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Clip Studio Paint Live event poster featuring city nightlife comic art.

Official CELSYS Event – Live Clip Studio Paint Illustration: “The City at Night”

Clip Studio Paint Live Drawing Party On November 17, 2020, I was officially invited by CELSYS, creators of Clip Studio Paint, to participate as a featured artist in their Creative Together! Connected Ink 21-hour Drawing Party. This global livestreamed event was part of Wacom’s Connected Ink—a major international forum exploring the future of creative pen

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Illustrated Explainer Video for Graph Database Workflows

March 25, 2025 | Business Illustration, custom-created explainer videos, explainer illustration, explainer video, explainervideos schweiz, hand-drawn explainer videos, illustrateur, Illustrateur France, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration France, Illustration Schweiz, Illustration YouTube, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, Marsden Illustration, Whiteboard Animation, Whiteboard Video | animated explainer videos, Business Illustration, corporate explainer videos, custom animations, custom explainer videos, erklärvideos Schweiz und Deutschland, german illustrator, illustrated workflow, professional illustrator, swiss illustrator, Visual Storytelling

Illustrated Explainer Video for Graph Database Workflows – Marsden Creative Case Files When Tom Geudens of Elephant Bird Consulting commissioned a custom illustrated explainer video for graph database modeling, I was tasked with visualizing a complex process in a clear and engaging format. The result: a narrative-driven animation that walks

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The First Google Doodle Artist: Ian David Marsden and the Origins of Google’s Iconic Illustrations

March 12, 2025 | Business Illustration, Design, Freelance Illustrator, Google Doodles, Ian David Marsden, Illustration | April Fools Google Doodle, digital illustration, first Google Doodle artist, Google Doodle UFO, Google Doodles 2000, Google Sydney Olympics mascot, Ian David Marsden, Kangaroodle, professional illustrator, Susan Wojcicki Google Doodles

How I Became the First Google Doodle Artist For the full Ian David Marsden Google Doodles gallery, see: https://marsdenillustration.com/ian-david-marsden-google-doodles/ Before “Google Doodle” became a cultural staple, I had the unique opportunity to help shape its origins. In 2000, I was commissioned to create all the homepage illustrations for Google—making me

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Designing the Official Mascot for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz

March 1, 2025 | Business Illustration, Character Design, Design, Designer, Freelance Illustrator, Ian David Marsden, Ian Marsden, illustrateur, Illustrateur France, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration France, Illustration Schweiz, Illustrator Deutschland, Illustrator Schweiz, independent illustrator, logo design, logos, Mascot Design, Mascot Designer, Maskottchen Design | character design, event mascot, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Ian David Marsden, mascot design, official ski mascot, professional illustrator, Swiss Illustration

Designing “Smoony” — Official Mascot of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 in St. Moritz Download Case Study (PDF)http://marsdenillustration.com/PDF/casestudy-Smoony-marsden.pdf In 2002, I was commissioned by the organizing committee of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz to create the official mascot for the 2003 event — one

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Cartoon of a jovial Bavarian toasting a happy Swiss tourist at Oktoberfest, illustrated by Ian David Marsden.

Ein Schweizer am Oktoberfest

November 17, 2024 | comiczeichner deutschland, Erklärvideo Deutschland, Illustration Deutschland, Illustrator Deutschland, Nebelspalter Cartoon, Nebelspalter Cartoonist, Nebelspalter Zeichner, Schweizer Cartoon, Schweizer Cartoonist, Schweizer Comic Zeichner | caricature art, Cartoonist Schweiz, cartoons schweiz, Clip Studio Paint timelapse, custom cartoons, editorial illustration, hand-drawn illustration, Ian David Marsden, Nebelspalter Cartoonist, nebelspalter karikaturist, Nebelspalter magazine, Nebelspalter Zeichner, oktoberfest illustration, professional illustrator, schweizer cartoonist, Swiss cartoonist

Ein Schweizer am Oktoberfest: A Cartoon by Ian David Marsden This vibrant cartoon, titled Ein Schweizer am Oktoberfest, was created for the print edition of the renowned Swiss satirical magazine Nebelspalter. It humorously captures the cultural clash and festive atmosphere of Munich’s iconic Oktoberfest. A cheerful Bavarian in full traditional

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Halloween cartoon with a werewolf, female vampire, and pumpkin-headed figure under a night sky.

How to Draw Halloween Monsters in Adobe Illustrator – Tutorial Videos by Ian David Marsden

October 30, 2014 | Character Design, Freelance Illustrator, Illustration | Autodesk SketchBook Pro, cartoon characters, cartoonist, character design, comic book art, drawing tutorial video, how to draw cartoons, how to ink characters, Ian David Marsden, professional illustrator

Halloween Monster Drawing Tutorial Videos in Adobe Illustrator Are you ready to create your own Halloween monster designs? Join me on my YouTube channel for a series of tutorial videos where I show you how to draw spooky and fun characters in Adobe Illustrator. With the help of my Wacom

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