Wacom Featured Artist – Ian David Marsden
I am honored to have been recognized as an official Wacom Featured Artist — a distinction awarded to a select group of illustrators and digital creatives worldwide. As part of this recognition, my work was showcased on the official Wacom homepage alongside a curated 12-part video series highlighting my illustration techniques, character design workflow, and creative process.
Wacom Featured Artist & Creative Collaborations
This page not only highlights my collaboration with Wacom, but also reflects my professional practice as an explainer video illustrator, mascot and logo designer, and editorial cartoonist. My workflow is 100% hand-drawn, merging traditional draftsmanship with professional digital tools — particularly the Wacom Cintiq line, which I rely on daily.
From Google Doodles to Global Brands
As the original Google Doodle artist, my background spans editorial, publishing, and branded campaigns. Over the years, I have created work for clients including The New Yorker, MAD Magazine, Google, Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, and La Toya Jackson. These projects range from whimsical cartoon vector art to painterly editorial illustrations and fully animated explainer videos.
Creative Workflow with Wacom Tools
My digital journey with Wacom began in the early 2000s on a G5 Mac paired with an Intuos tablet. Today, I work primarily on a Wacom Cintiq 27QHD Touch, which I use across projects involving commercial illustration, book illustration, and graphic design. The pen-on-screen precision of Wacom hardware allows me to sketch, refine, and finalize artwork with natural accuracy — whether in Adobe Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, or Sketchbook Pro.
Whether I am designing mascots, illustrating editorial features, or building animation storyboards, Wacom tools have become an extension of my creative process. The following gallery includes selected video tutorials and timelapses originally featured by Wacom.
Featured Tutorials & Timelapse Gallery
This curated gallery presents real-time drawing sessions, character concepts, and explainer video sequences — all created on Wacom devices using a fully hand-drawn, AI-free process. Topics range from cartoon inking in Adobe Illustrator to painterly digital coloring in Sketchbook Pro. Each example demonstrates the versatility of Wacom hardware in professional workflows.
Recognition & Industry Impact
In 2014, Wacom officially named me a Featured Artist, showcasing my work on their homepage and blog. While some of the original articles were later archived during a site redesign, this page serves as a permanent record of that recognition. Being part of the select group of Wacom Featured Artist’s is an honor and a pleasure.
For more client work and project insights, visit my Case Studies or learn more about Live Illustration & Scribing.
