light up - erinstblaine

26 Jul

Tutorial: LED Water Drip Illusion Dress with NeoPixels and Arduino

Check my latest tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System. I built a dress using NeoPixel LEDs and Arduino code by Phil Burgess: the amazing Oozemaster 3000 code. This code does a mind-blowing job of mimicking the way water flows,...

bespoke, bridal, bride, custom, diy, dress, event, fancy, led, light up, prom, show, tutorial, wedding

06 Jul

Light-up Jellyfish Umbrella Tutorial with WLED

I’ve got a new tutorial up at Adafruit.com: make a jellyfish umbrella with lots of animated lights and WLED. This is a pretty easy build, with spectacular results. The lights are easy to control with WLED, a free and...

build, easy, festival, jelly, jellyfish, light up, lights, totem, tutorial, umbrella, wled

14 Mar

New Tutorial: Build a Chinese Dragon Puppet with Motion-Reactive LED Lights

Build a motion-reactive LED Chinese Dragon puppet for Lunar New Year - full tutorial is up!

beginner, chinese dragon, Circuit Playground, diy, dragon, easy, kids, LEDs, light up, lunar new year, motion, neopixels, puppet, reactive

11 Jan

Tutorial: Add Lights to your Costume with Adafruit nOOds – Little Noodles of Light

I just published my latest tutorial over on the Adafruit Learning System: Add Lights to your Costume with nOOds nOOds are pretty cool. They’re little silicone-coated LED strands that are super flexible and really easy to use. They work...

adafruit, beginner, cosplay, costume, easy, el wire, goggles, hat, led, light up, lights, mask, small, tutorial

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

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