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Nissan Le Mans and GT-R LM NISMO creative assets

At the end of May, Nissan Motorsport announced they will enter the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship including Le Mans with a full-factory effort of two LM P1 cars. The car will be called the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO and will make its testing debut towards the end of the year. In addition to sponsorship of my Le Mans Spotter Guides, I was separately commissioned to create some supporting car illustrations showcasing Nissan’s current and future involvement.

I produced a number of vehicle illustrations to support their media coverage for the announcement and for Le Mans.

This is a great example of how illustrations can give a client a consistent message, free of different photo shoots and lighting challenges.Â The images were utilized a number of times making them excellent value for Nissan.

You can read more about this project in the dedicated post in my Portfolio Section.

June 14, 2014 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: GT-R LM Nismo, Illustration, Nismo, Nissan, Spotter Guides

NISMO Spotter Guide for 2014 Le Mans is now live!

Version 4 of the Nissan NISMO Spotter Guide for the 24 Heures du Mans 2014 is now available as a free download following scrutineering

The guide features all 56 cars, team, chassis, engine and driver details along with a timetable, map and current WEC points standings and is the perfect tool for watching at the circuit or from home.. Each car has been illustrated in detail, with the assistance of almost every team. Thanks to these teams, we have the most up to date visual guide available anywhere!

The guide is currently available as a 3 page A3 size PDF and as 3 separate JPEGâ€™s (4500pixels wide) which is perfect for desktop wallpaper and large printing. A smaller A4 size PDF is available in High and Low resolution The A4 release is great for home printing and also viewing on a mobile device.

No apps or fees are required. You can download the guide HERE, along with any future update

Huge thanks to Nissan for partnering with the guide. Make sure you follow their Twitter Account @NISMO_Global

June 13, 2014 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: #24LM, #LM24, Illustration, Le Mans, Nissan, Spotter Guide, SpotterGuides.com

Falken Tire Comission

I have been fortunate to have worked with Falken Tires on a few small projects in recent years. This year I was able to assist on logo placement for the Porsche 911 RSR in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship and my artwork was also used prior to the full car launch at Sebring. I have also designed a number of stickers in recent years for the company. The latest set, for Falken’s Formula Drift program is shown above.

May 15, 2014 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: Decal, Falken, Falken Tire, Illustration, Sticker

l’endurance / DailySportscar 2013 GT Endurance Season Review

I was fortunate to be asked to contribute to the 2013 GT and Endurance Review book put together by l’endurance and Dailysportscar.com and powered by Nissan. I contributed in a very small way with some illustrations for the Blancpain Endurance Series and World Endurance Championship.Â The e-book is simply epic and I advise any racing fan to download it for free now.

February 22, 2014 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: ALMS, Dailysportscar, Illustration, lendurance, Nissan, Review, SpotterGuides, WEC

TAG Heuer Eyewear celebrate Tommy Milner and Corvette

Following the design of the new 2014 Helmet for Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner (see below), I was commissioned by TAG Heuer Eyewear to produce an illustration celebrating the return of Tommy Milner and Corvette GT cars to Daytona. The style was a modern day version of the classic Le mans and Monaco GP posters and should hopefully be the start of a series. Obtaining reference proved a challenge as the new Corvette C7.R livery was only launched earlier this week, so I started with reference images of their camouflage test car, which was a challenge. The C5.R also proved a challenge early on. Winner at the 2001 event, before the internet took off, there was little imagery around, but legendary photographer, John Brooks came to the rescue with 10 images of the C5.R at that race.

A larger image resides on TAG Heuer Eyewear’s Facebook page, which is also where you will be able to download desktop wallpaper of the design shortly.

January 23, 2014 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: C5.R, C7.R, Corvette, Illustration, Racing Poster, TAG Heuer, TAG Heuer eyewear, Tommy Milner

2014 Liveries now in production!

Ensuring your race team, brand and partner stands out on track in 2014 is more important than ever.

With a premier new championship in North America, brand recognition through a striking team design and livery is important where full or oversubscribed grids will be the norm and multiple classes, of which many will have limited TV exposure. The series has also introduced new number and positon placements which will make livery designs more challenging.

Europe sees similar challenges with new rules in the Prototype class of the WEC taking the headlines and a wide range of GT championships including British GT, Blancpain Endurance Series, FIA GT and GT Open.

2014 is already taking shape for many teams with sponsorship and livery proposals underway. My first 2014 livery will be shown in a couple of weeks.

In preparation, I have built up an extensive selection of four view templates to kick start any livery projects which you commission. The majority of these templates have been created using OEM information and data.

November 20, 2013 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: 2014, ALMS, Blancpain, Blueprints, ELMS, Grand-Am, GT, Illustration, livery design, TUSC, TUSCC, WEC

IMSA.com launched with ABD illustrations

November 1st sees the launch of the new IMSA.com website, which will provide all the official series coverage for the Tudor United Sports Car Championship and Continental Tires Sports Car Challenge.

With my long association with the IMSA run American Le Mans Series, I was asked to provide illustrations for each style of car in the 2014 United Sports Car Championship to educate visitors of the class structure. Another example of how Spotter Guide Illustrations can be used for multiple projects.

IMSA also used my side illustrations for their Competitor Bulletin on the new number panels and class branding.

November 1, 2013 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: Illustration, Spotter Guides, Tudor, TUSC, TUSCC

SEMA 2013

Drop me a line if you have an exciting project you want to discuss at SEMA.Â I will be at the show Tuesday 5- Thursday 7th November. Use my contact form on the website or leave me a message on Facebook or Twitter (links below)

October 29, 2013 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: automotive styling, Illustration, livery design, SEMA, SEMA 2013

Porsche guests receive their own Petit Le Mans Spotter Guide

This is a great example on how a team or sponsor can use the Spotter Guide artwork to help their VIP’s and guesta at the circuit, in addition to building brand awareness.

Porsche North American agency, Momentum Worldwide, contacted me last month to create a special ‘z-card’ Porsche Spotter Guide layout for their VIP’s at Petit Le Mans. Porsche has a huge presence at the blue riband events such as Petit Le Mans and have their own building constructed on top of the hill, above the pits.

October 24, 2013 / 0 Comments / Category: News / Tags: ALMS, Falken, Illustration, porsche, Spotter Guides, TUSC, Z-card

The challenges facing Scott Elkins

Scott Elkins is the highly respected COO of IMSA and has been busy drawing up new regulations for the new United Sports Car Championship, which is a merger of the American Le Mans Series and GRAND-AM.

The problem is, both parties want their premier class to lead the grid in the new series. The relatively crude GRAND-AM Daytona prototypes don’t have the aerodynamics of a Le Mans Prototype car, but have a higher top speed, given a long straight. The cars are really polar opposites. Road America saw both series on the same bill, although they didn’t run at the same time, you could compare their times for a rough estimate.

August 13, 2013 / 0 Comments / Category: News, Opinion / Tags: ALMS, Grand-Am, Illustration, Spotter Guides, USCC

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: Illustration, mural

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