London-based graphic designer/video game fanatic Ashley Browning took on the challenge of picturing famous video game characters with the least visual cues possible:

This is an exploration of how a few key shapes from well-loved characters are instantly recognisable even when reduced to these simple forms.

Check out the full set on Flickr – also available as t-shirts!

Personally I am not a gamer at all, so I have big trouble identifying the characters. Can you?