How I started stitching (Super Mario 3)

[SnackyHappiness]

One day I got a a mysterious envelope from my friend Adrian in the mail. Inside was this awesome little stitch of the castle from Super Mario 3. Was it a love letter? Was it a cry for help? Whatever it was it made me very happy and also inspired.
Not long after I started on my first cross stitching. It was of Samus Aran from Metroid and I messed it up quite a lot, not knowing to separate the threads. It ended up looking quite good, since the thickness of the threads made her look almost 3D bulky.
I recently went to my home town and heard that Adrian is getting married to a awesome person, has a bonus daughter and that they are expecting a baby. Congratulations old buddy and thanks for inspiring me!

[jelibe]

I think this is really cool. Your friend did a great job.

I would like to see you first stitch.

[SnackyHappiness]

Yeah, it is quite cute, isn´t it? My friend went on to do some really cool things, amongst other things he painted the first level of Super Mario Bros 1 on his cupboard with acrylic paint and stitched portraits of all the characters from Mega Man and hung them on the wall mixed with portraits of his friends. I will try to get him to post some pictures but I have a feeling he might be quite busy right now.

I would love to post a picture of my first video game stitching but I gave it away years ago +

[Kazzandra]

I can't believe your friend just sent you this. That is an awesome friend. I would love to see more of your friend's work here!