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Handgezeichnete Erklärvideos für LAP-Vorbereitung in der Schweiz

May 9, 2026 | Business Comics auf Deutsch, Business Illustration, Cartoonist Schweiz, Comic & Visual Storytelling, comiczeichner deutschland, Erklärfilm, Erklärfilme & Animationen, Erklärfilme & Erklärvideos, Erklärvideo, Erklärvideo Deutschland, erklärvideo preise, Erklärvideo Schweiz, Erklärvideos für Bildung & Firmen, explainer illustration, explainer video, explainervideos schweiz, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustrator Deutschland, Whiteboard Animation, Whiteboard Video | Berufsbildung, Business Illustration, BYOD, character design, educational animation, eLearning Videos, erklärvideo schweiz, Erklärvideos, Erklärvideos Schweiz, explainer videos, Explainer Videos Schweiz, Ian David Marsden, LAP Vorbereitung, Lehrabschlussprüfung, Lehrmittel, Lernnuggets, Lernvideo Schweiz, next generation learning, schweizer illustrator, Whiteboard Animation

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

May 7, 2026 | Business Comics auf Deutsch, Business Illustration, Cartoonist Schweiz, Case Studies, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, Comiczeichner für Unternehmen, Corporate Training Illustration, creative training materials, Design Case Studies, Editorial Cartoons Schweiz, Educational Illustration, Erklärvideo, Freelance Illustrator, Graphisme & Illustration, graphiste montpellier, icon design, illustrateur, Illustrateur France, illustrateur montpellier, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration Schweiz, Illustrationen für Unternehmen, Instructional Design, Marketing Illustration, Mascot & Character Design, Mascot Design | custom UX learning systems, developer education materials, educational card deck design, illustrated tech education resources, instructional design illustration, modular training tools for engineers, software engineering training deck, technical illustration for software, visual learning tools for developers

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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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

May 5, 2026 | advertising illustration, Business Illustration, Cartoon Mascot, Cartoon Maskottchen, Cartoonist Schweiz, E-Card Animation, Editorial Illustration, Erklärfilme & Animationen, explainer illustration, Illustration, Illustration Schweiz, Illustrationen für Unternehmen, Marketing Illustration, Motion Design & Animation, Web Animation, Whiteboard Animation | caricature, cartoon illustration, character design, entertainment illustration, New York Friars Club, vector illustration, Visual Storytelling, website animation

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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Illustrated Explainer Video for Graph Database Workflows

April 29, 2026 | Business Illustration, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, Comiczeichner für Unternehmen, custom-created explainer videos, Erklärfilm, Erklärfilme & Animationen, Erklärvideo, Erklärvideo Deutschland, Erklärvideo Schweiz, Erklärvideos für Bildung & Firmen, explainer illustration, explainer video, explainervideos schweiz, hand-drawn explainer videos, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration Schweiz, Illustration YouTube, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, Marsden Illustration, Whiteboard Animation, Whiteboard Video | animated explainer videos, Business Illustration, corporate explainer videos, custom explainer videos, erklärvideo schweiz, erklärvideos Schweiz und Deutschland, graph database, illustrated explainer video, illustrated workflow, professional illustrator, software explainer video, swiss illustrator, technical explainer video, workflow visualization

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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March 31, 2026 | advertising illustration, Business Illustration, Character Design, Editorial Illustration, experienced illustrator, explainer illustration, explainer video, explainervideos schweiz, Freelance Illustrator, hand-drawn explainer videos, illustrateur, Illustrateur France, illustrateur montpellier, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration France, illustration montpellier, illustration portfolio, Illustration Schweiz, Illustration YouTube, Illustrator Deutschland, illustrator portfolio, Illustrator Schweiz, Maskottchen Illustration | Advertising Illustration, animated explainer video, B2B Visual Communication, Brand Mascot Designer, Branding Illustration, business comics, cartoonist switzerland, character design, comic artist Europe, concept art, Corporate Illustration, creative director, digital illustration, editorial illustration, explainer video illustrator, Freelance Illustrator, graphic illustrator, Illustration, infographic illustration, marketing visuals, mascot design, Motion graphics, packaging illustration, public sector illustration, sustainability illustration, UX/UI illustration, vector illustration, Visual Storytelling, Wine Label Illustrator

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

March 19, 2026 | advertising illustration, Bildgeschichten & Storytelling, Business Illustration, Cartoonist Schweiz, Case Studies, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, Comiczeichner für Unternehmen, creative training materials, Design Graphique Montpellier, Educational Illustration, explainer illustration, Freelance Illustrator, Illustration | Business Illustration, corporate training design, explainer visuals, information design, instructional illustration, learning system design, UX UI design, Visual communication, Visual Storytelling

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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Article du Midi Libre présentant l’illustrateur et dessinateur de presse Ian David Marsden, installé à Claret près de Montpellier, rejoignant Cartooning for Peace et présentant ses travaux d’illustration, BD et vidéos éducatives.

