Australian Designers
As an Australian-based Sim Racer trying to establish a blog following, a natural place to start was Australia’s top livery designers and aid them in growing their businesses. The Australian culture follows the ethos to look after your mate and pump up our homegrown talent rather than sending money overseas.
Admittedly, I have used both Australian and international designers to design liveries for my team cars. This has given me unique insights on the topic. Australia has great designers who work closely with sim racing teams, real-world teams, and content creators alike. It was no surprise when I canvased community group pages, several suggestions were made regarding positive experiences with certain designers from within Australia.
One trend I noticed is once customers find a designer they like; a working relationship is established which leads to ongoing work over a period of years. This is a positive for both the customer and designer – leading to a better overall result. Most livery designers prefer it when a customer trusts them to have total freedom over the design aspects of the livery.
This article aims to showcase ten Australian designers and provide you with all the relevant links to find, contact and start building an ongoing working relationship with them.
Index Designs
If you have been around the Australian iRacing scene for any length of time, chances are you may have stumbled across a post or two from Isaac Edwards. A regular contributor in public forums, Isaac is also the man behind Index Designs. A quick look at Index Designs Facebook page will quickly reveal that Isaac has a knack for bringing real-world liveries to life in several Sim Racing titles. Having recently completed projects on Assetto Corsa, rFactor and iRacing, Index Designs has spent a good portion of its five years of existence designing on multiple sims.
Customers can anticipate liveries by Index Designs to take between 1-2 months and range from $30-$50. Files will be presented ready for upload to supporting software such as trading paints in TGA format and DDS for rFactor. PSD files (Photoshop Document) are available when requested prior to work commencing.
To see more of Index Designs liveries, pay a visit to their Instagram and Trading Paints pages as well as Facebook. Index Designs also produce decals for iRacing series in addition to livery creation.
New customers should look to get in contact via their Facebook page messenger option.
King Race Designs
When reaching out to the community to get people to participate in this Livery Design series, Chris Nankiville from King Race Designs was a name that I was told I absolutely had to feature. As a road-focused iRacer myself, I was pleased to see members of the Australian iRacing Dirt Community appear to participate.
For the past 2 years, King Race Designs has been at the forefront of livery creation in the Australian Dirt Community both on iRacing and in the real world. They don’t stop at livery design – they also produce logos, business cards, promotional posters and clothing to accompany your design needs.
Customers can expect livery designs to take anywhere from 1-4 weeks and cost between $50-$60 per car. Livery files will be presented in the TGA and MIP format ready to upload to trading paints.
Head to King Race Designs Facebook page to view learn more about designs and to contact Chris. Alternatively, you can reach out to King Race Designs via email at [email protected].
Photos provided by Prestige Simtography
Inside Lane Productions/Digital
Koby Jordan has been involved with graphic design content for over 10 years. Two years ago he decided to apply his skill set to design virtual cars via Inside Lane Productions on the iRacing platform. Koby runs his Livery and Logo design business through the Inside Lane Digital Facebook Page but also has a second Facebook page called Inside Lane Productions where he specialises in 3D printing.
Inside Lane Digital specialise in the Road Oval side of the iRacing platform. With a gallery full of NASCAR paints, Inside Lane Digital presents a unique point of difference from most other designers featured in this article.
Customers can expect Livery Design to cost between $50 & $60 depending on whether you are after a spec map and works are usually completed within a week of starting. Inside Lane Productions supplies customers with TGA files and Spec map files at the completion of works.
Customers wishing to work with Inside Lane Digital can do so via their Facebook page.
Pace Graphix
Boyd Bowden from Pace Graphix is another Australian livery designer who specialises in the dirt category. A quick look through Pace Graphix Facebook and Instagram pages reveals how deep-seated that dirt connection is. Boyd’s business at Pace Graphix, has spanned three years. It doesn’t stop at livery design for iRacing cars but ventures deep into the real world where he has applied his livery design capabilities.
Pace Graphix offers more than dirt livery designs – they will work with all of iRacings content to produce custom liveries. Customers can expect turnaround on new liveries to be between 1 to 2 weeks with liveries starting at $50. Discounts will be offered to customers seeking to bundle multiple cars together in one transaction which can be negotiated with Pace Graphix at the time of engagement.
Outside of livery design, Pace Graphix also produce race gear, photo editing, promotional material, logo design, apparel and much much more. To find out more about working with Pace Graphix you can get in touch via their Facebook Messenger or contact Boyd Directly at [email protected].
Knight Rider Designs
Jake Blackhall of Knight Rider Designs has been a household name in the Sim Livery Design community for the past 10 years. Knight Rider Designs established itself as a top designer amongst the iRacing V8 Supercar community. Knight Rider Designs’ work with the iRacing v8 Supercar saw them recruited to paint the grid for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 BP All Stars Supercars E-Series, including the livery used by Max Verstappens wild card entry. Building on that success, Knight Rider Designs has seen some of their virtual liveries come to life on several real world cars through long-time partners, Evolution Racing Team.
