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

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.

From coffee shop napkin scribble, to birdseye concept sketch, to finished environment. @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social's newest course, Mount Olympus!

@walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social Mount Olympus is coming! March 6th!

@walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social’s next course Mount Olympus drops March 6th, this Thursday! I can’t wait for you all to explore it!

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!

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!

Here are a few support concepts for the latest @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social Viva Las Elvis course, just released January 16th!

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

For anyone interested, I have a book of some of my travel sketchbook drawings. You can find it on Amazon for just $16, search for:

Travel Sketchbook: Florence, London, Paris, Florence - by Don Carson

This year’s Dickens Christmas Fair booth doodles collection:

The concept sketch and the finished Walkabout Mini Golf VR course for the season, Holiday Hideaway is available today, I hope you all get a chance to explore it!

Doodles while sitting in our booth at the #DickensChristmasFair

I had to escape the madness of X, hoping to find saner community here. To start, a very old concept sketch run through NewArc.ai