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03 Oct '20

Artist Instagram and TikTok with lots of sketches, doodles and live drawings

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It’s been a while since I updated my news blog. Things have been rather quiet on the project front due to the pandemic (like for many), so I don’t have a lot of new client work to show you, but I thought I would say a quick hello.

I recently started a TikTok channel, where I mostly post recordings of live drawings (digital and analog). So if you are on there and enjoy drawings, drop by and have a look.

I only have 120 followers here so far, so you can become a member of a highly exlusive club. 😀

https://www.tiktok.com/@iandavidmarsden?lang=en

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20 Oct '17

Inktober 20 – 2017 – « Deep »

20/10/2017 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: idmarsden | In: inktober, inktober2017, pen doodle, pen sketch, pendrawing, Uncategorized

My inktober pen drawing for today. Following the prompt list, today’s word is

“deep”

Pen on paper and later added digital watercolor with Wacom Cintiq Display in Adobe Photoshop CC2018

Pen drawing video on instragram here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BadmI5AFVXi/?taken-by=marsdenillustration

Digital coloring video on instragam here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BadonO0Fbms/?taken-by=marsdenillustration

www.marsdenillustration.com

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Webpage "My Sketchbook" by Ian David Marsden, featuring sketches and art tools.

11 Oct '16

New artwork in my sketchbook gallery

11/10/2016 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: idmarsden | In: Art, Artist, Book Illustration, Business Illustration, Cartoon, cartoon gallery, cartoon sketchbook, Cartoonist, Design, Dessinateur, Digital Artist, Freelance, Freelance Illustrator, Ian David Marsden, illustrateur, Illustrateur France, Illustration, Illustration Deutschland, Illustration France, illustration newsletter, Illustration Schweiz, Illustrator, Instagram, Marsden

New artwork in my sketchbook gallery

I just uploaded a selection of recent sketches and pen and ink artwork to my sketchbook gallery.
I hope you enjoy them. These are all created with pen and ink, ballpoint pen, pencils and other traditional methods. I do sometimes scan them and color them in photoshop, but most of these are also colored with watercolor, ecoline and aquarelle / goache.

These are all just fun, free drawings that I like to do sometimes to relax and clear my mind. These were not commissioned. Often I don’t even know what it will be when I start drawing.
I guess since I am working in digital art programs with my Wacom Cintiq most of the time, these little exercises also s to show myself that I still know how to do it “old-school”. 😊

Please don’t forget that I also have an Instagram channel which I update almost daily with new doodles, sketches and drawing videos.

https://www.instagram.com/marsdenillustration/

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20 Jul '16

Illustration Newsletter July 2016 Ian David Marsden

20/07/2016 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: idmarsden | In: Advertising, Art, Book Illustration, Business Illustration, Cartoon, cartoon sketchbook, Cartoonist, Character Design, explainer video, Freelance, Freelance Illustrator, Illustration, Illustrator, Instagram, Marsden, Vector Art, Whiteboard Animation

Hello dear visitors to my blog,

What I love most of all about my profession as an illustrator and designer, is that I get to be creative in all kinds of different areas and I never really know what’s coming next.

Below, I have put together a selection of some of the fun projects I have recently worked on. I hope you enjoy it.

Before we get started let me wish you a wonderful summer, and just in case you are working during the summer months, it might comfort you to know that you are not alone. I will be doing the same.

I am not going away this year and can be reached in my studio both in July and August and can assist you with any illustration needs that may arise.

All the very best and here now my latest news…

Ian

PS: My portfolio has been completely updated with brand new work, so if you haven’t visited my homepage in a while, please have a look.

So, what HAVE I been up to in the past months? Well…

I got to be WILD!…

Tribal style vector animals for poster art.

I got to be STRONG!…

Two new Coffee Love Cappuccino Cups with saucers have been added to my RITZENHOFF Design Collection.

https://marsdenillustration.com/portfolio/ritzenhoff/

I got to PIMP AN INTRANET!…
For Hermes Paketversand

I was a SUPERHERO! (and a SUPER VILLAIN)…
For Stadtwerke Wedel

I got to be SILLY…

I added a gallery of my personal sketches and doodles to my homepage.

Ian’s personal sketchbooks and moleskines

I got to be “FAMOUS!” ðŸ˜Ž…

I started my own Instagram feed with snapshots, sketches and doodles.

It’s been up for only a few months and I am delighted that I already have over 2200 wonderful people who are interested enough in my tomfoolery, to follow my feed.

If you are also an instagrammer, come on over and join the fun.
https://www.instagram.com/marsdenillustration/

I got to be CLASSY and SOPHISTICATED!…

My lovely wife Sheryl Marsden has founded a shop called Love French Linen featuring gorgeous linen items from the south of France (where we live).

What could be more appropriate than to use her very own in-house creative department for her photography and logo needs?

Even our dog “Watson” now features prominently in several images as the Love French Linen dog. Undoubtedly he will start his very own newsletter soon, when his modelling career takes off. ðŸ˜Š

Sheryl did a wonderful job and put a lot of thought and care into her linen collection. Please have a look and forward to your friends who might be interested in French linens for bedroom, dining room, bathroom and kitchen.