Archive for the ‘spot illustrations’ Category
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

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. 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.
Tags: birthday, caricature, caricaturist, cartoon, christmas, commissioned, custom, digital files, experienced, fast, from photo, from photographs, karikatur, karikaturist, massgeschneidert, original artwork, present, professional, von foto
Posted in Marsden, advertising, airbrush, aquarell, artist, caricature, cartoon, children's book, children's illustration, christmas, collectors, commissioned, custom, dessinateur, digital airbrush, digital illustration, digital watercolor, from photograph, illustration, illustrator, karikatur, marsdencartoons, pen & ink, pencil, spot illustrations, watercolor | No Comments »
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Until the images have been officially released I can not show you any of the new illustrations on my blog yet, but here is a little teaser of Team Ireland 2008.

More news on the upcoming Football Heroes 2008 Book on the official Footballheroes blog:
http://blog.footballheroes.org/
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Tags: 2008, caricature, cartoon, football, Heroes, Ireland, Irland, karikatur, Marsden
Posted in Internationale Ausstellung, Marsden, book, caricature, cartoon, drawing, exhibition, football, football heroes, footballheroes, fussballhelden, illustration, illustrator, karikatur, marsdencartoons, spot illustrations | No Comments »
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
For Valentine’s Day 2008 why not use this free little animated GIF graphic in your e-mail or on your website or your myspace or facebook or whatever social networking site you like to use?

light version for use on light or white backgrounds

dark version for use on dark or black backgrounds
© copyright 2008 Ian D. Marsden
you may use and distribute these images in unaltered form for non-commercial use
More free cartoon graphics and desktops, wallpapers and free downloads can be found here:
Link to free humorous and cartoon graphics, animated GIFs and wallpapers
Tags: Animated GIF, attachment, card, cartoon, comic, cute, cute kitty, download, e-mail, flower, free, funny, Gratis, lustig, Marsden, Valentine, valentine's day, valentinstag
Posted in Animated GIF, Free downloads, Love, Marsden, Mascots, Valentine, Web graphics, animation, artist, caricature, cartoon, couples, cute, download, drawing, free, fun, humor, illustration, illustrator, marsdencartoons, monsters, romance, spot illustrations, valentine's day, vector artwork, wallpaper, web design | 2 Comments »
Monday, January 28th, 2008

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
Tags: , cartoon, Children's Book illustration, Fernsehen DRS, Marsden, science fiction, Sonntagsblick
Posted in Bombo, Fernsehen DRS, Idi und Bombo, Jugend, Lehrmittel, Marsden, Marsden Archive, Schweiz, Schweizer, Schweizerisch, Sonntagsblick, Switzerland, artist, birds, blue dragon, butler, cartoon, cartoon dragon, children's book, children's illustration, cute, drawing, fun, futuristic, humor, illustration, illustrator, marsdencartoons, parrots, pen & ink, pencil, posters and flyers, science fiction, spot illustrations, time travel, watercolor, youth | No Comments »
Monday, January 28th, 2008

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.
Posted in Barbados, Character Design, Marsden, Marsden Archive, Pirates, Playboy, adult humor, aquarell, cartoon, damsel in distress, illustration, marsdencartoons, mutiny, nude, pen & ink, plank, sea dog, spot illustrations, watercolor | No Comments »
Monday, January 28th, 2008
From the Marsden Archive:

Poster for the first International Rheinfelder Cartoon Exhibition in Rheinfelden, Switzerland 1990
The event featured cartoonists from various countries and was a big success. It was co-sponsored by Paul Schärer (Kulturförderung Paul Schärer), Aargau
Posted in Aargau, Gorilla, Internationale Ausstellung, Marsden, Marsden Archive, Paul Schärer, Rheinfelden, Schweiz, Schweizer, Schweizerisch, Switzerland, airbrush, aquarell, artist, banana, cartoon, chimpanzee, drawing, exhibition, fun, illustration, marsdencartoons, monkey, old cartoons, postcards, spot illustrations, still life, watercolor | No Comments »
Monday, January 28th, 2008
From the Marsden Archive :

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.
Posted in Christoph Blocher, Marsden, Marsden Archive, Political caricature, Schweiz, Schweizer, Schweizerisch, Switzerland, aquarell, caricature, cartoon, creepy crawlies, deutsch, drawing, illustration, marsdencartoons, old cartoons, pen & ink, spot illustrations, watercolor | 1 Comment »
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
“Gesundheit”
a Cartoon Sketch by Ian Marsden
(the original artwork is in the collection of the Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel Switzerland)
(Cartoon von Ian D. Marsden: Das Original ist im Besitz des Karikaturen und Cartoon Museums Basel, Schweiz)

Posted in Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel, Marsden, Marsden Archive, allergies, cartoon, couples, humor, illustration, illustrator, marriage, marsdencartoons, modern life, pencil, romance, sketchbook, spot illustrations | No Comments »
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.

Posted in Barbados, Marsden, Sandy Lane, aquarell, dining, drawing, golf, hotels, illustration, illustrator, menu card, pen & ink, restaurants, spot illustrations, watercolor | 1 Comment »
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
From the Marsden Archive:

Apparently he is hiding out, heavily armed, in dubious underground pubs all over the world, while playing a deadly cat and mouse game with an equally armed-to-the-teeth Rudolph….
Black and white pen and ink cartoon, comic, graphic novel illustration by Ian Marsden
Posted in 1950's, Marsden, Marsden Archive, cartoon, christmas, crime novel, film noir, graphic novel, holiday card, humor, illustration, marsdencartoons, mystery, noir, pen & ink, postcards, rudolph the red nosed reindeer, santa claus, spot illustrations | No Comments »