Here is the NeoPixel Circuit I made. (Thanks to Qianyue for trouble shotting my codes!)
Halloween Ideas
1.Trash Ideas
For this costume, I’m planning to dress up as a trash bag with a light bulb head. The intention behind this look is that sometimes I come up with trash ideas, but they look fancy.
The bulb part will be made with a transparent plastic ball, and the bottom will be a fabric-made hood, designed to represent the lamp base and conceal the electronic components. The filament will be shaped into a poop using soft neon light strips.
For the body, I’m thinking about using a large trash bag (heavy duty for sure). If it looks too simple, I might gonna use a pre-made trash bin costume and add lights to it.
2. Adobe head
I plan to create a cube-shaped headpiece for this outfit, with different Adobe software logos on each side. The materials will include laser cut acrylic boards or paper boards. The letter portions will be transparent, while the surrounding areas will be opaque.
3. Jackalope furry head
A large version of my jackalope plushy toy. There will be light strips around the eyes.
(Among these three ideas, I prefer to work on the first two because I already have some experience with crafting, but I’m not good at Arduino. I would like to spend more time on exploring circuits and coding.)
Fun ideas, Lynn! A self-deprecating costume can be really funny, and the concept of turd-polishing is known by designers far and wide 😆. I can’t tell you which idea to pick, but I will caution you about maintaining some of your peripheral vision, so it’s easy to walk in the parade. Does the Adobe cube have to be the entire head, or could it float above your head, or could you carry it instead? Just thinking of ways to help you see better. If you want to get better at Arduino coding, please think of a specific animation you’d like to create for your filament/poop/etc., so we can have a goal to work towards, programatically.