All of the characters in Borderlands 2 seem to have memorable, creative designs. The clothing and skin is colored in a cel shading format that gives everyone a cartoon-y look, but the overall aesthetic of the game is on the grittier side. It’s a cool mix. Anyway, the primary antagonist is Handsome Jack. Cosplayer Crystal Faraday, also known as Unbreakable Crystal Faraday, came up with a gender swapped take on the character for Fanime. She started the costume around May 12 and had it ready to wear to the convention ten days later. She used LEDs and added paint to clothing to achieve the cel shaded look.
Top photo by Kulotski Dee
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
