Google MentalPlex illustrations page showing correct and incorrect usage examples from the April Fool’s Day 2000 hoax

Google MentalPlex: the first Google Doodle project I created

Google MentalPlex: the first Google Doodle project I created Google MentalPlex went live on 1 April 2000 as an April Fool’s Day page on Google, inviting users to search not by typing, but by staring into a spiral and mentally projecting what they wanted to find. The original page is

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Featured image for Dräger’s infection prevention and control campaign, showing a Roy Lichtenstein–inspired comic scene of a smiling retro housewife with floating food packaging above the title “IPC | Prevention and Control.”

Dräger Global — Illustrated Healthcare Communication Campaign for Infection Prevention and Control

Dräger Global — Illustrated Healthcare Communication Campaign for Infection Prevention and Control For Dräger Global, I created a series of large-format illustrated campaign posters and short animated visual pieces for an international communication initiative on infection prevention and control in hospital environments. The project sits at the intersection of healthcare

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LinkedIn Profile Updated — 75+ Projects Across Illustration, Branding, UX/UI, Animation & Visual Storytelling A searchable archive of client work, career history, and selected case studies My LinkedIn profile is now fully updated and includes more than 75 detailed project entries spanning two decades of international work across illustration, character

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Visual storytelling case study showing UX interface design, instructional illustration and business diagrams for executive training system

Visual Storytelling for Business Communication — Strategic Wealth Creator System Case Study

Visual Storytelling for Business Communication — Strategic Wealth Creator System Case Study Visual Identity, UX Interface & Instructional Visual System Design Case Study — Visual Storytelling for Business Communication and Executive Education The Strategic Wealth Creator System™ (SWCS) is a visual learning platform developed for executive training and strategic business

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Cartoon artwork by Ian David Marsden featuring a modern update of Uncle Sam, a caricature portrait, and a woodland scene with cartoon squirrels in a children's book illustration style and an owl

Custom Cartoon Portraits, Illustrated Gifts & Animated Greeting Art

Custom Cartoon Portraits, Illustrated Gifts & Animated Greeting Art I create custom cartoon portraits, illustrated gift artworks and animated greeting pieces for people, families, companies, teams and special occasions. Some are intimate one-off portraits. Others are larger scenes built around a couple, a group of friends, a band, a retirement,

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Collage mit Cover und Innenseiten des Nebelspalter 09/2025 sowie Karikaturen aus dem Artikel „Bin ich ein Heuchler?“ – gezeichnet von Ian David Marsden

Cartoonist Schweiz — Editorial Cartoons für den Nebelspalter und über vier Jahrzehnte satirische Illustration

Cartoonist Schweiz — Editorial Cartoons für den Nebelspalter und über vier Jahrzehnte satirische Illustration Diese Serie von fünf farbigen Editorial Cartoons entstand für die Septemberausgabe 2025 des Schweizer Satiremagazins Nebelspalter. Die Zeichnungen begleiteten den Artikel „Bin ich ein Heuchler? – Der grosse Ehrlichkeitstest“ von Stefan Kämpfen, eine satirische Selbstprüfung über

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Presentation image showing redesigned identity marks for Top Source Columbia Sauvignon Blanc, Walla Walla Syrah and Columbia Syrah-Grenache.

Top Source Wine Label Redesign — A New Visual Identity for Three Washington State Wines

Top Source Wine Label Redesign — A New Visual Identity for Three Washington State Wines In 2025, Top Source asked me to revisit the visual identity of its Washington State wine range: Walla Walla Valley Syrah, Columbia Valley Syrah-Grenache and Columbia Valley Sauvignon Blanc. I had designed the earlier labels

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Caveman child and sabre-tooth tiger in dopamine explainer by Ian David Marsden

Explainer Video Full Pipeline, One Creator: A Studio Model for Clear Visual Communication

Explainer Video Full Pipeline, One Creator: A Studio Model for Clear Visual Communication When the UK charity 52 Lives commissioned me to create a hand-drawn explainer video for its School of Kindness initiative, the task was not simply to animate a script. The real challenge was translation: how to turn

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Promotional image showcasing Modicum Editions art prints, featuring a vintage Montpellier travel poster and a satirical museum illustration, inviting visitors to shop unique hand-drawn prints.

Hand-Drawn Art Prints by Ian David Marsden – Modicum Editions

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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Affiche du Pic Saint-Loup montrant un loup cartoon français dans les vignobles de l’Hérault, illustration dessinée à la main, exposée dans un appartement français lumineux.

The French Cartoon Wolf of Pic Saint-Loup (Near Montpellier)

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

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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Illustration von Ian David Marsden für Gezeichnet 2025 – Schweizer Pressezeichner Ausstellung im Museum für Kommunikation Bern

Doppel-Ausstellung in Bern: Zwei Anlässe, viele Menschen, noch mehr Zeichnungen

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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Article du Midi Libre sur Ian David Marsden, illustrateur à Montpellier et Claret, dessinateur de presse et membre de Cartooning for Peace.

Midi Libre : portrait d’un illustrateur, dessinateur de presse et membre de Cartooning for Peace près de Montpellier

Midi Libre : portrait d’un illustrateur, dessinateur de presse et membre de Cartooning for Peace près de Montpellier Publié le 1 décembre 2025 Le journal Midi Libre a consacré un article à mon parcours d’illustrateur en France, de dessinateur de presse, d’auteur BD, de créateur de vidéos explicatives illustrées et

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