Demon baby alive

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I spent several days pondering my Halloween costume, searching high and low for the perfect inspiration... Thanks to sreisig1's and Taikonaught's incredible work on the demon baby, I quickly decided that an alien/demon being/baby bursting forth from my masculine belly would be absolutely awesome... but we needed a little more excitement. I chose to design it so the baby could wake up at will... and when it did, you'd regret ever disturbing him. I used a digispark and some colorful LEDs, drilled holes in the eyes and back of the hands, and inserted the PWM-controlled LEDs to create the awakening effect. Then, I crafted a simple Arduino program based on the fade example to control these features. My test subjects were my wife and 7-year-old who loved it, but my 4-year-old felt uneasy around it... just the right amount of creepiness for a family Halloween trick-or-treat. Here's what it looks like in all its lit-up glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8QL3KXgu6A Happy Halloween!