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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Ten Illustrated Explainer Films: From Script to Screen

Project article · Hand-drawn explainer videos · Scientific illustration Ten Illustrated Explainer Films: From Script to Screen A series of short, hand-drawn films explaining cultivation, laboratory analysis, product composition, sustainability and business processes through original illustration and animation. Created in 2021 for Hawlik Gesundheitsprodukte GmbH. I developed the visual approach,

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Overview of the WLC Click & Collect explainer, showing an illustrated shop queue and hand-drawn characters with yellow accents.

Click & Collect — Hand-Drawn Explainer Video for Web Libre Consulting

Explainer Video · Whiteboard Animation · Character Design · Montpellier Click & Collect — Hand-Drawn Explainer Video for Web Libre Consulting A busy shop, ringing telephones and an increasingly impatient queue: a familiar situation became the starting point for explaining a digital retail service. For Web Libre Consulting in Montpellier,

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Hand-drawn whiteboard animation for the All Stars Project, featuring an illustrated speaker, a flat-Earth metaphor, and animated visual storytelling.

Illustrating Ideas Through Whiteboard Animation

Project article · Whiteboard animation · Visual storytelling · 2016 Illustrating Ideas Through Whiteboard Animation Storyboard, original illustration and animated visual sequences for a film about the All Stars Project, produced in collaboration with Max Curious in New York City. A project exploring how drawing, visual metaphors and movement can

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Freddy Koella wearing a straw hat and holding an acoustic guitar against a dark background, with Minimal album branding.

Freddy Koella — Minimal Album Design & Visual Identity

Music · Art Direction · Album Packaging · Promotional Graphics Freddy Koella — Minimal Album Design & Visual Identity A small piece of guitar hardware became the central image for an entire album: its cover, printed disc, packaging and digital publicity. In October 2005, I worked with guitarist and composer

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Verre à vin transparent sérigraphié du logo Les Héritières de Bacchus, photographié sur fond de bois avec un rideau rouge.

Les Héritières de Bacchus : création d’une identité visuelle pour un salon du vin au Pic Saint-Loup

France · Pic Saint-Loup · Graphisme événementiel Les Héritières de Bacchus : création d’une identité visuelle pour un salon du vin au Pic Saint-Loup Illustration originale, création de logo et graphisme événementiel à Claret, dans l’Hérault. Projet : Les Héritières de Bacchus · Période : 2015–2022 · Création : Illustration,

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GraphicMEMOIRBlog interview banner with the publication's illustrated logo, Ian David Marsden's portrait and the headline Ian David Marsden Interviewed by Jonathan Sandler.

Ian David Marsden Interviewed by GraphicMEMOIRBlog

Interview · Comics · Graphic Memoir Ian David Marsden Interviewed by GraphicMEMOIRBlog Jonathan Sandler talks with Ian David Marsden about comics, graphic storytelling, the making of Marvin and an unforgettable exchange with Robert Crumb. One of the unexpected pleasures of sharing stories about your own creative life is discovering where

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Orange PPHO learning guide presented with two original illustrations of Léonard, one standing beside the guide and another leaning over its cover.

IN TALENT WE TRUST — PPHO Character Design & Visual Communication

Case Study · Character Design · Information Design · Visual Communication IN TALENT WE TRUST — PPHO Character Design & Visual Communication An illustrated visual system combining original character design, conceptual drawing, information graphics, learning materials, digital communication and motion. A multidisciplinary commission for IN TALENT WE TRUST, Paris ·

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Domaine Les Tuileries Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon bottles on a zinc Paris café counter with wine glasses, bread and cheese.

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

Wine Label Design · Illustration · Packaging · France to USA Domaine Les Tuileries — Hand-Drawn Wine Label Design for the US Market A hand-drawn wine identity created in the Gard for a French IGP Cévennes range developed for the United States — combining illustration, custom lettering, character design and

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Bespoke illustrated wedding invitation presented in an elegant Provençal setting, showing the floral gatefold cover, illustrated interior, family portrait and decorative artwork.

Bespoke Illustrated Wedding Invitation

ILLUSTRATION · WEDDING STATIONERY · GRAPHIC DESIGN Bespoke Illustrated Wedding Invitation Custom family portraits, two original landscape compositions, illustrated wedding stationery and complete graphic design for a celebration in the South of France. The presentation above is a styled visualisation of the invitation, rather than a photograph taken at the

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Halloween cartoon with a werewolf, female vampire, and pumpkin-headed figure under a night sky.

Halloween Monster Drawing Tutorials — Pumpkin, Vampire & Werewolf

Halloween Drawing · Character Design · Vector Illustration Halloween Monster Drawing Tutorials — Pumpkin, Vampire & Werewolf Five drawing videos following a Halloween illustration from rough digital sketch to finished vector artwork — with a Jack-O-Lantern, a vampire witch and a rather enthusiastic werewolf. A little Halloween drawing session With

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Alternative Text Mycotrition case study cover featuring an illustrated man holding a mushroom, a watercolor forest background and project credits.

Mycotrition — Mushroom Explainer Films

Case Study · Explainer Films · Motion Graphics · Illustration Mycotrition — Mushroom Explainer Films Six illustrated motion-graphics films explaining how medicinal mushroom products move from cultivation and processing through quality management to the finished product. Created in 2018 for Mycotrition GmbH, a company connected to Hawlik Gesundheitsprodukte GmbH, the

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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 — Creative Direction, Brand Identity & Packaging

Case Study · Creative Direction · Brand Identity · Packaging Sanafort AG — Creative Direction, Brand Identity & Packaging A four-year creative direction engagement for a Swiss health and wellness company, covering brand identity, packaging, production artwork, catalogs, information design, campaigns, digital communication and multilingual illustrated film. Client: Sanafort AG,

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Digitally created biker patch, skull illustrations, person wearing a "Slamtown" t-shirt.

John Hennigan — “Mayor of Slamtown” Wrestling T-Shirt Design

Slamtown wrestling shirt illustrated by Ian David Marsden for wrestler John Hennigan

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