Skull Nightlight

[jondangerwalters]

This was drawn in Illustrator and then extruded in Fusion.

The face/eyes/nose/teeth were made on the Glowy. The housing was 3D printed. I ordered some addressable LEDs and an ESP32. But we are currently under about a mountain of snow and it didn’t arrive in time. So the lights are classic Walmart Monster Brand LED strip lights.

You can see videos of this in action on Instagram @Sticker_trash.

(I don’t know if I’m allowed to plug my insta. But I’m willing to not if it’s a problem. I don’t sell anything, I just make stuff.)

Edit: I’ve added pictures of the packaging I made for it. This project is going to a new home.

[evansd2]

Cool project. How would it have been different with an esp32 and leds? Like what was your vision?

[jondangerwalters]

I would just have better control over the lights. I could potentially light up just the eyes or back of the skull. The Monster LEDs aren’t bad, but I didn’t solder anything on this project and that upsets me greatly.

[evansd2]

How hard would it be to disassemble and retrofit the internals? FastLED would give you lots of options.

[jondangerwalters]

Very hard. I used the same amount of hot glue that it would have taken to keep my parent’s marriage together. I have used FastLED on several projects. And I love it.

[evansd2]

Do you know the isopropyl trick to remove hot glue?

It might be easier than you think, Hot glue pops right off with a tiny bit of isopropyl alcohol.

[deirdrebeth]

That’s neat!

No problem at all linking your Insta. You can also add it to your profile so anytime someone clicks on your icon it’ll be right there

[ptodd]

That is quite a night light!

[wenning08]

Cool project

[jeanneleigh]

That’s very cool! The recipient is going to love it.