http://2dforever.com Videogame themed, and life influenced illustrations by Tom Waterhouse Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://2dforever.com/image223 http://2dforever.com/image223#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 18:28:28 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1079 Remember when I used to draw loads of SNK guys in camp poses? So do I! It’s kind of a guilty pleasure of mine that I haven’t done in a while. So I had to draw my man-crush, Rock Howard, from Garou: Mark of the Wolves. I’ve had a few people ask if I could [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image223/feed 0 http://2dforever.com/image222 http://2dforever.com/image222#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:08:54 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1072 Aren’t bees the cutest insects around? I know a lot of people jump out of their skin when there’s one near, but I always imagine them acting like this picture. Just happily bumbling around, collecting pollen and making honey in their own little world. I wanted to paint something simple and cute, so when I heard [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image222/feed 0 http://2dforever.com/image221 http://2dforever.com/image221#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:14:29 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1064 Did you know a flock of crows can be known as a “murder” of crows? After seeing an old photo for a failed invention to protect faces from snowstorms (see inspiration), this jumped into mind. Crows really shouldn’t be scary, but they are. I wanted to have some kind of devil-like character standing in plain [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image221/feed 0 http://2dforever.com/image220 http://2dforever.com/image220#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:46:01 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1058 I did this quickly the other night for a Christmas card and thought I wasn’t going to upload it to my site… but it’s been so long since the last update, it doesn’t hurt to add a slightly rough one now and then Here’s a jolly fat bastard rushing to action. He needs the fat [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image220/feed 1 http://2dforever.com/image219 http://2dforever.com/image219#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:06:20 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1047 Summer and rain go hand in hand here in the U.K. It reminded me of an old picture I did a while back and I wanted to recreate it. I always love the rain and I think it’s visually powerful. Something about this piece reminds me of my older work — obviously the picture is [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image219/feed 2 http://2dforever.com/image218 http://2dforever.com/image218#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:17:18 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1039 Over at DeviantArt there was Zelda tribute theme going, covering enemies of Zelda games, rather than just drawing Link over and over. A good idea, but I didn’t really want to draw one of the monster type enemies in the game, I wanted to draw good old humany flesh. So I settled on one of [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image218/feed 0 http://2dforever.com/image217 http://2dforever.com/image217#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:18:12 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1029 After randomly saying “Ooh la la” the other day (Yes, I did actually say it, and it was over something really mundane) I had to draw Ulala from Space Channel 5. I used to draw loads of SC5 stuff but got embarrassed at the quantity of incredibly camp characters I was drawing, so I stopped. [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image217/feed 1 http://2dforever.com/image216 http://2dforever.com/image216#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:42:58 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1019 I fell in love with Asura’s Wrath when the protagonist Asura (this angry fella) loses his arms and still thinks he can fight. Thinks, and then does. He feels so invincible you think you can take on anyone, with or without arms! The over the top characters and story of Asura’s Wrath make for a [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image216/feed 1 http://2dforever.com/image215 http://2dforever.com/image215#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:03:59 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1010 I was recently discussing with a friend what my all time favourite top 10 games are and one of the first games to jump out at me would be Panzer Dragoon Saga. I love the whole series, but Saga had such a fantastic world to explore. I still feel a strange personal emotion about the [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image215/feed 4 http://2dforever.com/image214 http://2dforever.com/image214#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:25:12 +0000 Tom http://2dforever.com/?p=1000 After having some Jet Set Radio (JSR) music stuck in my head, I decided to have a quick go on the original Dreamcast game… Four hours later I fully remembered why it’s one of my favourite games of all time! The characters of JSR really stand out for me, one of my favourites being Gum, [...]]]> http://2dforever.com/image214/feed 4