Us Squared

Games are often a source of escapism. We immerse ourselves in the wondrous, colourful faraway worlds to get away from our everyday boring grind. But as many smart people have tried to tell me over the years, a lot of it is a matter of perception. The real world around us can be pretty darn interesting too.

I started working on visuals like this for a work related idea but I enjoyed making them so much I wanted to bring the idea further. And that is how Us Squared was born. I want to show real people in the same light we saw the brilliant characters of nineties point and click games. We all have our stories, some of them made up and some of them real, and each and every one of us is interesting enough to have their own adventure.

And geeking out on a little bit of retro graphics helps too... :)

So if you are interested in becoming a character too, send me a high resolution image of you (at least 1000 px on the longest side) to blums.karlis@gmail.com, name of your character and description of who they/you are (it can be as real or as fantastic as you like) and I will create your character. By sending me the image you agree that your photo and character will be shown on this website but I will also send you a high resolution image and/or vector file if you so wish.

Let’s have an adventure!