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 […]
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
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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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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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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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
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
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
Animated eCards for GMX, WEB.DE and mail.com This page presents a large series of hand-drawn animated eCards created for 1&1 Mail & Media Applications SE, including GMX, WEB.DE and mail.com. The illustrated digital greetings were used across major email platforms and reached a very large European audience. The project combined
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The Toyes “Smoke Two Joints” – Animated Music Video & Website Illustrations I created the animated music video artwork, character designs and website illustrations for The Toyes, the original writers and performers of the cult reggae track “Smoke Two Joints.” The project combined hand-drawn cartoon illustration, 2D Flash animation, band
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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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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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Ein Schweizer am Oktoberfest — Cartoon, Kulturschock und satirische Illustration Diese satirische Illustration entstand für den Nebelspalter und trägt den erfreulich selbsterklärenden Titel „Ein Schweizer am Oktoberfest“. Zu sehen ist ein gut gelaunter Bayer in vollständiger Festbereitschaft, Masskrug erhoben, Stimme vermutlich ebenfalls, neben einem Schweizer Besucher, der freundlich bleibt, aber
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Helmi Sigg – Eine Schweizer Medienlegende im Porträt von Cartoonist Ian David Marsden Helmi Sigg ist ein Urgestein der Schweizer Medienlandschaft. Mit Wurzeln in Radio, Kabarett, Theater, Musik und Literatur hat er das kulturelle Leben der Schweiz über Jahrzehnte hinweg mitgeprägt. Vom Pionierstatus bei Radio 24 bis hin zu seinen
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Hand-Drawn Holiday Animation – Timelapse Christmas Card by Ian David Marsden Creative Project · December 2023 · Location: Claret (Occitanie, France) This festive project was my personal holiday card for 2023 — a fully hand-illustrated timelapse video combining storytelling, character design, and animated drawing techniques. Featuring Santa Claus, the Grinch,
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