Project article · Whiteboard animation · Visual storytelling · 2016 Illustrating Ideas Through Whiteboard Animation Storyboard, original illustration and animated visual sequences for a film about the All Stars Project, produced in collaboration with Max Curious in New York City. A project exploring how drawing, visual metaphors and movement can
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Case Study · Character Design · Information Design · Visual Communication IN TALENT WE TRUST — PPHO Character Design & Visual Communication An illustrated visual system combining original character design, conceptual drawing, information graphics, learning materials, digital communication and motion. A multidisciplinary commission for IN TALENT WE TRUST, Paris ·
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Slamtown wrestling shirt illustrated by Ian David Marsden for wrestler John Hennigan
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Case Study · Educational Illustration · Visual Systems · Product Design Software Engineering Essentials — Visual System for a 60-Card Training Deck A professional software engineering training tool developed as a 60-card illustrated deck, combining a visual taxonomy, character system, iconography, instructional illustration, packaging and print production. Client: Audiger EURL,
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Character Design · Cartoon Illustration · Caricature · Web Animation New York Friars Club — Cartoon Characters, Illustration & Animated Website Storytelling A custom family of cartoon Friars, caricature-based characters and animated sequences created for the official online presence of one of America’s best-known entertainment institutions. Client: New York Friars
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Technical Explainer · Whiteboard Animation · Character Design · Data Visualisation Graph Database Workflow — Hand-Drawn Explainer Video for Elephant Bird Consulting A character-led whiteboard explainer that turns a specialist software workflow into a sequence of people, actions and simple primary-colour data objects. Client: Elephant Bird Consulting / Tom GeudensRole:
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Professional Profile · Project Archive · Career History Ian David Marsden on LinkedIn — 75+ Projects in Illustration, Creative Direction & Visual Storytelling My LinkedIn profile functions as a detailed professional archive: career history, selected client collaborations and more than 75 documented projects across illustration, branding, character design, animation, UX/UI
Nebelspalter · Schweizer Cartoon · Karikatur · Editorial Illustration Nebelspalter-Zeichner Ian David Marsden – Cartoons, Titelbilder und vier Jahrzehnte Satire Als Kind blätterte ich auf dem Estrich meiner Grosseltern in St. Gallen durch alte Nebelspalter-Hefte. Mit 16 erschienen meine ersten eigenen Cartoons darin. Hier zeige ich eine persönliche Auswahl aus
Explainer Video Production · Direct Studio · Custom Illustration Hand-Drawn Explainer Video Production — From Script to Final Animation A direct production model for explainer films in which concept development, script support, storyboarding, character design, illustration and animation are developed as one coherent visual process. The Science of Kindness for
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Schweizer Pressezeichnung · Museumsausstellung · Bern Gezeichnet 2025 & MASSEN — zwei Ausstellungen im Museum für Kommunikation Bern Im Dezember 2025 war ich gleichzeitig in zwei Ausstellungen im Museum für Kommunikation in der Bundesstadt Bern vertreten: in Gezeichnet 2025, der Jahresausstellung Schweizer Pressezeichnungen, und in MASSEN – FOULES – CROWDS,
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Personal Artwork · Artist Portraits · Provence · Illustrated Caricature Frida, Van Gogh, Picasso & Dalí — Illustrated Artist Portraits in Provence Four iconic artists meet in a sunlit Provençal landscape: Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, reimagined as a playful illustrated ensemble filled with references
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Nebelspalter · ESAF 2025 · Schwingen · Text & Illustration Schwingbegriffe einfach erklärt — geschrieben & gezeichnet für den Nebelspalter Zum Eidgenössischen Schwing- und Älplerfest ESAF 2025 entstand für den Nebelspalter meine Doppelseite „Schwingbegriffe einfach erklärt“ — Text und Illustrationen von mir, mit fünf Schwüngen, die es besser nur auf
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The Toyes · Animated Music Video · Character Design · 2D Animation The Toyes “Smoke Two Joints” — Animated Music Video, Characters & Illustrated Website I created the animated music video artwork, band caricatures, character designs and website illustrations for The Toyes, the original writers and performers of the cult
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Lindt · Packaging Concepts · Character Illustration · Vector Artwork Lindt Chocolate Packaging Concepts — Character Illustration & Seasonal Retail Design A series of illustrated packaging concepts developed for Lindt Chocolates through the German agency Rock Brasiliano, combining character design, vector illustration and seasonal retail storytelling under the art direction
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Volkswagen SEDRIC · CEBIT 2018 · Concept Art · Sequential Illustration Volkswagen SEDRIC — Concept Art for an Autonomous Mobility Presentation Commissioned by CMV Cross Media Verlag GmbH in Hamburg, this series of 11 concept illustrations translated a supplied storyboard into a refined visual sequence for a Volkswagen SEDRIC journalist
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