I was up at the S3 Magazine headquarters on Friday to thrash around guitars, and they had a copy of the Drifting Performance Handbook by Calvin Wan. I was flipping through and found a picture of my e46 listed under the “European FR” section of the “Selecting A Drift Car” chapter! The book has an older picture of me competing in round 2 of the 2005 Formula Drift season at Road Atlanta.
Calvin Wan has been drifting before it’s birth here in the states. He’s an amazing driver… and his Drifting Performance Handbook is very thorough. Definitely a must-have for any drift-enthusiast. You can get them via Motorbooks, or at any major bookstore.
Pick one up and support drifting.Special thanks to Calvin and Antonio for including me in the book!
Ryan is making some killer progress on the 3D model of my e46!rnI cannot get over some of this detail.IT IS AMAZING!
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The detail on the wheel/tyre combo is simply stunning. He modeled the Racing Dynamics RGP’s perfect. There are even threads on my extended lug bolts! THAT is attention to detail!
Check out more info on Ryan’s Blog!
Things up at Advanced Armament have been keeping me extremely busy with a number of different tasks. Some of which, have been magazine ads. I have created several full-page ads that have been appearing in many different publications.
The 1st Silencer Shoot Movie Poster Ad
The 2nd Silencer Shoot Movie Poster Ad
If you’re interested in some of the other projects I’ve been wrenching on at Advanced Armament, head over to AACBlog.com, check out the daily updates, and subscribe!
I stumbled across this cool old picture I snapped back in 2004. I shot this with my point-and-shoot mounted on my rear bumper. It would be nice to re-take this shot now with better wheel fitment… but regardless, this snap turned out rad.
The 2nd installment of Southeastdrift.com‘s Triple Threat series can only be summed up with one word: GNAR. The advanced tandem group threw down door-to-door action and SICK multi-car tandem ALL DAY LONG. It rained toward the end of the day… which is always a blast for me. This event was what drifting is about: having real fun with real friends, drifting at the limit, and enjoying the sport. No politics, no pressure, no bullshit.
Hats of to Marcos and the crew at Southeastdrift.com for stepping up and keeping Atlanta drifting alive – the way it should be.
Heading to Turner
Cody Wellons on chase mode.
Erin Sanford on lead.
Cody Wellons riding the line.
Matt Foerst dressed to impress with new graphics & white wheels.
ECU issues aside… this picture is awesome. Matt diagnosed the problem and got it fixed up quick.
Tyler Clayton bringing the murder.
Tiger Racing’s Sammy Sritongkham with more smoke than anyone.
Photo assault: Pandamonium Photo
Ryan made more progress on the 3D model of the e46!rnHe is hammering out some great details with the rear of the car.
More info is posted on his blog
The 2nd round of SouthEastDrift.com‘s Triple Threat series was one of the best yet. Multi-car tandems, door handle to door handle, just plain SICK. DriftMechaniks, without a doubt, held it down as Atlanta’s illest.
Panda snapped a cool shot as we were unloading our trucks at daybreak.
I will post more details about the madness soon.
In the meantime… check out the video here.
I had a limited run pressed up of some new Slide Style™ stickers. Keep an eye out… more limited-edition stickers are on the way.Slide Impending Fatal.
A Pandamonium/Slide Style™
Tagteam 3″ circle – Fluorescent Green.
The back print.
Motorcult.
An Old-skool Atlanta Classic5.
5×3″ Rectangle – Silver Print on Black.
The back print.
KILL OR BE KILL. from Andy Sapp on Vimeo.
This video is a super-short and sweet attempt at making a drift video unlike any other I have made before. All the on-car footage is shot from cameras mounted on other drift cars during multi-car tandem. I wanted it to feel very theatrical… and the soundtrack by John Carpenter helps tremendously. The DriftMechaniks were on a murder spree this weekend… so it seemed all-but fitting.
A cool new double-page advertisement for Advanced Armament Corp.
Ryan Ridings, a talented 3d modeler is making a SICK 3D model of my e46! He started working on this model close to a year ago… and just recently picked it back up and turning wrenches on it. The progress has been awesome to watch so far… Ryan definitely has an eye for this. I took a modeling class in Lightwave in college, and did terrible… so I have a lot of respect for Ryan’s talent. Did I mention he is 17 years old?
Check out the progress up until now… starting with the earliest render. I will post up more as Ryan makes progress… so stay tuned! In the meantime… check out Ryan’s Blog… and someone hire him!!!.
I had a chance to sit down and re-work the GTE logo I made back in 2006. The original typeface had some inconsistent letter skewing. So I fixed that, along with some of the ligatures. I adjusted some of the kerning, and added a few other tweaks as well.
Another super-cool poster I designed for the AAC Silencer Shoot in September. This movie-poster style ad will be appearing in several different magazines.
A cool new ad campaign for Advanced Armament Corp. Not only did I get to design this ad… I also got to take on the lead role as the “hand model”.
