Learning the ins and outs of using the Inkstitch embroidery software, I really wanted to use Ara as the challenge.
Ara belongs to  fluff-kevlar
Original image came from his telegram pack.

Took maybe 10 or so hours to convert into amounted to a glorified vector graphic. Some things worked and some didn't. One entire restart (those hours not counted)
Size: 4x4in
Stitch Count: 35,491
Colors: 8
Took about two hours to embroider

Dark Grey hair instead of black because I felt the black satin stitching would have been lost in all that black hair. and black background.