Whilst Knight Rider Designs’ affiliation with the iRacing V8 Supercar is well known, they also offer liveries for all other cars on the iRacing platform, Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione and Rfactor 2. Livery designs start from $50-$65 for iRacing and $75 for ACC & Rfactor 2. Livery creation can be expected to take 1-2 weeks at the time of writing this article. Completed liveries are usually provided in the TGA format but PSD files can also be provided upon request.
Customers can view a full photo gallery on the new Knight Rider Designs website and view other items available for purchase such as logos and apparel. Customers can contact Knight Rider Designs via their Contact page or via Facebook.
Infinity Designz
Members of the iRacing community wear many different hats. Michael Whiting of Infinity Designz certainly is one of those people. A regular streamer, racer and team manager of Fishy Motorsport, Michael finds time in his day to complete livery designs in between all his other commitments as one of two designers working at Infinity Designz.
Infinity Designz has been creating liveries for 4 years on the iRacing platform and is most well known for the eye-catching yellow and black Fishy Motorsports livery which has featured on many broadcasts in several forms. Outside of livery design, Infinity Designz also offers customers logo design and apparel options to compliment their custom liveries or if you have a design already in mind.
Customers looking to work with Infinity Designz can expect liveries to take between 1-2 weeks to create and the cost to be around the $50 mark. All works will be supplied in the TGA and MIP file format for use with iRacing and Trading paints. Customers can seek to get in contact with Mike and Infinity Designz via their Facebook messenger or by contacting Mike directly at [email protected].
Preach Design
One of Australia’s newest up-and-coming designers is Thomas Riley of Preach Designs. Preach Designs functions primarily via its Twitter now known as “X” account but are building a stronger online presence. After being in business for 18 months, Preach Designs has managed to produce some eyebrow-raising liveries including that of Alpha Venturi Racing which features heavily on the iRacing and Assetto Corsa Competizione scene.
Customers can expect new liveries to take 3-4 weeks to produce and can be priced between $40-$60 AUD. Preach Designs package TGA and MIP files to be sent to customers for iRacing and DDS files for ACC when works are complete but PSD files can also be produced when notified prior to works commencing.
Preach Designs are looking to build on their earlier success by getting new customers onboard. To see more of Preach Design’s work, you can visit their twitter page or view their link tree page to get in touch.
RSW Graphics
A popular choice amongst many Australian road racing teams – Ross Thallon of RSW Graphics was strongly represented when the community was being canvassed for this article. Ross is one of a few Australian designers who has grown his business into a full-time job over the past 4 years. In addition to RSW, Ross has also started a clothing apparel company known as Turni In Race Apparel. RSW produce liveries for all iRacing content, Asetto Corsa, Asetto Cors Competizione and Auto Mobilista 2.
Customers can expect liveries to take between 1-3 weeks and cost between $65-$95 AUD. RSW produce liveries in TGA & MIP format. Customers can also look to engage RSW Graphics for other works such as race wear apparel and print done by Turn In Race Apparel.
To view Ross’ work and get in contact regarding potential design works, head on over to the RSW Facebook or Instagram pages where Ross posts his new livery designs regularly. Ross informs me that customers can expect to see new ventures on the horizon and an updated website so make sure to follow RSW to stay informed regarding these developments.
Photos provided by Prestige Simtography
Harman Designs
Keegan Harman of Harman Designs is another of Australia’s livery designers who have managed to turn their virtual designs into real-world liveries. Keegan has established a solid following in Australia’s dirt oval community and specialises in iRacing livery design for sprint cars, midgets, late models, modifieds or umps. Whilst Harman Designs’ specialty may be on dirt ovals, they also produce liveries for all of iRacings car models and include up to three wallpaper images of your custom livery as part of their unique livery design package.
Customers can expect a flat fee of $50AUD for a custom Livery but when seeking more than just a single livery Harman Designs offers additional packages such as:
- iRacing Livery, Helmet and Race Suit Package for $100AUD.
- iRacing Team Livery Packages range from $60-$255 depending on number of cars.
All file types are able to be produced depending on agreements made prior to work commencing.
In addition to livery design, Harman Design also offers logos, apparel, real car designs and hero cards. To enquire about working with Harman Design you can reach out via their Facebook page or website.
WormPaints
For 15 years and counting, Kyle Stevens of WormPaints has been involved in the Australian and international iRacing community designing virtual liveries. If you have a keen eye for bright Pastel colours then WormPaints is the place for you! WormPaints has a large gallery of liveries you can view on their website and Instagram pages.
WormPaints will provide customers with TGA & MIP files suitable for use with Trading Paints or load directly onto the cars iRacing paint folder. Customers can expect liveries to take between 2 and 4 weeks and range from $100-$400 AUD per car, depending on the level of detail requested.
WormPaints is a solo operation run by Kyle however, you can also find Kyle designing for Sim Wrap Market featured in Part 1 of this series. Outside of Sim Racing Livery Designs, WormPaints also provides customers with services such as logo design, Merchandise, WormWheels (model cars) and supply concept liveries for real-world cars.
To enquire about any of the above services head over to the Contact page on the WormPaints website.
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