I used about 440 WS2812b LEDs + one 100foot string of fairy lights to create this dress. I used a Flora Board to control it and 4 large batteries to power it. Not lite by any means but bright and pretty for a good long time. These are some quick pics from New Years Eve.
Tag: costumes

Damn right, Take Back Halloween
Sexy taxi driver, sexy nurse, sexy zombie… the “sexy” costume market is anything but sexy. Especially when manufactures take it to awful kids costumes. The initiative to make all women’s costumes sexy dumbs down women AND costumes. Arrrrrgghhh. This was brought to my attention this morning. TakeBackHalloween.org. It is an awesome site. So many great ideas! Ideas that acknowledge …

WTH…Sharknado Headwear
As TTITD (aka Burning Man) fast approaches the those of us in the bay area develop a keen I for costuming options. This particular headpiece tickles me to no end. It was spotted @ Comic Con by Grant Imaraha. Sharknado poeple. You can’t escape it. [via Makezine]