From Santa Monica to Silicon Valley: The Origin of the First Google Doodles In 2000, I was hired by Google to illustrate what would become their very first Google Doodles. Long before it was a global company, Google was still a bold new search engine looking to stand out. These […]
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Explainer Video Full Pipeline, One Creator: The Studio Model That Works When I was approached by the UK charity 52 Lives to visualize the science of kindness for their School of Kindness initiative, I saw an opportunity not just to animate — but to translate. The challenge wasn’t style or
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https://www.etsy.com/shop/ModicumEditions Hand-Drawn Art Prints by Ian David Marsden – Modicum Editions Modicum Editions is a curated gallery of hand-drawn illustration prints by Ian David Marsden — created in Claret, Occitanie just north of Montpellier, and available exclusively on Etsy. City & Landscape Collection Montpellier Arc de Triomphe — Day &
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The French Cartoon Wolf of Pic Saint-Loup (Near Montpellier) Why France (and the whole world) Fell in Love with a Hand-Drawn Wolf If you somehow missed the extraordinary success of Intermarché’s animated short Le Loup — a tender, hand-crafted commercial about a wolf who becomes vegetarian — then you truly have not
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Cozy Holiday Wishes – Santa & Rudolph Christmas Card Illustration | Ian David Marsden As the year draws to a close and winter wraps the world in its quiet magic, I wanted to take a moment to send you my warmest wishes. Here is my Christmas card to you —
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Gezeichnet 2025 Schweizer Pressezeichner & Massen – Doppel-Ausstellung in Bern Ich freue mich sehr, dieses Jahr gleich bei zwei Ausstellungen in Bern vertreten zu sein – beide eröffneten am 12. Dezember 2025 und zeigen, wie vielseitig Illustration, Satire und visuelle Kommunikation sein können. 1. Gezeichnet 2025 – Die besten Schweizer
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Nouvel article dans Midi Libre : un portrait de mon travail d’illustrateur, de dessinateur de presse et d’auteur BD Publié le 1 décembre 2025 Ce lundi 1er décembre, le journal Midi Libre a consacré un bel article à mon activité d’illustrateur, de dessinateur de presse, de créateur de vidéos explicatives
How I Didn’t Stalk Robert Crumb (But I Did Get Schooled About Steamboats) IAN DAVID MARSDEN — NOV 30, 2025 By Ian David Marsden Substack: https://iandavidmarsden.substack.com/p/how-i-didnt-stalk-robert-crumb In 2006, I committed an act of transatlantic defection, trading the over-caffeinated bustle of the United States for a tiny, sun-blasted village in the
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The Science of Kindness – Hand-Drawn Explainer Film for 52 Lives / The School of Kindness Hand-Drawn Animation for World Kindness Day & Anti-Bullying Week UK In time for World Kindness Day (13 November) and Anti-Bullying Week UK (17–21 November 2025), I am pleased to present The Science of Kindness — a
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RITZENHOFF Beer Glass Design – Viking Weizenbier by Ian David Marsden As part of the RITZENHOFF Designer Collection, I had the pleasure of designing a unique Weizenbier (wheat beer) glass featuring a playful Viking character. This collectible design combines my background in illustration and character design with RITZENHOFF’s tradition of
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Branded Animated eCards for GMX, WEB.DE & mail.com – High-Impact Digital Campaigns In today’s fast-paced digital world, even the simplest gesture — a birthday card, a thank-you note, or a seasonal greeting — can create powerful connections. For 1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE (GMX | WEB.DE | mail.com), I
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Flashback to 2002: National Cartoonists Society (NCS) New Media Award Nomination In 2002, I received a National Cartoonists Society nomination for the Reuben Awards in the New Media category. At that time, cartooning was beginning to move beyond the printed page and editorial newspapers, stepping into the fast-changing digital landscape.
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Hair is Important – Animated Awareness Campaign for HairLoss.com Client: HairLoss.com Creative Direction, Storyboarding, Illustration & Animation: Ian David Marsden Year: 2011 More Animation, Motion and Explainer Video Projects HairLoss.com, the leading U.S. online resource for hair loss education, awareness, and solutions, partnered with me on a deeply human project
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Design du site web et catalogue pour Domaine Cammaous (Pic Saint-Loup) Voir plus de mes prestations: Ian Marsden Graphiste a 34270 Claret Entre 2014 et 2022, j’ai accompagné Olivier Panchau et le Domaine Cammaous — cave indépendante située à Vacquières, dans l’appellation Pic Saint-Loup — dans la création de son
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Heuchler, Gutmenschen und Gartenzwerge: Neue Editorial Cartoons im Nebelspalter Für die Septemberausgabe 2025 des legendären Schweizer Satiremagazins Nebelspalter durfte ich eine Serie von fünf farbigen Karikaturen illustrieren – passend zum Artikel „Bin ich ein Heuchler?“, einer bissigen Selbstdiagnose in Quizform. Der Quiz, “Bin ich ein Heuchler? – Der Grosse Ehrlichkeitstest”,
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Neuer Webauftritt für Personal Trainer Tim Müller in Zürich Der Launch von fit-mit-tim.ch zeigt, wie ein klar definiertes Branding, präzises Webdesign und sorgfältig aufbereitete Visuals zu einem stimmigen Gesamtauftritt führen. Als Creative Director, Illustrator und Webdesigner habe ich die Bereiche Markenentwicklung, UX-orientiertes Webdesign, Bildbearbeitung und Content-Entwicklung zu einem konsistenten, responsiven
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