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Proving Grounds Challenge #2: Trading Paints 15th Anniversary
Put your skills to the test with our latest Proving Grounds Challenge celebrating our new look.
Steve Luvender
Steve Luvender is the Founder and President of Trading Paints, sim racing’s custom livery design community.
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Celebrating a milestone: 15 years of Trading Paints
Founder Steve Luvender reflects on 15 years of Trading Paints, sharing memories from the journey and a look at what’s ahead, including some fresh visual updates to the brand.
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The results are in: the 2024 Paint of the Year is crowned
Jesse Abraham’s Neonizm Holographic Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R was voted 2024 Paint of the Year by the Trading Paints community.
Season Recap
Recap: 2024 Season 4 by the numbers
Another iRacing season is in the books — a 14-week schedule this time around. As always, we’ve enjoyed seeing creative passion in the community thrive with cars and painters both new and old. We’ve crunched some numbers over the past season, because who doesn’t love some stats? (Thanks
Artist Spotlight
Artist Spotlight: Michael Carey
Meet Michael Carey, Digital Media Manager for JR Motorsports, whose unique position in the industry has made him a multidisciplinary talent with plenty of experience in a short amount of time — not to mention his tireless efforts to highlight fellow artists in the community.
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New Number Builder updates have arrived!
We’ve released some new updates to Number Builder, our free tool for creating your own custom number styles. A new look and feel makes it easier to create your perfect number style, whether you’re working from your PC or playing around on your phone. (It’s not weird
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New: Official Paints section of the Showroom
We’ve added a new, much-requested section on the Trading Paints Showroom for Verified Official paints. Verified Official paints are submissions published in the Showroom — usually representations of cars racing in real-world series — that are liveries provided by a race team, sponsor, driver, artist, series, or team representative in an
Artist Spotlight
Artist Spotlight: Ryan Pistana
Alpha Prime Racing’s Creative Director, Ryan Pistana, shared his journey from console-game paint booths to designing some of the most memorable and eye-catching paints in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
5 tips for Showroom success
We’re sharing some tips to help you reach the Trending page in the Trading Paints Showroom.
Artist Spotlight
Artist Spotlight: Kyle Sykes
We caught up with Kyle Sykes, Creative Director for Trackhouse Racing, to ask him about his path from posting concept paint schemes on Instagram to leading design for one of NASCAR’s most innovative teams. Here’s what he had to say about motorsports design and his creative journey.
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30 more fake brands join Paint Builder
There’s something we love about fake brands in sim racing games — names nobody’s heard of, appearing on cars made up of pixels. No fears of disappointing your paying sponsors when you cause the first-turn-first-lap pileup. No concerns about losing paid representation when you tweet that pineapple belongs on
Season Recap
Recap: 2024 Season 3 by the numbers
Week 13 is winding down, and that’s a wrap on 2024 Season 3. It’s been a lot of fun to watch the painting community thrive and continue to create some of the coolest custom paints we’ve seen in iRacing, from experienced artists to newcomers alike. We’ve