We just put up a post over at our blog rounding up the first set of four Genii Locorum photos that we’ve done! This is an ongoing project (and probably will be for a long time) but we figured collecting the photos into a post here and there every once in awhile would be an easy way for people to catch up on what we’ve already finished! ٩( ᐛ )و
You can check out the post over at our blog or you can check out the whole project at @geniilocorum. Prints are available as well and you can find the link to our shop in the blog post or on the tumblr for the project linked above.
TOP: Sachiko Ever After - Corpse Party// Take Me to Sandy Shores - Grand Theft Auto V
We apologize in advance for the number of Layers of Fear photos you’ll see in this project here on out – they won’t all be at once though! There’s so much content in this game that we want to turn into Genii Locorum photos. The atmosphere is amazing. ♡
The first one you see above relates to one of Heather’s favorite things in the game. The running out of apples note. You see apples all over this game and right after you find this note you walk into a room that is full of apples.
So of course, loving this note so much… we had to do something with it.
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubble shop – you can find us there as zhobot (we would link it but then the tags on this post won’t work for some reason :|)!
HAVE WE MENTIONED WE RLY LIKE THIS GAME?????
Layers of Fear was the subject of our latest photo over at @geniilocorum! It can be found in our Redbubble shop and we’re going to be getting a couple prints made of our own soon for zhobot’s website shop!
We know we’ve already had a GTA V photo in this project, but like we said before we love this game with all our weird little hearts and keep finding inspiration for photos from it. The simple image of this note from Amanda to Michael (along with the “I <3 Los Santos” magnet) was an image that stuck with us while playing since it was a turning point – something which there are a ton of in that game. And they’re all A+.
We need to play this game again. It’s been too long. ;)
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the GL section on our shop linked on @geniilocorum! (We also have a couple extra I <3 LS magnets from the original order we made so those might go up in a shop here soon too.)
We had this plate, coin, heads/tails sandwich board and infusion bottle for our old Robert & Rosalind Lutece cosplays and figured they would be perfect for a Genii Locorum photo! The hand towel was also something we used when we wore these costumes again to a con and didn’t have the sandwich board with us (since there’s the part where you meet the twins in a restaurant and Robert is cleaning the bar with a hand towel and Rosalind is standing there holding a shield infusion bottle out for you on the plate the coin had been on when you met them outside earlier)~
Basically, the Luteces are our favorite part of BioShock: Infinite so of course our first B:I photo had to revolve around them! :)
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the GL section on our shop linked on @geniilocorum!
We apologize in advance for the number of Layers of Fear photos you’ll see in this project here on out – they won’t all be at once though! There’s so much content in this game that we want to turn into Genii Locorum photos. The atmosphere is amazing. ♡
The first one you see above relates to one of Heather’s favorite things in the game. The running out of apples note. You see apples all over this game and right after you find this note you walk into a room that is full of apples.
So of course, loving this note so much… we had to do something with it.
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubble shop – you can find us there as zhobot (we would link it but then the tags on this post won’t work for some reason :|)!
Do you know how much fun it was to scour ebay for an 80′s phone? We have many neon, violent feels re: this game and we were excited to add a photo for it into the Genii Locorum project!
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubbleshop!
We’ve been gathering the things to do this photo for so long. The shoes were the last find (we wanted to find a cheap pair since we were covering them in bl– errr, paint ;D) and once we had those we knew it was time! We both have massive feels for this ridiculous (and amazing) series of games so expect more Genii Locorum photos from Danganronpa games in the coming months.
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubbleshop!
You knew this was coming, right? ;) We have a couple more ideas for FNaF photos (one involving a giant Freddy head – which we hope to get to soon) but once we got our Freddy plush in the mail from Sanshee we knew we had to try this out. So there we were, crouched at the foot of our bed trying to somewhat recreate one of the things you have to check during those long nights as the child in the latest game in the series. One of us with a flashlight, one of us with a camera and a cat continuously trying to jump on the bed and poke Freddy over with her nose. There are some fun shots where there’s just a gray blob of fur running into the flashlight beam.
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubbleshop!
This little game from ‘91 was one of the first games the two of us played together (a little less than two decades after the original release). We took a photo somewhat like this after we made these two clay versions of the titular characters which was shortly after we finished the game. When we started Genii Locorum we knew we wanted to take a better shot – pull the view back a bit and make it look more like a screenshot from the game.
