Ian D. Marsden

Ian David Marsden born August 24, 1967) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, designer and artist now living in Montpellier Southern France.

Early life
Ian David Marsden was born August 24, 1967 in Greenwich Village, (New York City).

Career
Marsden has sold cartoons and illustrations to various international publications including Mad Magazine, The New Yorker and many others and his artwork has been seen in advertising campaigns and even on Coca Cola cans. He was nominated for the National Cartoonist Society New Mediaaward in the New Media category in 2002.

He created the very first Google Doodle for Google.com in May 2000 with the abduction of the Google Logo by aliens and also designed the character of the Kangaroo Doodle which ran on Google during the Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.

In January 2003, Marsden illustrated Smoony, the official mascot designed by Tatjana Keller for the 2003 Alpine Ski World Championship in St. Moritz, Switzerlandand. Marsden illustration conveyed the message that "the action on the track no longer is everything." Two months later, in March 2003, Marsden was nominated for 2002 New Media Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. Marsden also was contracted by Expo.02 - the 6th Swiss national exposition - to design the official mascot and entire character worlds for each of the arteplages.

His first cartoons were published at age 16 in the Swiss satirical magazine Nebelspalter. He also wrote and illustrated a TV show at the same age for Swiss Television DRS and maintained an atelier in the old town of Zurich, the Niederdorf for several years. He has worked as an art director, illustrator and multimedia artist internationally since then. In 2006 Ian was invited to draw the U.S. soccer team for the Football Heroes book project which encompasses over 700 individual player portraits from current and classic soccer teams drawn by 50 illustrators from 17 different countries released in time for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

As the creative director for Beverly Hills based Ja-Tail Enterprises, LLC (distributed through Universal Music Group) he has designed album covers and websites for artists such as La Toya Jackson.

Ian studied graphic design, illustration and in 2001 graduated from the animation department Academy of Entertainment Technology, Santa Monica College.

Ian has participated in many group exhibitions internationally. Some of Ian's large scale pop art canvases depicting the likes of John Wayne, Clark Gable, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra were on display at the historic Culver Hotel where Ian used to have a studio on the second floor. (As a footnote: The hotel bar 'Duke's Hideaway' was also designed by Ian.)

Personal life
Currently he resides near Montpellier Southern France with his wife Sheryl and their three daughters.

Books by Marsden

 * Zürich, my little town (1988) ISBN 3-85819-124-8
 * Football Heroes (2006) ISBN 978-3-9523088-0-6
 * Willkommen im Kollegenzoo ISBN 978-3-426-64568-0
 * Footballheroes See Red! ISBN 978-3-9523088-7-5