What is a Man? Castlevania request!

[AreYouStillThere]

I'm still working on my last pattern I got from here (thank you Blackmageheart!) but it's time to start looking for the next one! My partner is a huge Castlevania fan and I was thinking along the lines of something....a bit more epic. What I'd like, optimally, is the screenshot from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night with Dracula talking to Richter, with the words saying "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets." I attached an example image, but it is, of course, HUGE. I want this to be an epic project but 45 inches wide does seem a *little* extravagant. But if that's what it takes, and if the pattern looks good, well, I'll figure it out.

Anyway, I'd really like to see what someone could come up with! Or if this is completely out of the range of needlework, also let me know, cause I'm a little daunted right now.

.pat is preferred but I can work with .sth too

Thanks!

[Knittenkitten]

This is my attempt at this picture. It's on 22ct which makes it 43.29cm by 27.59cm. If it was a higher count it would be smaller but I have noticed that most people try to stay here or lower.

Castlevania Man.pdf

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[AreYouStillThere]

I love that the colors were able to stay so bright. For some reason whenever I try to do it in PCStitch, it looks really washed out and drab. My main concern is that so many of the details look fuzzy - the letters, the fire, the health bar on the left. They all look kind of scrunched together, you know? Putting it on 22 ct Aida is a good idea, although I've never worked on anything so small (in fact, I've ONLY done 14 ct, but I've never had the desire to do a project so large before).

Anyway, thank you!

[Servotron]

I love that the colors were able to stay so bright. For some reason whenever I try to do it in PCStitch, it looks really washed out and drab. My main concern is that so many of the details look fuzzy - the letters, the fire, the health bar on the left. They all look kind of scrunched together, you know? Putting it on 22 ct Aida is a good idea, although I've never worked on anything so small (in fact, I've ONLY done 14 ct, but I've never had the desire to do a project so large before).

Anyway, thank you!

The reason it looks like that is because the source image is a jpeg, and the compression used messes up the colours. If you can, it best to see if you can find source images in either .png, .gif (not animated) or .bmp file formats.

[AreYouStillThere]

Oh man, I didn't even think of that.

I'll try to get a better quality image right away!

[AreYouStillThere]

Ok, I finally got a better quality image. I hope this works a little better! Thank you for spending time on this

[Knittenkitten]

Here it is again. It's still on 22ct but it should be a little clearer this time with the colors truer to what they are supposed to be.

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[AreYouStillThere]

It's just not quite there for me. Thank you so much for the time! It's the image I want to do, and it just won't work. Poopers.