Nouvel article dans Midi Libre : un portrait de mon travail d’illustrateur, de dessinateur de presse et d’auteur BD

December 3, 2025 | 34270 Claret, advertising illustration, Business Illustration, Claret, Graphisme & Illustration, graphiste claret, graphiste freelance, graphiste montpellier, Graphiste Pic Saint-Loup, illustrateur, Illustrateur France, illustrateur montpellier, Illustration France, illustration montpellier, midi libre, Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers | article presse illustrateur Montpellier, Cartooning for Peace dessinateur France, character design Montpellier, créatif Montpellier, dessin de presse Occitanie, dessinateur de presse Montpellier, explainer video france, graphiste Claret, Graphiste Montpellier, Graphiste Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers, illustrateur Claret, illustrateur éducation nationale France, illustrateur freelance Montpellier, illustrateur Montpellier Occitanie, illustrateur reportage Midi Libre, production vidéo anti harcèlement écoles, saint mathieu de treviers, Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers

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

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Animated eCards for GMX, WEB.DE and mail.com designed by Ian David Marsden – branded greeting card illustration with characters

Branded Animated eCards for GMX, WEB.DE & mail.com – High-Impact Digital Campaigns

September 12, 2025 | Business Illustration, Character Design, E-Card Animation, explainer illustration, explainer video, explainervideos schweiz, hand-drawn explainer videos, Illustration Deutschland, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, Mascot & Character Design, Web Animation, Whiteboard Animation, Whiteboard Video | animated eCards, animated GIF cards, branded eCards, Christmas eCards, corporate communication design, corporate eCards, custom eCard animation, custom illustration and animation, digital greeting cards, email marketing visuals, get well soon eCards, GMX eCards, holiday campaign animation, illustrator for digital campaigns, mail.com eCards, motion design for brands, New Year eCards, storytelling through animation, thank you eCards

Branded Animated eCards for GMX, WEB.DE & mail.com – High-Impact Digital Campaigns This page presents a large-scale series of branded animated eCards created for 1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE (GMX | WEB.DE | mail.com), where these illustrated digital greetings reached millions of users across Europe. It also reflects a

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Illustrated scenes from the HairLoss.com animated awareness campaign created by Ian David Marsden, covering topics like alopecia, cancer recovery, and trichotillomania.

“Hair is Important” animated Flash videos for website and YouTube

September 10, 2025 | Business Illustration, Character Design, Comic & Visual Storytelling, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, Erklärfilme & Erklärvideos, explainer illustration, explainer video, Ian David Marsden, Illustration, Learning Video | 2D animation, animated explainer, character design, editorial storytelling, health awareness animation, Ian David Marsden, illustrated videos, Motion graphics, Visual Storytelling

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

Heuchler, Gutmenschen und Gartenzwerge: Neue Karikaturen im Nebelspalter

September 9, 2025 | Bildgeschichten & Storytelling, Business Comics auf Deutsch, Business Illustration, Cartoonist Schweiz, Comic & Visual Storytelling, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, Editorial Cartoons Nebelspalter, Editorial Cartoons Schweiz, Editorial Illustration, Erklärfilme & Erklärvideos, Ian David Marsden, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, karikatur, Karikatur & Cartoon, karikaturist preise, Live Zeichner & Charakterdesign, Live Zeichner & Events, Marketing Illustration, Maskottchen Illustration, Nebelspalter Cartoon, Nebelspalter Cartoonist, Nebelspalter Zeichner | Cartoonist Germany, cartoonist switzerland, comiczeichner schweiz, Editorial Art, Editorial Cartoon Portfolio, editorial cartoons, hand-drawn illustration, Ian David Marsden, Magazine Cartoons, Nebelspalter, press illustration, Satire Cartoons, satirical illustration

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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Lindt Santa Claus figures, illustration to chocolate sculptures, "Lindt Concept Studies" text.

