Keep the character readable
Added technology only works when the original personality still arrives first. Shape, color, and posture establish the story before anything lights up.
A bright idea with too many merit badges
Russell Glow
A character build expanded with illuminated details, playful scale, and the kind of finish that rewards a closer look.
- Build
- Costume, props, embedded light
- Focus
- Character first, electronics second
Behind the build
From premise to presence.
Details for the second look
Small fabricated elements and controlled points of light turn a recognizable costume into a personal interpretation.
Comfortable enough to inhabit
Wearability, weight, and access matter because the best costume is the one that can stay in character all day.
Build book
How Russell Glow was built.
A Gladiator costume rebuilt as a light source: a fibre-optic mohawk, an infinity-mirror shield, 2,200 hand-linked scales, and roughly 10,000 rhinestones, walked two miles of Mardi Gras parade on a baritone saxophone.
Open the build bookSelected work
See Russell Glow from every angle.
Character studies, fabrication details, and the illuminated final build.
Open the galleryMake something unreasonable
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