https://marcustolan.co.uk marcustolan.co.uk Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:04:15 +0000 https://marcustolan.co.uk en https://marcustolan.co.uk/Cocktails-Quiz-1 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:46:49 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Cocktails-Quiz-1 COCKTAILS QUIZ (Motion Graphics for Mobile Format) I have recently become interested in cocktails and am currently endeavouring to develop my cocktail making skills.&nbsp; In parallel with this, I decided to make a short Motion Graphics Project with cocktails as the theme.&nbsp; I thought a quiz format would be an engaging way of doing this for the cocktail enthusiast.&nbsp; See if you can guess all 6 cocktails from the ingredients listed – share with your friends to see if they can beat your score! https://marcustolan.co.uk/Compounded Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:04:15 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Compounded CompoundedA daily broswer-based word game <img width="1488" height="838" width_o="1488" height_o="838" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c727e1bf66ed9643b62c6a9b79112ad70566d434b3a1e5ff48092dd89121b37/Title-page-small.png" data-mid="252862823" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c727e1bf66ed9643b62c6a9b79112ad70566d434b3a1e5ff48092dd89121b37/Title-page-small.png" /> Compounded is a daily browser-based word game that tests your ability to match words together to form compound words.&nbsp; It is a quick and fun game, that is also educational, as you often discover words you did not know before.The game works on desktop or mobile (smart phone) . You can play it here: https://www.compoundedgame.com How it works 1. THE GAME BOARD <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f94524b03ea7295bc105191fe303945501f6100cda3b20e06b57a68af1e275f8/Screenshot-01.png" data-mid="252862815" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f94524b03ea7295bc105191fe303945501f6100cda3b20e06b57a68af1e275f8/Screenshot-01.png" /> You start off with a grid of 16 ‘component words’, that you have to match into pairs to form ‘compound words’. All the words are matchable, but there are also ‘decoy compounds’, that are legitimate compound words that are not part of the completed solution.&nbsp; You have 5 lives; wrong guesses and un-matches cost lives. 2. MATCHING WORDS <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/965e613fe2420c43d55358b247774b6962be16958942f31b63e92a2880cb9e60/Screenshot-02.png" data-mid="252862816" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/965e613fe2420c43d55358b247774b6962be16958942f31b63e92a2880cb9e60/Screenshot-02.png" /> By selecting component words (in the correct order) you pair them together to form a legitimate compound word. 3. WRONG GUESSES <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1181bf8568de9811b17df05b31cbcacca5c9bf663d75b1b8af39e0bdaea55452/Screenshot-03.png" data-mid="252862817" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1181bf8568de9811b17df05b31cbcacca5c9bf663d75b1b8af39e0bdaea55452/Screenshot-03.png" /> Wrong guesses flash red, and you lose a life. 4. UN-MATCHING COMPOUNDS <img width="560" height="314" width_o="560" height_o="314" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a59330f0c772a3139061125e646d0e8b72101a6460acafc7850b173bf6f6b6f/un-match.gif" data-mid="252862910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/560/i/1a59330f0c772a3139061125e646d0e8b72101a6460acafc7850b173bf6f6b6f/un-match.gif" /> Sometimes you may need to un-match a compound you have already paired to complete the board. This uses a life. 5. HINT FEATURE <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eed6bfb2d4bfe05877b8500e14f6d2463f47668910bf999d201d0359473ddc3b/Screenshot-04.png" data-mid="252862818" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eed6bfb2d4bfe05877b8500e14f6d2463f47668910bf999d201d0359473ddc3b/Screenshot-04.png" /> If you are stuck and want to see if one or more of the compounds you have already found are not part of the completed board solution, you can press the ‘HINT’ (they will turn yellow).&nbsp; You can then unmatch them, knowing that there is another way to pair them with a different component word. 6. COMPLETING THE GAME <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8512d0fda2180f2c2920c108da9dcdceb76cfd299493caace34177cbbbe1b25c/Screenshot-05.png" data-mid="252862819" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8512d0fda2180f2c2920c108da9dcdceb76cfd299493caace34177cbbbe1b25c/Screenshot-05.png" /> If you pair all the words together, then you have completed that day’s game.7. THE REVEAL&nbsp; <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cef6f1bc6e71c33203da251a27e68cbdb7489e8238eb9dac20e91ad987af1506/Screenshot-06.png" data-mid="252862820" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cef6f1bc6e71c33203da251a27e68cbdb7489e8238eb9dac20e91ad987af1506/Screenshot-06.png" />&nbsp; At the end of the game, whether you have completed the board or not, the words rearrange to display the 8 compound words that form the completed board solution. https://marcustolan.co.uk/Exhibition-Dulwich-Art-Group-14-5-2024 Tue, 14 May 2024 14:43:05 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Exhibition-Dulwich-Art-Group-14-5-2024 Dulwich Art Group Exhibition 14 MAY 2024 <img width="1500" height="806" width_o="1500" height_o="806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/581fe10019628065dde856933b150032e46720531882cfb528189b0a82ca59b1/exhibition-website-1.jpg" data-mid="210899220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/581fe10019628065dde856933b150032e46720531882cfb528189b0a82ca59b1/exhibition-website-1.jpg" /> I submitted 2 pictures to the annual Dulwich Art Group exhibition which took place on the weekend of Sat 11 / Sun 12 of May – ‘Moon baby’ and ‘Friends &amp; Family 3’.&nbsp; The exhibition is part of the Dulwich festival, which runs from the 10-19 May and encompasses a variety of different events that celebrate the arts, history and cutlure.This is the first exhibition I have been part of for a while - I want this to be a catalyst for many more.