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Carl, But Buh
@carldoonan.bsky.social
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Animator at Jellybox 🟩 Created Voyds of a Feather 🪶 Animated for Midnight Gospel, Crit Recap, & Game Grumps ✍️ (35, Cis/Gay, He/Him) https://lnk.bio/carldoonan

Art & Animation: #CarlArt 🖼️ #Animation ✏ #DailyDoodle
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Carl, But Buh @carldoonan.bsky.social · Oct 11
Hey Hey, a ✨PINNED POST! 📌✨

I'm Carl Doonan: Animator & stuff-drawer! I've animated for Midnight Gospel, Critical Role, Game Grumps, & more. Currently working on fun indie stuff like NoXP with @jellybox.bsky.social! Check out my:

Art & Animation: #CarlArt 🖼️
Daily Whiteboard Doodles: #DailyDoodle ✍
carldoonan.bsky.social
Tags actually *FUNCTION* here!

Twitter's dookie-tier algorithms conditioned us to avoid hashtags, but they aren't punished on Bsky!

Searches properly search too! AND pick up on words in the alt text!! I've had people find fan art I drew months or years ago on here by looking up a character name.
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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This Cutting Li'l Man says: "Dr. Light warned me not to run in the house anymore, lest we repeat... the incident."

✂✌🤖

#DailyDoodle #MegaMan
"CUT, DLN. 003" Whiteboard drawing of a cutesy, big-headed iteration of Cut Man. A humanoid robot with and an orange, noseless face and a big pair of scissors atop his head. He stands on one foot with a smirk while making a "scissors" hand gesture playing "Rock, Paper, Scissors."
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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歳の数だけだよ！ #節分 #loop
February 3, 2026 at 12:56 AM
carldoonan.bsky.social
For 10 platinum coins My Nintendo offers a printable version of the Metroid Prime 4 Switch 2 cover as a PDF for... some reason??

I'd understand if they were offering an alt version without the big ugly text dump on the bottom, but it's just the same cover as retail.

my.nintendo.com/rewards/7e12...
Screenshot from the MyNintendo site where they are offering "Printable - Metroid Prime 4 Beyond official box art cover" for 10 platinum coins.
February 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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carldoonan.bsky.social
Me likey when big man shirt go BWOOMF 💪🏾💥

#Muscles
April 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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carldoonan.bsky.social
If they ever reveal Ivor Pokémon’s age and that giant pretty himbo ends up being a gosh dang teenager (because Anime™️), I will crumble into sad gay dust.

#Muscles
Screenshot from Pokémon Legends Z-A with a chest-up shot of Ivor, the muscular blond Fighting-Type trainer. He purdy. Scene where Ivor talks to my trainer character in Emma’s detective agency. My trainer is eye level with his big naturals, because he large. He says: “Well met once again, Carl.” Ivor looking at Gwynn and saying “I don't even know how many smartphones I've broken at this point...” Ivor folding his beefy and sadly saying: “But for some reason they always break as soon as I so much as press a finger to them.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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#NationalHedgehogDay 🦔:
The #hedgehog has a fun medieval bestiary story - it knocks down fruit then rolls around and collects them on its spines to bring home to its family. Fruit kebobs to go!
British Library Royal MS 12 F XIII (Rochester Bestiary) f. 45r
bestiary.ca/beasts/beast...
"Hedgehogs climb trees or vines to knock the fruit to the ground. They then roll on the fruit so it sticks to the spines on their backs (right) so they can carry it home to feed their young (left)." illustration from an illuminated medieval bestiary
February 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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wildrumpus.bsky.social
I have only another day or so to fill in my last few slots so please share!
wildrumpus.bsky.social Grayson @wildrumpus.bsky.social · 4d
hey folks, I have the unfortunate news that I am opening up some commissions slots. I was ghosted by two freelance clients after sending work and now I can't pay rent. DM or email me if you are interested!

get a cute little guy for 50-100$ USD

examples here, please share!

