LED Ukulele!! And a fun video shot & created by the increasingly awesome cinematographer Darrell St. Blaine. And of course there’s a tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/light-up-reactive-ukulele/ I have wanted Mermaid Glimmer photo-drone footage since.. well, since I built her 8 years ago. Even after...
I just finished my latest tutorial over on the Adafruit Learning System: make a Burning Wizard staff. It’s got it all: LED NeoPixel lights, sound effects, and motion reactivity to trigger the different animations and modes. It turned out amazing!...
I may have outdone myself this year for Halloween. It took me months of trying, failing, swearing, and trying again. I’m such a noob when it comes to animatronics and robotics. But I’m really pleased with how this turned...
I made some art. This is a bit of a departure for me. I’m not a painter (well, except for face and body painting), and I have very little experience painting acrylic on canvas. It seems like such an...
This past July I had the good fortune to travel to Mexico with Way Beyond Productions to shoot photos and video of my LED mermaid tail, Mermaid Glimmer. We got some absolutely incredible shots. I’ve been posting them on...
It’s beginning to be that season where I get to go out to fancy events and play with all the crazy toys and costumes I worked on all winter. Here’s a fun little .gif from last night’s “Rave” party...
New from the Adafruit Learning System: Sparkle Skirt Playground. Use the Circuit Playground board to create costume art with motion sensitive, sound reactive and custom color palette modes. Circuit Playground’s built-in sensors make it easy to build, and the 3d printed Circuit...
I got an UP! Mini 3D printer for Christmas this year. Wowza. I’m SO excited.. I haven’t stopped playing with it since just about the minute I unwrapped it and I’m having tons of fun. I printed a mermaid seashell, then...
I’ve been modifying my light-up shoes and now they’re extra-awesome. I got some new velostat, which works a treat. The velostat is a pressure sensitive material which basically gets turned into a sensor, so the shoes light up when I step...
I have always wanted a pair of light-up shoes. All the kids are wearing them. They can stomp and their shoes light up with red or blue or sparkly and I’ve always been SO JEALOUS.Tonight, I finished my very...