&nbsp; The images were created recently, however they are both based on ideas I found in old sketch books. The majority of the other exhibitors were showing paintings - still-lifes, landscapes, portraits etc - which made my more illustrative style stand out.&nbsp; There was some great work on show from very talented artists.&nbsp; My thanks and appreciation to Simon Dunstan, who runs Dulwich Art Group, and the whole team for organising such an enjoyable and succesful event. <img width="1500" height="746" width_o="1500" height_o="746" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ddbb01e33eb5273f444f747dd8d1e5727415e1abb7b41ee83dd7c3cf98ef893/exhibition-website-2.jpg" data-mid="210899822" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ddbb01e33eb5273f444f747dd8d1e5727415e1abb7b41ee83dd7c3cf98ef893/exhibition-website-2.jpg" /> https://marcustolan.co.uk/Friends-and-Family-1 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:24:03 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Friends-and-Family-1 ‘Friends and Family’ (mixed media / digital Illustration) No. 1 - ‘Factory’ <img width="2000" height="1415" width_o="2000" height_o="1415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea7c29ca1b460f1463ebe76ff73268a307c41b01b0ba6c474b1ac69e20411ade/factory-1.jpg" data-mid="226388919" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea7c29ca1b460f1463ebe76ff73268a307c41b01b0ba6c474b1ac69e20411ade/factory-1.jpg" /> No. 2 - ‘Fish’ <img width="2000" height="3121" width_o="2000" height_o="3121" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01f24b241f822946f17773d99d92470a80b8fd9f28f1e4c9bb510b26f8a0e842/fish-small.jpg" data-mid="226388918" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01f24b241f822946f17773d99d92470a80b8fd9f28f1e4c9bb510b26f8a0e842/fish-small.jpg" /> No.3 ‘Bush’ <img width="2000" height="1414" width_o="2000" height_o="1414" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9b3ff699fc15c68cd375f4b0f427e7dee5af08ae94c36d3e090833cad2c35f4/Bush-Small.jpg" data-mid="226388920" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9b3ff699fc15c68cd375f4b0f427e7dee5af08ae94c36d3e090833cad2c35f4/Bush-Small.jpg" /> This project came about from looking through old sketchbooks and coming accross strange characters I often doodle in between other drawings and ideas.&nbsp; I thought it would be intereesting to place these figures into an environment in such a way as to convey a sense of identy and relationship.&nbsp; I imagine them as snap shots of moments shared by friends or family members, combining the surreal with a sense of normality. https://marcustolan.co.uk/Moon-Baby Fri, 24 May 2024 20:03:55 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Moon-Baby ‘Moon Baby’ (pencil / charcoal / digital Illustration) <img width="2000" height="1667" width_o="2000" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a130fd724cdee0ad90138bbe1bf4187d13e4bca854ffc0500e0473d2e644e837/moon-baby.jpg" data-mid="211618137" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a130fd724cdee0ad90138bbe1bf4187d13e4bca854ffc0500e0473d2e644e837/moon-baby.jpg" /> This image was my submission for an exhibition at Dulwich Art Group in May 2024.&nbsp; When contemplating what to do for the show, I found an old sketch had I done previously whilst brainstorming ideas for a t-shirt design involving a baby and the concept of sinister/disturbing science, and used the sketch as the basis for the piece. https://marcustolan.co.uk/Animated-Logos Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:53:43 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Animated-Logos Animated Logos[Motion Graphics] All logos designed and animated by me. I am available for logo design and/or logo animation - email me with details of your project. BRANDS WAVE 9: A company that supplies surfing equipment/merchandise (self-initiated). DIGITALENT: A design agency recruiting for the digital/technology sector (self-initiated). COACH CIARA: A tennis website and blog for a junior tennis player providing news and coaching tips to improve your game (commission). FLIP: A concept for a clothing brand (self-initiated). LES: A logo for a Sci-Fi themed private members club (commission). COCKTAILS: Intro screen of an animated cocktail quiz game for mobile (self-initiated). DESIGNER: A brand that sells cutting edge design/craft products (self-initiated). https://marcustolan.co.uk/Cocktails-Quiz Sat, 01 Apr 2023 11:03:03 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Cocktails-Quiz COCKTAILS QUIZ (Motion Graphics for Mobile Format) I have recently become interested in cocktails and am currently endeavouring to develop my cocktail making skills.&nbsp; In parallel with this, I decided to make a short Motion Graphics Project with cocktails as the theme.&nbsp; I thought a quiz format would be an engaging way of doing this for the cocktail enthusiast.&nbsp; See if you can guess all 6 cocktails from the ingredients listed – share with your friends to see if they can beat your score! https://marcustolan.co.uk/Merry-Christmas-2022 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:25 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Merry-Christmas-2022 CHRISTMAS CARD 2022 (Motion Graphics / Sound Design) I decided to make an animated Christmas Card this year.&nbsp; I also created the soundtrack, an arrangement based on ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’. https://marcustolan.co.uk/Space-Stats Wed, 05 Oct 2022 17:33:16 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Space-Stats SPACE STATS[MOTION GRAPHICS] Space and astronomy have always been a fascination of mine, so I used this topic (specifically, the solar system) as the subject of a motion graphics project presenting facts and statistical information on the planets and their various attributes.&nbsp; I chose to display comparisons on a number of different metrics, as well as focussing on each planet individually, using charts, info graphics and illustrations. https://marcustolan.co.uk/Explosion-Ident Thu, 12 May 2022 16:53:52 +0000 marcustolan.co.uk https://marcustolan.co.uk/Explosion-Ident EXPLOSION IDENT (Motion Graphics) Here is a short Ident I created for my website whilst doing a motion graphics exercise on explosions, which I then developed further with an emphases on lighting and atmosphere.