#Blender3d #indiedev
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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glamdoodle.bsky.social
The Chocolate Box is still lookin' pretty roomy if you wanna join @ochrejellybat.bsky.social @flyingintensifies.bsky.social @musclechubrhino.bsky.social @bullphomet.bsky.social and I~ 😘 Still taking more VDay Chocolate YCHs until FEBRUARY 7th!!
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 AM
carldoonan.bsky.social
This Cutting Li'l Man says: "Dr. Light warned me not to run in the house anymore, lest we repeat... the incident."

✂✌🤖

#DailyDoodle #MegaMan
"CUT, DLN. 003" Whiteboard drawing of a cutesy, big-headed iteration of Cut Man. A humanoid robot with and an orange, noseless face and a big pair of scissors atop his head. He stands on one foot with a smirk while making a "scissors" hand gesture playing "Rock, Paper, Scissors."
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
carldoonan.bsky.social
I started using Flash in 2008, fresh outta high school on my cheap little Wacom Bamboo.

I proceeded to digitally draw, animate, illustrate, & create almost exclusively in the program for 17+ years.

Here's the first dumpy little toon I ever made with audio from "2 Stupid Dogs."

#CarlArt #Animation
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
carldoonan.bsky.social
Last year my crewmates at Jellybox wanted me to switch to Harmony for most projects, and I ultimately did - despite being a stubborn mule about it after 15+ years of Flash/Animate.

I can't thank them enough for that push in the right direction in the face of Adobe pulling the plug so damn abruptly.
parkersimmons.bsky.social Parker Simmons @parkersimmons.bsky.social · 8h
Wait, WHAT?!! How come I didn't hear about this???!!!
text from an adobe email which reads: We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027. Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG, and MP4 files before this date. Customers with a Creative Cloud Pro plan can use other apps to replace some Animate functionality, including Adobe Express Premium for quick creation of animated videos and graphics and Adobe After Effects for more complex keyframe animation using the Puppet tool. All Creative Cloud members can also use free animation presets in Adobe Express to animate text, images, and design elements.
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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SEASON 3 of Super Mario Moment is here!

@hamishsteele.bsky.social and @dmuma.bsky.social will be chronically the entire history of Mario's tv and film adaptations, starting with SATURDAY SUPERCADE, an anthology series featuring Frogger, Q*Bert and Donkey Kong!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVS7...
Saturday Supercade is a Partially Lost Fever Dream | Super Mario Moment 3-1 with Hamish & David
YouTube video by A Super Mario Moment
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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If a beefslab man built like Arnold in his bodybuilding prime handed me my order at a Wendy's my gay little brain would short-circuit. Doubly so if the uniform still had a cute silly hat.
discontinuedfoods.bsky.social Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Nov 25
And, as long as we're talking Wendy's, there's no better place to share this promo pic of Arnold Schwarzenegger at a Wendy's in 1979, where he looks like someone hit Nardwuar with Gamma rays!
A black and white photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing a late-70's Wendy's uniform, standing in front of the grill in a Wendy's kitchen, holding a burger, and flexing with a manic grin
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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carldoonan.bsky.social
Where my lore started
Screenshot of the header image for the Koopatorivm K-Paint oekaki board website, the first space online I drew and shared art. Scene from the "Prince Ali" song in Disney's Aladdin where the titular character has his muscles inflated by Genie's magic mid-flex. Possibly my first fictional crush and one of the earliest recollections I have of huge muscles stirring gay feelings within me. Scene from the Toonami opening for Dragon Ball during the Tom 2.0 era. Tom is seated at his captain's chair and Master Roshi is on his video screens. The Toonami block was a bedrock of my childhood afternoons. Screenshot from the boss battle with Mack the Knife in Super Mario RPG with Mallow highlighting "Special" on his battle menu. The first RPG I ever finished and a core memory in my creative DNA.
March 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
carldoonan.bsky.social
I was rather pleased when the Mario Kart World remix of Los Angeles Laps added the "bah bah buh buh" voices back in after the Mario Kart Kart 8's remix removed them entirely:
Tour Los Angeles Laps (Mario Kart Tour) - Mario Kart World (OST)
YouTube video by WiiPlayz
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
carldoonan.bsky.social
I have never actively used Pinterest in any capacity, but them shooting themselves in the foot for the sake of devolving into yet another doomed slop factory is as good an excuse as any to share this ol' chestnut I made when the site kept clogging up my image searches for references:
Edited screenshots from the Legend of Zelda animated series. Panel 1: Link sarcastically saying "Well excuuuuuuuse me, Pinterest." Panel 2: Princess Zelda, disheveled in a pond with her face now the Pinterest logo, retorts: "Nice job, artist."
February 1, 2026 at 9:46 PM
carldoonan.bsky.social
This Rockin' Li'l Roller says: "MEGA MAN! MEGA MAN! ...there's a great sale on that floor polish I like at Robo-Mart. Please pick up a few bottles whenever you get a chance." 🧹🎀🤖

