News from Ian David Marsden’s illustration studio – October 2018
Welcome to my latest Fall 2018 newsletter with a glimpse of what I am currently working on and recently completed projects.
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Welcome to my latest Fall 2018 newsletter with a glimpse of what I am currently working on and recently completed projects.
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Google Doodles down Memory Lane
Google is celebrating their 20-year existence!
I was delighted and honored that I got a shoutout in the recent “Inside Google” Blog post celebrating the history of the Google Doodles.
Many thanks to Google and Ryan Germick the Principal Doodle Design director.
https://www.blog.google/inside-google/doodles/doodle-me-20-notable-doodles-google-history/
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I have just put together a collection of items in my Red Bubble shop featuring some of my artwork and drawings that people often ask me about.
(Like the baguette girl, the Fez Man etc.)
Ian David Marsden – Red Bubble Shop
The link is here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/iandavidmarsden/shop
You can get all kinds of items from phone cases to framed prints, t-shirts, post cards, stickers, posters, throw pillows and even clocks and bedding.
I hope you enjoy the selection.
Send me a snapshot or tag me on instagram if you buy something, I would love to see what you got and where you placed it.
I will share some of the images in my blog and my social media as well.
Ian
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Google – The Beginning – Wall Street Journal
“Sergei turned to marketing manager Susan Wojcicki, who found illustrator Ian Marsden and put him to work.
In May 2000, Ian created the first Google doodle. It featured—surprise, surprise—aliens making off with our logo.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304911104576444363668512764
Read more →Bio Ian Marsden English | Bio Ian Marsden Français | Bio Ian Marsden Deutsch
The Very First Google Doodles by Ian David Marsden
As a professional artist, illustrator, cartoonist and character designer, one of the highlights of my career so far is certainly that I happen to be the very first Google Doodle artist. 🙂
Article about the early days at Google: Wall Street Journal – Google The Beginning
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304911104576444363668512764.html
It was tremendous fun and I was totally delighted when Google contacted me to be their first artist. Back then I was working out of a one bedroom studio in Santa Monica, California and we were trying to keep our little two year old baby in diapers, so the whole magical world of the internet in it’s very first pioneer days was a wonderful and thrilling place to be and I was honored and thrilled that I was able to actively participate with Google and some of the other projects I helped realize back then. Even in those early days it was clear to me (and most other people) that Google was headed for greatness. 🙂
The first Illustrations I made for Google, were shown on April Fool’s Day 2000. Google launched the amazing MentalPlex Technology where you could just think of what you were searching for and Google would find it. I created a little character and made some animated GIFs to explain how it worked.
See the instructions here:
http://www.google.com/onceuponatime/mentalplex/MP_illustrations.html
My first ‘Google Doodle’ series was also the very first actual Google Doodle – namely the Alien abduction of the Google logo which happened in May 2000.
My second Google Doodle was Google Doodle II – Founding Father’s BBQ and Fireworks for the 4th of July.
The third series of Google Doodles I designed were the Olympic Doodles for the Summer Olympics in Sydney – Google Doodles Summer Olympics in Sydney with the little ‘Kangaroodle” I also created for Google and for the event. I have never received more fan mail than I did during the days these olympic google doodles were online. Hundreds, probably thousands of e-mails from all over the world. All of them positive and friendly. 🙂
(a selection of olympic doodles from the above links)
The last Google Doodle I drew was the Global Happy New Year Doodle 2001 with the two little white bears throwing a party.
I hope you enjoyed this little walk with me down my Google Doodle memory lane.
All of the above Google Doodles are © 1999 – 2001 Google.com
All artwork by Ian David Marsden
More information about Ian, a brief biography, some testimonials and a client list can be found HERE.
Contact Ian Marsden for a free quote for your project: E-mail
Bio Ian Marsden English | Bio Ian Marsden Français | Bio Ian Marsden Deutsch
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I am a freelance illustrator, designer, cartoonist and I also produce and animate whiteboard and explainer videos.
You can sign up for my newsletter in the box on the right. I send a newsletter roughly four times a year.
My artist portfolio, biography, client list and referrals/testimonials can be found on my homepage at:
http://marsdenillustration.com
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Behance Illustrator Portfolio: Ian David Marsden
I just had the opportunity to update my Behance profile which had just sort of been static for quite a while.
If you are also on Behance please drop by and have a look.
https://www.behance.net/marsdencartoons
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Interview with Illustrator Ian David Marsden in French Entrée Magazine
Issue 108 , Jan/Feb 2015
Sylvia Davis from FrenchEntrée speaks with Ian David Marsden about living and working in the little wine village of Vacquières, in the Hérault region of the Languedoc-Roussillon. France.
CLICK On the image below to see a larger version and read the article. >
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