Archive for the ‘spot illustrations’ Category

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

Football Heroes See Red: Team Ireland 2008 by Ian D. Marsden

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.

Sneak preview of Marsden Ireland 2008 Team illustrations for Footballheroes 2008 ‘Football Heroes See Red’

More news on the upcoming Football Heroes 2008 Book on the official Footballheroes blog:

http://blog.footballheroes.org/

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Football Heroes See Red: Team Ireland 2008 by Ian D. Marsden

Valentine’s Day cartoon graphic for E-mail or Myspace or Facebook by Ian Marsden

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

Valentine’s Day cartoon graphic for E-mail or Myspace or Facebook by 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This is an unpublished self-promotional humorous children’s book and science fiction illustration featuring Bombo the Bear, Chester the Butler and their time travelling friends.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

1. Internationale Rheinfelder Cartoon Ausstellung poster by Ian Marsden

Monday, January 28th, 2008

From the Marsden Archive:

1. Internationale Rheinfelder Cartoon Ausstellung poster by Ian Marsden

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

1. Internationale Rheinfelder Cartoon Ausstellung poster 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

“Gesundheit” Cartoon Sketch by Ian Marsden (Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel)

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)

‘Bless You’ - “Gesundheit” Cartoon Sketch by Ian Marsden - original is in the collection of Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel

“Gesundheit” Cartoon Sketch by Ian Marsden (Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel)

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

What does Santa do for the rest of the year?

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

From the Marsden Archive:

Santa Claus and Rudolph play a deadly game of cat and mouse in opium dens all over the world

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

What does Santa do for the rest of the year?