One of our favorite things in the game is when they dance with the hula girls, so of course that was what we focused on with this photo (and the original one we took a long time ago). We know you’re not supposed to let them dance because they get distracted and could get attacked but it’s so adorable.
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubbleshop!
Grand Theft Auto V is one of our very favorite games.
There will definitely be photos from the other GTA games here (as well as more from V) but we had to do a GTA V one first because we have so many feels for it. And out of all the GTA V ideas we have, we had to do a Trevor Philips one first because Trevor Philips. This one is inspired by a Snapmatic photo Heather took of the space between the wall and Trevor’s bed. We took that and ran with it. Or we… took it and jumped on a stolen golf cart and went screaming down the Del Perro Freeway with it.
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubbleshop!
(This was originally posted on the zhobot tumblr but since we’re giving this it’s own site here we’re reposting the first three photos! Sorry if you’ve already seen this! ;D)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories was sort of a polarizing game in the SH series - some people loved it, some hated it - we were definitely into it! It was different and it was actually one of Nate’s first adventures into the town of Silent Hill (we played it early in our relationship so he’s been on a bunch of adventures to SH now, MUAHAHA). We both think that that game should really be experienced on the Wii though. Hearing stuff through the Wiimote (“Door’s open.”) reeeeaaalllly added an extra “NO WHAT WHAT WAS THAT WHAT” factor.
Obviously the phone/phone screen/etc. don’t look like Harry’s from the game but we worked with what we had! It was snowing and we freaked out and thought SHATTERED MEMORIES PHOTO TIME HURRY FIND THE FLASHLIGHT AND CHANGE MY CONTACT INFO TO SAY CHERYL. ;D
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubbleshop!
(This was originally posted on the zhobot tumblr but since we’re giving this it’s own site here we’re reposting the first three photos! Sorry if you’ve already seen this! ;D)
Corpse Party is an amazing little visual novel filled with an insane amount of creepiness. We wanted to include the Sachiko charm as well as one of the save points (one of Ayumi’s candles) then we thought the spot on the wall could use something so we added the “Admit it. You hate all your friends. Eventually, you’ll kill one another.” note that you find in one of the school hallways.
Originally the Sachiko charm was going to be intact but we tore it up and added some blood to specific pieces. That took a lot of staring at a certain few screenshots to tear it up and mark it correctly!
We’re going to have a few prints of certain photos from GL at any tables we have at future cons, but if you’d like a print and won’t be a con near us in the future you can hit the Genii Locorum section on our Redbubbleshop!
(This was originally posted on the zhobot tumblr but since we’re giving this it’s own site here we’re reposting the first three photos! Sorry if you’ve already seen this! ;D)
Genii Locorum is a project I originally wanted to do many, many moons ago in my last year of high school. It was 2003, I was in Photography III and I loved video games (and fandom in general) then as much as I do now. Originally, I wanted to take my favorite games and set up photographs that looked as if they could’ve popped right out of that universe. A couple were taken with my SLR and processed in the photo lab at school - there was also a Persona 2 photo (a hand and a cell phone - Joker!) and a Final Fantasy VIII photo (jet trails that reminded me of the missiles from Galbadia Garden) that crept onto a black and white roll (which you can see above).
All these years later I find myself taking photos at conventions of costumers from my favorite games, movies, etc. and still find myself taking photos of things that remind me of those universes as well. I figured I could finally take these photos, gather them in one place and show my love for my favorite fictional universes. Nate (the other half of zhobot.net) took interest in this project when I showed him the photos I took in high school and the rest grew from there!
Okay I get the site. But why Genii Locorum?
Since many of the photos in this project are video game related, I chose this name because it is one of my favorite ideas/tropes.
Genii Locorum is in the most basic sense “spirits of places.” Genius Loci is Latin for “spirit of a place” and since this project is spanning many “universes” (or places) and the camera acts as something observing something else happening inside the universe, I thought spirits of places was a term that could apply in a way to the project. It’s been through a couple names but they were all strictly video game related. This one can encompass any fictional universe we dive into.
Oh man, you did a photo from ______! I love that show/book/game/etc. Can I take it home?
We’re actually planning on having some prints at the cons we have tables at, but if you won’t be able to make it to those you could check our shop or our Redbubble shop to see if anything’s there!
