Here we have a really cool piece of video game-related embroidery by Elsa Olsson who hails from Sweden:
World 1-1 Embroidery
That’s right – the entire first level of the original 8-bit Super Mario Bros., Goombas, Power Up Mushrooms, and all!
Embroidered Goombas
World 1-1 - A Work In Progress
The project, begun in September of 2008, is still a work in progress; once completed (Elsa hopes to finish the project by spring of this year), the entire piece will measure 244 by 16 inches – a little over 20 feet long!
Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 Cross Stitch
Cross Stitch Pattern For World 1-1
Earlier this year, Elsa posted a short video clip of herself (and her kitty Klara) showing the current status of the project:
Artist Travis Pitts came up with this fun T-Shirt design (“We’ve Got Some Work To Do Now”) featuring Velma Dinkley of Scooby-Doo fame and the titular Great Dane chewing on what appears to be some vanquished monster’s (Frankenstein’s Monster?) hand:
I love the older, battle-hardened, post-apocalyptic version of Velma shown above.
The Mystery Machine (now Misery Machine, apparently) has been refitted with side-mounted chainsaws for hacking away at undead armies.
(Wonder what the giant wooden stake up top is for?)
Also, Shaggy, Fred, and Daphne are no more it seems.
What a great concept!
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Here’s what the artist himself had to say about the design:
Sticking with my favorite theme of heroic girls … and injecting realism or plausibilty [sic] to silly pop culture icons …, I knew I wanted to make a certain teen detective [and] her canine companion into the sole survivors of a Monsterpocalypse for the threadless loves Horror contest.
Everyone knows that it’s always the timid, quiet, second-string female character that gets the dramatic arc and has the wits and skill to survive most horror movies. I struggled for days trying to come up with a semi-realistic interpretation of this toughened, nerdy survivor-type gal- until I remembered I was dating one, and asked her to model for it.
Fun stuff!
Click here to buy the shirt over at Threadless.com and to check out more of the artist’s designs!
