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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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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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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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 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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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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BREF & GENERAL – Cleaning Product Illustrations (Commissioned via Rock Brasiliano) Commissioned by: Rock Brasiliano – Communications & Corporate Innovation End Client: Henkel (Brands: BREF / GENERAL) Art Direction: Stephan Eisenblätter (Rock Brasiliano) Illustration: Ian David Marsden Location: Hamburg, Germany Duration: 1 week, July 2015 Download Case Study (PDF)http://marsdenillustration.com/PDF/casestudy-Henkel-marsden.pdf I
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Marsden’s Art House – Digital Illustration Tutorials & Creative Process Insights Welcome to Marsden’s Art House—my dedicated YouTube space for artists, illustrators, and storytellers at every stage of their creative journey. This secondary YouTube channel complements my professional illustration portfolio with accessible, hands-on content for anyone interested in sketching, digital
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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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