@djcarson.bsky.social
Currently the Sr Art Director at Mighty Coconut designing virtual spaces for Walkabout Mini Golf. Former Walt Disney Imagineer www.doncarsoncreative.com
09.10.2025 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Don’t get me wrong I have artist friends who are partnering with AI to make imagery that really speaks to their inner landscape. As a whole though, this pretty much illustrates my enthusiasm level when I discover an image or video is generated rather than crafted through years of skill & practice
04.09.2025 17:28 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
If you are up for a deep dive into concept design or you just have questions to ask or observations you would like to discuss, please join me at:
www.patreon.com/c/doncarsoncreative
Since then, I have generated over 440 posts with examples of years’ worth of my concept work, reflections on where technology is heading for us artists and designers, and as a place where I can share some of my many side projects all while having an ongoing conversation with my patrons.
21.06.2025 19:48 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Back during the pandemic lockdown, I created a Patreon site as a way to open up my studio for like-minded folks interested in chatting about concept design, theme parks, and virtual reality tech so we can hang out and chat.
21.06.2025 19:47 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0I want more of the Syrian partner. It is rare when you care so deeply about an ensemble of characters. May Dept Q have many more cases!
06.06.2025 01:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I enjoyed it a lot. Could have been half the number of episodes but all the characters are wonderful.
05.06.2025 15:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Nope
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From coffee shop napkin scribble, to birdseye concept sketch, to finished environment. @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social's newest course, Mount Olympus!
10.03.2025 01:08 — 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Our biggest goal with any of these huge world recreations, and especially with Mount Olympus, is that players will say, "This is exactly what I thought it would be like!"
Fingers crossed that they will this time as well.
@walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social Mount Olympus is coming! March 6th!
03.03.2025 18:33 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
@walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social’s next course Mount Olympus drops March 6th, this Thursday! I can’t wait for you all to explore it!
02.03.2025 16:17 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Mighty Coconut's Don Carson shares the principles for course design in Walkabout Mini Golf:
02.02.2025 22:00 — 👍 27 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1Thank you for sharing your day with us!
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02.02.2025 01:27 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
When you are old enough to remember riding the "Knott's Bear-y Tales" attraction, but too young to have worked on it. The next best thing is to sketch some of your favorite details from Chris Merritt and J. Eric Lynxwiler wonderful book! Thanks guys!
02.02.2025 01:27 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0This was a wonderful conversation with Lucas Martel and Micheal Frederickson, Part Two promises to go even deeper!
29.01.2025 03:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In this two-part Walkabout Talkabout, Lucas Martell and @djcarson.bsky.social chat with Micheal Frederickson
from #Pixar as they discuss #Pixar's production process, environmental storytelling, and #VR's role in helping creators immerse themselves in their worlds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDRq...
I draw now more then I ever have and the joy it brings me isn't tempered or watered down by the fact that my non-artist friends use AI to explore their ideas visually. It's just another tool.
27.01.2025 16:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Do it!
27.01.2025 16:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Although fascinated by the seeming potential of AI I actually don’t reach for it that much. Not for image generation, image editing, or research, and I find the images it generates universally off putting.
27.01.2025 16:13 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Who isn’t?
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Over Christmas I shared a stack of the doodles I do on scraps of little brown paper. My good friend Joe Lanzisero commented, “You should make a book of those”, so that is what I did!
If you are interested, you can find my little book of desktop sketches on Amazon at for $15.:
a.co/d/4I10xVc
Some lovely screenshots of the final Viva Las Elvis course for @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social. This was our chance to play with a more dreamlike landscape rather than attempt to recreate a physical retro Vegas alone!
20.01.2025 19:42 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Vintage Las Vegas has been on our bucket list for a future course design but we didn't know how to approach it exactly. When the Elvis estate approached us we thought this might be the perfect opportunity to explore a more dreamlike environment. We are so happy it has been so well received!
20.01.2025 19:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here are a few support concepts for the latest @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social Viva Las Elvis course, just released January 16th!
20.01.2025 18:49 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1Yup!
19.01.2025 22:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😬 SO glad I ordered mine early!
12.01.2025 19:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just received my copy of Knott's Bear-y Tales The Complete History of the Whimsical Attraction by @cdylanm.bsky.social & J. Eric Lynxwiler! A splendid collection of hundreds of behind the scenes photos and stories for anyone that remembers this wonderful little attraction!
tinyurl.com/KnottsBearyT
