http://2dforever.com Videogame themed, and life influenced illustrations by Tom Waterhouse Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:02:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://2dforever.com/image213 http://2dforever.com/image213#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:05:17 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=990 A friend asked me to draw a tea monster. So I drew this. He’s kind of a monster made out of fluff… or dust. With human appendages, of course. Also looks like a cross between the Cookie Monster and Captain Caveman. There’s really not much more to say about this one, other than I felt [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image213/feed 3 http://2dforever.com/image212 http://2dforever.com/image212#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:37:03 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=980 One of my favourite birthday memories as a kid was the birthday I got Sonic CD. Sounds sad, I know, but as a 7 or 8 year old it was the most important thing in my life at the time. Before the days of unboxing videos on YouTube, my parents did a great job with [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image212/feed 2 http://2dforever.com/image211 http://2dforever.com/image211#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:15:17 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=974 I really miss the excitement of arcades and the frantic continue systems. Timer counting down and looking beat up, rummaging through my pockets for another 50 pence piece only to find the counter has reached zero. That’s right kids, IT’S A BAD METAPHOR FOR LIFE. But in all seriousness, I love the feeling of arcades. While [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image211/feed 3 http://2dforever.com/image210 http://2dforever.com/image210#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:02:48 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=965 I like the saying that eyes are the gateway to your soul – but I don’t know what it means for this girl. This was a surprisingly quick and fun sketch I put together last night. I was inspired by the introduction to the Bond classic, Goldfinger (see inspiration) after catching it on TV. It [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image210/feed 2 http://2dforever.com/image209 http://2dforever.com/image209#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:49:01 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=957 I’ve gone back to playing a lot of Super Smash Bros. at the moment, so that’s where this Captain Falcon picture came from. Yes, it’s everyone’s favourite, over-excited, bounty-hunting, F-Zero racer! I think he’s a great character – in that he’s exactly that, a character. I wanted to capture the ridiculous-ness here and to experiment [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image209/feed 2 http://2dforever.com/image208 http://2dforever.com/image208#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 10:22:36 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=942 Who’s played Portal 2 yet? Pretty much everyone? It’s pretty damn good. One of my favourite moments in Portal 1 was when you realised (looking through your own portals) that you are playing as this girl, Chell (pronounced like ‘bell’, not ‘shell’ apparently). Normally if you play a female lead, games aren’t very subtle about [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image208/feed 6 http://2dforever.com/image207 http://2dforever.com/image207#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:33:41 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=925 I recently stumbled across work by James Nares (see inspiration) who seems to specialise in simple paint brush stroke paintings. It’s not normally the kind of thing that I’ll bother with, but they caught my eye as being something more than just brush strokes. I have no idea what the artists’ intention is, but when [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image207/feed 2 http://2dforever.com/image206 http://2dforever.com/image206#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:14:20 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=918 You may of heard recently that there’s the tiniest glimmer of hope for Shenmue 3 becoming a reality after nearly 10 years of waiting. I got so excited I’ve started playing through Shenmue again and just had to draw our favourite moody protagonist, Ryo. This is my most memorable scene from Shenmue 2 where Ryo [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image206/feed 3 http://2dforever.com/image205 http://2dforever.com/image205#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:05:35 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/wordpress/?p=771 First things first, happy new year! Trust it was awesome? Anyway, todays picture is me living up to a small promise made to the kind people of DeviantArt after asking what I should draw next. This is Samus Aran, from the Metroid series. I must admit I haven’t played a single Metroid game, they don’t really [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image205/feed 3 http://2dforever.com/image204 http://2dforever.com/image204#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:00:43 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/wordpress/?p=764 If you’re looking at this thinking Harry Potter looks odd, then now is a good time to read up about John Lennon and The Beatles. I’ve been told by a few people that everyone remembers where they were when they heard that John Lennon was shot. You may not agree with everything about The Beatles and John Lennon’s [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image204/feed 0