his 2008 Championship Campaign.
The website
is a great example of a low-cost effective website, which can be
easily updated with page feeds from Blogger.com. The website address
is www.leighrallying.co.uk
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2007
Christmas Card |
Our Topical
2007 Christmas Card proved to be extremely popular and was downloaded
1000's of times. We still get requests, so if you would like a copy
(unless you are from the FiA!) then please Click on the image to
download the card
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2007
BTCC, WTCC, DTM & Cupra UK Spotters Guide now available |
2007
Edition Tintop Spotters Guides are now available to download free,
in pdf format. Produced in conjunction with SEATCupra.net, Ten-Tenths.com
and Fourtitude.com, each pdf features side view drawings of each car/team/driver
combination. Martin Haven & David Leslie of Eurosporrt
TV are already using them! Goto
the '07 Spotters Guide Download Page |
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DeviantART
page launched |
DeviantART
is a portfolio style website for artists to showcase their work. Andy
has recently joined and his 'DA' Page will showcase past projects
and also his own 'free-time' work including the 'Vexel' style Red
Bull SEAT Leon Touring car shown on the left. Visit his DA page at
:- http://andyblackmoredesign.deviantart.com |
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A1
GP Livery Competition - Through to the Final |
Earlier
this year, Andy mocked up a quick livery for an A1GP Netherlands Livery
competiton. The competition was open to Amateurs and Professionals
and over 1000 entries were received. An online 'fan' vote of the 12
finalists resulted in 3rd place for Andy (The winner of this round
doesnt actually meet the brief). Not bad for 2 hours work :) You
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BTCC:
A-Tech Alfa Romeo Liveries |
Andy
was recently comissioned by A-Tech racing to design the liveries for
their Alfa Romeo 156 British Touring Car Liveries. The brief and the
design was completed and approved in just 24 hours! Due to the quick
turn-around, the design had to be applied with vinyl only, using the
original Alfa Romeo Red as a base. You can view a larger image here |
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CheekyChops.ca
website |
Andy has recently
produced a website for CheekyChops.ca, based in British Columbia,
Canada. Cheeky Chops is a baby contentment and child sleep consultant
which works with you and your child to help solve bedtime and naptime
sleeping habits
View the site
here at www.cheekychops.ca
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Andy's McLaren
F1 'Ueno Clinic' livery voted favourite by the fans!
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The Black and
Grey livery of 1995 Le Mans winner, Ueno Clinic McLaren F1 GTR was
recently voted the favourite livery by fans in McLaren Automotive's
monthly online poll. Two of Andy's other designs, 1995 Gulf and
1996 Fina also figured in the opinion poll. Visit the
livery page for more of Andy's liveries.
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Peugeot
Cartoon makes print, web and t-shirts! |
A
cartoon was produced as part of the team identity for Team Farecla
recently. This has been used extensively. Its first
appearance was on the new team website. The image was also
used in the Donington BTCC programme. Just 36 hours later, it was
utilised for a third time, printed on T-shirts, for fans and team
personnel. Maximum usage!!! |
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Peugeot
307 makes its second Andy Blackmore Design debut |
Despite a late
change of sponsor, the renamed Team Farecla made its debut in the
British Touring Car Championship. You can read more about the team
here
This makes a
return to the championship for the Peugeot 307 BTCC car which Andy
helped style with VLR in 2003.
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Street
Safari Van Livery |
StreetSafari,
the organisers of the original European banger rallies Staples2Naples
and Home2Rome and CzechWrecks needed a livery for their support vehicle.
Andy created the final design and sticker artwork from a rough concept
using the 'Dad's Army' style map by Kirwin
Design. You can view the final design in more detail, here |
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New
British Touring Car Livery |
Andy
has recently completed an extensive team identity for the new Team
Add-It team which will join the BTCC. Peugeot 307, truck, pit crew
uniforms, team logo and Pit Garage Banners were all designed with
this distinctive livery. Andy originally helped with the bodykit design
of the Peugeot with VLR racing in 2003. The team aim to debut at the
Donington round of the BTCC. More information available here |
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New
LMP1 Coupe announced for 2010! |
KW
Motorsport recently commission Andy to work on a design proposasl
for the new Creation LMP racecar. With the aid of CAD
drawings from the current car, Andy restyled and redesigned the machine
to meet the new 2010 Le Mans ACO regulations. This is the third commission
from KWM this year. You can view the images here |
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