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Merry Christmas – I sing the Grinch song.

As 2023 draws to a close, I reflect on a year filled with creativity, collaboration, and, most importantly, your continued support.

Enclosed is this year’s Christmas card from me to you.

🎅 Illustrated Holiday Cartoon Card with Santa and the Grinch by Ian David Marsden 🍷

This year, our jolly friend Santa is enjoying a glass of exquisite Pic Saint-Loup red wine I left out for him – a refined alternative to milk and cookies and a tribute to the beautiful Languedoc region where my studio and home are located. The Grinch just couldn’t resist and grabbed a bottle too.

I even sang a little serenade on the video Holiday Greeting Card, the classic: “You’re a mean one, Mister Grinch”.

(Don’t worry, I won’t be quitting my day job – singing is just a hobby.)

Click HERE to view the full-size (and animated) version of the card on YouTube.

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AN2V Kakemonos / Commercial Banner Illustration

I am frequently consulted by my clients to assist with marketing and advertising projects, with concepts and ideas, layouts and graphic design suggestions as well as of course drawings and illustration elements.

AN2V, the Association Nationale de la Vidéoprotection approached me for a very interesting project. Founded in 2004 by Dominique LEGRAND, this remarkable association was established to address the growing need for the exchange of experiences in the field of security technology. At the time, video surveillance, which we now call videoprotection, lacked structure, and many users were grappling with the challenges of deployment.

What sets AN2V apart is its unique combination of “demand” from both public and private users, along with companies offering products and services in the realm of security technologies. AN2V is truly one of a kind, and I was privileged to collaborate with them.

AN2V presented me with an exciting challenge – to create three distinctive, large-scale Kakémono display banners, each measuring 2.10 meters by 0.85 meters. These banners were designed to represent three key facets of AN2V’s activities: training, the association itself, and the universities they organize.

Two of the AN2V Kakemono banners on display at a tradeshow
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Article sur Ian Marsden – Autour du Pic

Je tiens à remercier le magazine Autour du Pic et son rédacteur en chef, Olivier Westermann, pour avoir publié un article d’une page entière sur moi et mon travail.

J’ai eu le plaisir de faire un dessin personnalisé pour accompagner l’article à l’occasion du remplacement de la croix du Pic Saint Loup qui avait été vandalisée.

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Poster VIN-TAGE 2019

Poster Design and Illustration
for VIN-TAGE 2019
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers, 34270
Pic St. Loup (34)

Dessin: Ian David Marsden
Client: Centre Apighrem
Date: 04 / 2019
Media: Digital Illustration / Photoshop / Adobe Illustator

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Design Etiquette de Vin : Mas de Figuier “Roc de Couder”

Design Etiquette de Vin:
Mas de Figuier “Roc de Couder”

Pour le célèbre domaine viticole Mas de Figuier à 34270 Vacquières, on m’a demandé de concevoir une étiquette pour un nouveau vin rouge haut de gamme appelé Roc de Couder.

Jouant sur le mystère de ce Roc légendaire, mais aussi sur la longue histoire et les nombreuses légendes entourant le Pic Saint Loup et le Languedoc et même le Château de Montségur et Rennes le Château, je me suis plongé dans une interprétation artistique qui, je l’espère, transmet la chevalerie, le courage et peut-être aussi un mystérieux et presque magique effet d’effusion de vie de ce vin délicieux.

Le vin peut être commandé chez :

EARL MAS DE FIGUIER VINS BIOS
MAS DE FIGUIER VINS BIOS
34270 VACQUIERES
Contacter notre domaine
Tél. : 06 18 19 53 33
pagesgi@orange.fr

#picsaintloup #redwine #labeldesign #etiquettesdevin #vinbiologique

English:

Wine Label Design:
Mas de Figuier “Roc de Couder”

by Ian David Marsden

For the renowned wine domaine Mas de Figuier in 34270 Vacquières, I was asked to design a label for a new high-end red wine called ‘Roc de Couder’.

Playing on the mystery of this fabled ‘Roc’ and also the long history and many legends surrounding the Pic Saint Loup and Languedoc region and even the Château de Montségur and Rennes le Chateau, I delved into an artistic interpretation that hopefully conveys chivalry, valor and maybe also a mysterious, almost magical life-force bestowing effect of this delicious wine.

The wine can be ordered at:
EARL MAS DE FIGUIER VINS BIOS
MAS DE FIGUIER VINS BIOS
34270 VACQUIERES
Contacter notre domaine
Tél. : 06 18 19 53 33
pagesgi@orange.fr

 

 

 

 

Wine Label Design for Mas de Figuier – Roc de Couder – Pic Saint Loup – by Ian David Marsden

 

Vector Crest Design / Design de Logo – Cimier – Blason en tant qu’art vectoriel
Artist: Ian David Marsden
For / Pour Mas de Figuier

Vector Crest Interpretation

Close-up of vector

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Marsden Illustration