#DailyDoodle #MegaMan
"ROLL, DLN. 002" Whiteboard drawing of a cutesy, big-headed iteration of Roll, Mega Man's younger sister. A humanoid robot wearing a red dress and a green ribbon in her blond hair. She winks as she poses with her knees bent inwards while holding a broom.
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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carldoonan.bsky.social
Oatmeal raisin are my favorite 🍪✨
#CarlArt #Muscles #Dessert
"repost if you love cookies or crave the comforting embrace of huge beefy pecs" Close-up illustration of a very muscular male torso with his prominent flexing pectorals taking up the majority of the frame. He holds up a plate of steaming chocolate chip cookies in front of his abdominals.
October 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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January 31, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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carldoonan.bsky.social
An important diagram (2019)

#CarlArt #SelfPortrait #Muscles
Doodle diagram where a small Carl, labeled "ME," is nestled snugly in a male giant's soft and muscular chest, labeled "PECS." The giant, whose face is offscreen, is labeled "HANDSOME." Wavy lines labeled "BIG BEEF WARM" radiate out from the pecs, stopping swirly lines labeled "WINTER COLD."
January 19, 2024 at 1:11 AM
carldoonan.bsky.social
This Prototypical Li'l Man says: *Introductory Whistling*
🛡😎🤖

#DailyDoodle #MegaMan
"PROTO, DLN. 000" Whiteboard drawing of a cutesy, big-headed iteration of Proto Man. They hold up their Proto Shield with a grumpy frown while their yellow scarf dramatically flaps in the breeze.
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
carldoonan.bsky.social
Mario for toddlers is exceptionally charming - the cast have the right vibrant primary colors & design appeal for that sorta toy.

I've no intention of getting them despite how cute they are - in a world where scalpers will scoop up just about anything, I'd rather let actual babies enjoy baby toys.
wario64.bsky.social Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 17d
Super Mario Bros. Little People My Mario Mini-Figure 6-Pack Fisher-Price up for preorder at Entertainment Earth ($22.99) buff.ly/GPrTCPi #ad
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
carldoonan.bsky.social
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.
Screenshot of Huckleberry Hound seated at an animation desk with a pencil in hand. He’s turning around to face the viewer with a squinting, mischievous smirk.
January 31, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Character I crushed on as a kid but didn't realize since I didn't know gay was a thing #064: George of the Jungle (1967)
George flexes his arms with a confident smile next to a chair in his treehouse. A muscular man wearing only a leopard-skin loincloth with one strap over his right shoulder. He is a parody of Tarzan, drawn in the flat, graphical style of Jay Ward Productions. Chest-height closeup of George from the credits sequence where he flexes an exaggeratedly large bicep. He is drawn with more anatomical detail than usual with an off-kilter, half-lidded smiling expression. George shrugging his shoulders while smiling and blushing red in the face with embarrassment. A pencil model sheet for George depicting him in several poses, including: -Flexing his arms front double bicep pose while looking up (left) -Leaning over and looking down (upper middle) -Looking up while waving one hand (lower middle) -Running with his arms half-raised (right)
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 AM