Pretty cool. I think it would be good to show the rest of the body to completely express your idea (you could do a separate sprite if you want to do this).
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As Flameruler 13 said, Definitely do the whole thing. You can do great by just doing Super Mario busts in your own style... 5+/5
Cool reinterpretation, this is neat!