Concept Art for Lindt Chocolate

July 21, 2025 | Bildgeschichten & Storytelling, Business Comics auf Deutsch, Business Illustration, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, Freelance Illustrator, graphisme, Ian David Marsden, Ian Marsden, Illustrateur France, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration France, Illustration Schweiz, illustration vectoriel, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, independent illustrator, infographiste, Marsden Illustration | character design for brands, festive packaging design, food packaging illustrator, holiday illustration, Illustrator Ian David Marsden, Lindt illustration, vector art packaging, vector illustrator

Lindt Chocolate Illustration & Packaging Design This post showcases a series of hand-drawn, original illustrations developed for Lindt Chocolates, commissioned by German agency Rock Brasiliano and created under the art direction of Stephan Eisenblätter. These designs highlight my work as a character designer, packaging illustrator, and visual storyteller, merging festive

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Dräger – Break the Chain of Infection

July 9, 2025 | Bildgeschichten & Storytelling, Business Illustration, Cartoonist Schweiz, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, explainer illustration, explainer video, Freelance Illustrator, Ian Marsden, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration Schweiz, Illustrationen für Unternehmen, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, independent illustrator, Marsden Illustration, Whiteboard Animation, Whiteboard Video | comic posters, explainer videos, healthcare communication, healthcare marketing, Ian David Marsden, infection prevention, language-free animation, Motion Design, retro comic design, Visual Storytelling

Dräger Global – Infection Prevention Posters and Animated Visuals As part of a global initiative on Infection Prevention and Control, Dräger Global — a German-based leader in medical and safety technology — commissioned a visual storytelling series featuring four large-format comic-style posters and accompanying animated explainer videos. Designed without text

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PDF icon with illustrated case studies by Ian David Marsden, showcasing professional illustration and visual storytelling work

Professional Case Studies (PDF)

July 3, 2025 | advertising illustration, Business Illustration, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, Comiczeichner für Unternehmen, Communication interne en entreprise, Corporate Training Illustration, Design Graphique Occitanie, Editorial Illustration, Erklärfilme & Animationen, Erklärvideo, Erklärvideo Deutschland, Erklärvideo Schweiz, Freelance Illustrator, Graphisme & Illustration, HR training materials, Ian David Marsden, illustrateur montpellier, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration France, illustration montpellier, Illustration Schweiz, Illustrator Deutschland, illustrator europe, Illustrator Schweiz, Interne Kommunikation & Illustration, Mascot Design, Mascot Designer, Mascot Illustration, Maskottchen Design, Maskottchen Illustration, Mitarbeiter-Onboarding & HR Design, Mitarbeiterhandbuch Gestaltung, Montpellier, Visual Storytelling for Enterprises, Visuelles Storytelling für Unternehmen, Whiteboard Animation | Branding Illustration, business comics, comic-style business communication, corporate communication design, editorial illustration, explainer graphics, HR training visuals, illustration case studies, mascot design, Onboarding Illustration, packaging illustration, Procreate illustrator, SaaS platform graphics, training comics, UX illustration, vector map illustration, Visual Storytelling

Case Studies – Illustration & Visual Communication Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with clients across France, Germany, Switzerland, the UK and the United States and beyond on a wide range of illustration projects — from editorial and advertising illustration to logo and mascot design, UX interfaces,

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Creating the Artwork for the Mercedes-Benz Employee Manual

June 20, 2025 | advertising illustration, Bildgeschichten & Storytelling, Business Comics auf Deutsch, Business Illustration, Cartoonist Schweiz, Character Design, Comic Illustrator Deutschland, comiczeichner deutschland, creative training materials, Editorial Illustration, HR training materials, illustrateur montpellier, Illustration, Lehrmittel, Mitarbeiter-Onboarding & HR Design, Mitarbeiterhandbuch Gestaltung | business comics, Business Illustration, cartoonist, character design, Comic Art, comic strips, comiczeichner, Creative training materials, Illustration, illustrator, Lehrmittel, Luxury brand, Marsden, Mercedes-Benz, vector artwork, Visual communication

Illustration Case Study: Mercedes-Benz Employee Manual — A Milestone in Visual Communication As an illustrator and concept designer with over 30 years of international experience, I’ve had the privilege of working on many high-level and creatively rewarding assignments. Among the most meaningful: the illustrated Mercedes-Benz Employee Conduct Manual, known internally

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Elegant Concept Art for Volkswagen’s SEDRIC

June 14, 2025 | advertising illustration, Business Illustration, comiczeichner deutschland, Erklärvideo Deutschland, Erklärvideo Schweiz, graphiste montpellier, Ian David Marsden, Ian Marsden, illustrateur montpellier, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, illustration montpellier, Illustration Schweiz, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, Marsden Illustration, Montpellier | automotive concept art, concept art, digital illustration, elegant line illustration, Hamburg agency illustration, Ian David Marsden, illustrator montpellier, mobility illustration, Pic Saint-Loup illustrator, presentation illustration, urban mobility drawing, Visual Storytelling

Elegant Concept Art for Volkswagen’s SEDRIC – CEBIT 2018 Commissioned by CMV Cross Media Verlag GmbH, Hamburg Download full case study (PDF File)marsdenillustration.com/PDF/casestudy-Volkswagen-marsden.pdf In 2018, I was commissioned by CMV Cross Media Verlag GmbH (Communications. New Media. Content.) in Hamburg to create a series of highly refined concept illustrations to

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