light up – erinstblaine

23 Jul

Light-up Sound Reactive Ukulele Build Tutorial

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...

acrylic, clear, hollow, light up, music, musical instrument, plastic, play, react, reactive, sound, strum, tutorial, uke, ukelele

19 Mar

Burning Fire Wizard Staff – VIdeo and Tutorial

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!...

animated, cosplay, diy, diy staff, gandalf, how to, led, light up, Make, motion, neopixel, reactive, staff

09 Nov

New Tutorial: Animatronic Glowing Medusa Headdress

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...

arduino, Circuit Playground, cosplay, costume, craft, Create, Halloween, headdress, how to, light up, Make, makecode, medusa, project, robotic, snakes, tutorial

21 Mar

Ever-Burning Flame Painting

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...

acrylic, adafruit, arduino, Art, artwork, canvas, Circuit Playground, home, light, light up, neopixel, painting

02 Sep

Mermaid Glimmer Goes to Mexico: Documentary Videos

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...

arduino, documentary, fastLED, glimmer, led, light up, mermaid tail

29 Mar

Glowing Rave Dance Performer Costume

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...

costume, Create, cute, dancer, event, glow, hire, led, light up, Make, performer, rave

03 Mar

Sparkle Skirt Playground – Sound and Motion Reactive Costume Tutorial

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...

arduino, cosplay, costume, dress, how-to, light up, Make, motion, neopixel, reaction, reactive, sensor, sound, stagewear

27 Dec

3D Printed Neopixel and Trinket Necklace

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...

3D Printed, adafruit, arduino, Design, led, light up, necklace, neopixel

07 Nov

Update on my fancy Light-up Shoes

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...

adafruit, adult, boots, led, light up, shoes

30 Oct

Light-up Shoes for Grown-ups. Well, for me anyway.

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...

adafruit, boots, gemma, led, light up, rainbow, shoes

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