In 2013, my good friend PJ and I decided to go respectively as Carlos the Scientist and Cecil Gershwin Palmer, characters of the hit horror-comedy podcast Welcome To Night Vale. Just as with the year before, we only had a limited budget to work with. Most of the items I had on are either thrifted (shirt and pants), refashioned from thrifted clothing (the vest), or sourced from my closet (tie and everything else on my face, arms, and hair).
An account of the conceptualization and execution process can be read here.