From Santa Monica to Silicon Valley: The Origin of the First Google Doodles

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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Hand-drawn explainer video still showing a man thinking between question marks in a scene titled Shift Your Perception.

Triangulation — a hand-drawn explainer video for Men Harvesting Wisdom

Triangulation — a hand-drawn explainer video for Men Harvesting Wisdom I have been working on a new illustrated explainer video for Men Harvesting Wisdom: Triangulation — Choosing the dimensions that need attention now. The film, part 2 in the series, belongs to the larger Men Harvesting Wisdom framework, but this particular video

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Montage of hand-drawn illustrations and animated scenes created by Ian David Marsden for the Men Harvesting Wisdom explainer video, including men in reflective life moments, a threshold doorway, blacksmith metaphor, heroic dimensions wheel, book cover and project emblem.

Men Harvesting Wisdom — Hand-Drawn 4K Explainer Video for a Transformational Self-Leadership Platform

Men Harvesting Wisdom — Hand-Drawn 4K Explainer Video for a Transformational Self-Leadership Platform Men Harvesting Wisdom — The 10 Heroic Dimensions of Transformational Self-Leadership is a book, teaching framework and wider personal-development platform created by J. H. Parker. It offers men a practical structure for navigating change, transition, responsibility and

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Composite packaging presentation designed by Ian David Marsden showing Sanafort Calcium and Magnesium stick sachets, Magnesium folding box and Calcium folding box within one coordinated supplement packaging system.

Sanafort AG — Complete Creative Direction, Brand Identity, Packaging Design and Multi-Channel Visual System

Sanafort AG — Complete Creative Direction, Brand Identity, Packaging Design and Multi-Channel Visual System From 2014 to 2018, I served as Creative Director for Sanafort AG, a Switzerland-based health and wellness company developing nutritional supplements, vitamin products, medicinal mushroom ranges and associated consumer communication for an international market. This was

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Front and back cover spread of MARVIN by Ian David Marsden, including the illustrated book cover, back-cover synopsis, endorsement quotes by Lucie Arnaz and Joel Grey, and piano scene artwork.

MARVIN — The Graphic Novel Biography of Marvin Hamlisch, Adapted, Written and Illustrated by Ian David Marsden

MARVIN — The Graphic Novel Biography of Marvin Hamlisch, Adapted, Written and Illustrated by Ian David Marsden MARVIN: Based on The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch is the first published graphic novel I adapted, wrote and illustrated. Released by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. in 2020, the book tells the early

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Characters stand around the Earth as hearts and sunshine surround them, from kindness explainer video.

The Science of Kindness — Hand-Drawn Explainer Film for 52 Lives and The School of Kindness

The Science of Kindness — Hand-Drawn Explainer Film for 52 Lives and The School of Kindness For the UK charity 52 Lives and its educational initiative The School of Kindness, I created The Science of Kindness, a fully hand-drawn explainer film introducing children to the neuroscience, emotional effects and social

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Page composition from the Samara bande dessinée with enlarged comic panel and full sequential layout by Ian David Marsden.

Samara – 10-Page Bande Dessinée, Character Design and Color Illustration for Create Your Voice

Samara – 10-Page Bande Dessinée, Character Design and Color Illustration for Create Your Voice Samara – De Minuit à Minuit is a ten-page bande dessinée that I illustrated and colored for Create Your Voice, a cultural project centered on artistic expression, transmission, access and the visibility of emerging creative voices.

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NCS Reuben Awards 2002 nominees page listing Ian David Marsden with Mark Fiore and Bill Hinds in the New Media category.

National Cartoonists Society New Media Award Nomination — Reuben Awards 2002

National Cartoonists Society New Media Award Nomination — Reuben Awards 2002 In 2002, I was nominated by the National Cartoonists Society for a Reuben Award in the New Media category. It was a particular moment in cartooning history: newspaper strips, editorial cartoons and magazine illustration were still central to the

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Handgezeichnete Erklärvideos für LAP-Vorbereitung in der Schweiz

Handgezeichnete Erklärvideos für LAP-Vorbereitung in der Schweiz Für LAP-Vorbereitung.ch und Blocklearning.ch entstand eine Serie kurzer, handgezeichneter Erklärvideos für Schweizer Lernende, die sich auf die Lehrabschlussprüfung (LAP) vorbereiten. Die Videos verbinden Educational Animation, Business Illustration, Cartoon-Storytelling und klare visuelle Kommunikation für ein konkretes Bildungsthema im Schweizer Berufsbildungskontext. Die Aufgabe war, die

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llustrated software engineering card deck box on a desk with four sample cards; blurred team meeting in the background.

Visual Architecture for a Professional Software Engineering Training Tool

Visual Architecture for a Professional Software Engineering Training Tool Download FULL CASE STUDY PDF In 2025, I collaborated with Loïc Audiger (CTO, Audiger EURL) to develop the visual identity and instructional framework for a professional software engineering training product: a 59-card deck designed to teach core principles of modern development practice. The training

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Titelbild für ein handgezeichnetes Erklärvideo zur Sondernutzungsplanung und zum Planungs- und Baugesetz St. Gallen mit Pinsel, rotem Kreuz und Häuserlandschaft.

Handgezeichnetes Erklärvideo für Planungs- und Baugesetz in St. Gallen

Handgezeichnetes Erklärvideo für Planungs- und Baugesetz in St. Gallen Für ein Erklärvideo-Projekt im Bereich Planungs- und Baugesetz, Raumplanung und Sondernutzung im Kanton St. Gallen entwickelte ich eine Serie von handgezeichneten Illustrationen, Character Designs und animierten Szenen im Stil von Business Illustration, Business Comics und visueller Kommunikation. Der Auftrag entstand für

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Yellow cab pulling up outside the New York Friars Club entrance in a cartoon website animation

New York Friars Club: Cartoon Friar Characters, Website Illustrations and Animated Intro

New York Friars Club: Cartoon Friar Characters, Website Illustrations and Animated Intro The New York Friars Club commissioned me to create a series of custom cartoon Friar characters, website illustrations and animated sequences for its official online presence. The assignment combined cartoon illustration, character design, caricature, vector artwork and short-form

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Logo illustré pour tee-shirt de la fête votive de Quissac VIELE 1936–2026, créé par Ian David Marsden, graphiste et illustrateur à Claret près du Pic Saint-Loup.

Logo événementiel et illustration vectorielle pour les 90 ans de la fête votive de Quissac VIELE

Logo événementiel et illustration vectorielle pour les 90 ans de la fête votive de Quissac VIELE Le Comité des fêtes VIELE de Quissac m’a demandé de créer une illustration originale et un logo événementiel circulaire pour les 90 ans de la fête votive de Quissac VIELE, 1936–2026. Le visuel devait

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Illustrated Explainer Video for Graph Database Workflows

Illustrated Explainer Video for Graph Database Workflows For Elephant Bird Consulting, I created a custom illustrated explainer video to help explain a graph database workflow: from initial client requirements to architecture, database administration and developer implementation. The project was commissioned by Tom Geudens, a graph database specialist and O’Reilly author,

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Composite image showing the Domaine Les Tuileries hand-drawn logo, bird illustration and produced wine bottles with illustrated labels.

Domaine Les Tuileries — Hand-Drawn Wine Label Design and Winery Logo for the US Market

Domaine Les Tuileries — Hand-Drawn Wine Label Design and Winery Logo for the US Market For Domaine de Coursac, a wine estate based in Carnas in the Gard, I created a complete illustrated label system and custom hand-drawn logo for Domaine Les Tuileries, a range of IGP Cévennes French wines

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