Archive for the ‘pen & ink’ Category

Daddy Draws© – Part 001 How to draw a hamster eating cereal in a floating chair on a pool

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Hello and welcome to the first installment of Daddy Draws!!© a new video feature in which I draw whatever my lovely daughters Joanna and Ashley tell me to draw. Both the videos and the final artwork will be posted here in the blog.

How many of these are we going to do? When will the next one be?

This all depends on how long I can maintain a reasonable interest level both with you the esteemed reader and my daughters, the brains behind the operation.

Please enjoy the world premiere first ever installment of Daddy Draws!

Today’s Episode: “How to draw a hamster eating cereal in a floating chair on a pool”

The final drawing will always be posted in the blog below the video as well:

The final drawing which resulted from the Daddy Draws! video above.

The final drawing which resulted from the Daddy Draws! video above.

Daddy Draws© – Part 001 How to draw a hamster eating cereal in a floating chair on a pool

Wo wohnt Roger Federer? – Illustration NZZ am Sonntag – Dezember

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Wo wohnt Roger Federer ?  Doppelseite NZZ am Sonntag

Wo wohnt Roger Federer ? Doppelseite NZZ am Sonntag

Wo wohnt Roger Federer? Artikel in der NZZ am Sonntag, 28 Dezember 2008.

Die letzten Fragen zum Sportjahr.

Wo Wohnt Roger Federer ? Illustration by Ian Marsden

Wo Wohnt Roger Federer ? Illustration by Ian Marsden

Illustration von Ian Marsden

Wie schnell hätte Usain Bolt im Olympia-Final über 100 Meter laufen können? Wo wohnt Roger Federer? Wer hat Fabian Cancellara den crème-farbenen Anzug aufgeschwatzt den er an den Sports Awards trug? Was ist aus Lindsey Vonns Kuh und Christian Stucki’s Muni geworden?

Wo wohnt Roger Federer? – Illustration NZZ am Sonntag – Dezember

Der Platzhirsch – Willkommen im Kollegenzoo

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Platzhirsch – Willkommen im Kollegenzoo

Der Platzhirsch - Cartoon des Platzhirsch aus dem Buch ‘Willkommen im Kollegenzoo’ illustriert von Ian Marsden

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Der Platzhirsch – Willkommen im Kollegenzoo

Caricature Portrait from Photograph by cartoonist Ian Marsden

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

 Limousine Caricarure Portrait from Photograph by Ian Marsden

Caricature cartoon Portrait from Photograph by Ian Marsden.

Caricature portraits can be custom created from photographs.
Please contact Ian Marsden to find out more. info@marsdencartoons.com

Karikatur ab Foto - gezeichnet von Ian Marsden

Karikatur ab Foto – gezeichnet von Ian Marsden. Karikaturen von ihren Freunden, Bekannten, Familie, Arbeitskollegen etc. ab Foto.
Als digitale Datei geliefert die Sie ausdrucken können oder als Original-Zeichnung in Tusche s/w oder Aquarell koloriert.

Caricature Portrait from Photograph by cartoonist Ian Marsden

Humorous Children’s Book and Science Fiction illustration by Ian Marsden

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Humorous Children’s Book and Science Fiction illustration by Ian Marsden

This is an unpublished self-promotional humorous children’s book and science fiction illustration featuring Bombo the Bear, Chester the Butler and their time travelling friends.

In the 1980s I wrote and illustrated several episodes of ‘Idi and Bombo’ about Bombo the Bear and Idi the bird for Swiss Television DRS (Fernsehen DRS). Later I had a regular full page color ‘Bombo’ comic in the Sonntagsblick Newspaper.

It was rendered in pen and ink, colored pencils and watercolors. (only the sky gradient is digitally created).

©1997 Ian David Marsden   http://www.marsdencartoons.com

Humorous Children’s Book and Science Fiction illustration by Ian Marsden

Pirates plank walking cartoon (Playboy) by Ian Marsden

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Pirates plank walking cartoon (Playboy) by Ian Marsden 1996

Cartoon of Pirates walking the plank © 1997 by Ian D. Marsden

This is one of several Playboy-style cartoons I submitted to Michelle Urry at Playboy Magazine which led her to think that my drawing style might be a match for Playboy. Unfortunately Hugh Hefner himself disagreed with Mrs. Urry and even though I got this close – I missed it by ‘that much’ as Maxwell Smart might say.

This was created using pen and ink, colored pencil and watercolor, gouache on Bristol Board.

Pirates plank walking cartoon (Playboy) by Ian Marsden

Some very ugly fish indeed – Cartoon Biennale Davos 1993

Monday, January 28th, 2008

From the Marsden Archive:

‘Solidarité de Poisson’

Fish Solidarity Nebelspalter Cartoon exhibited at the Cartoon Biennale Davos 1993 by Ian Marsden

Exhibited at the Cartoon Biennale Davos 1993
Published in Nebelspalter Nr. 2/ 1993

Ausgestellt an der Cartoon Biennale Davos 1993
Erschienen in Nebelspalter Nr. 2 / 1993

Some very ugly fish indeed – Cartoon Biennale Davos 1993

State Trooper cartoon T-shirt design by Ian Marsden

Monday, January 28th, 2008

 From the Marsden Archive

A cartoon commissioned by a State Police department for their t-shirts by Ian Marsden

A cartoon commissioned by a State Police department for their t-shirts by Ian D. Marsden.
www.marsdencartoons.com

A bulldog State Trooper takes a bite out of crime and helps a damsel in distress.

Pen and ink on bristol paper.

State Trooper cartoon T-shirt design by Ian Marsden

Christoph Blocher (SVP/UDC) Nebelspalter Cartoon from 1993 – by Ian Marsden

Monday, January 28th, 2008

From the Marsden Archive :

Christoph Blocher (SVP/UDC) Nebelspalter Cartoon from 1993 - by Ian Marsden

Christoph Blocher Pen and ink and watercolor cartoon for Nebelspalter Magazine, 1993 by Ian Marsden.

Christoph Blocher is a highly divisive Swiss political figure. He has frequently been compared by the media and his political opponents to figures such as Jean-Marie Le Pen and Jörg Haider. Blocher is the leader of the  SVP/UDC party’s nationalist wing, which dominates the party’s delegation to the National Council.

Christoph Blocher (SVP/UDC) Nebelspalter Cartoon from 1993 – by Ian Marsden

Menu Card illustrations by Ian Marsden Sandy Lane Hotel Barbados, West Indies

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Menu card for the three different sumptuous buffets being offered at the Sandy Lane Luxury Golf and Spa Resort at St James in Barbados, West Indies with 3 original watercolor illustrations by Ian Marsden.

I was in Barbados at the time and enjoyed being commissioned to create this artwork very much.

Of course I had to try the buffet selections on several occasions to make certain I got just the right feel of the ambience.

Menu Card illustrations by Ian Marsden for Sandy Lane - Luxury Golf and Spa Resort at St James in Barbados

Menu Card illustrations by Ian Marsden Sandy Lane Hotel Barbados, West Indies