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toonabby.bsky.social
Is it too late to draw this? Oh well, fuck Pisscord. "Popular update" my ass, let me introduce you(r mascot) to [my] Scencore Cartoon Network-tan OC

#art #ToonAbbyArt #HiPaint #digitalart #ChannelMania #Discord
Cari-Netanya Turner, from Channel Mania!, lifting a beaten and bruised Wumpus by the leaf while she (falsely) smiles and laughs. Signature at the bottom left reads "ToonAbby" and at the top left I a disclaimer reads "Do not repost, reupload, trace, or train AI on [off] my art".
September 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
toonabby.bsky.social
Character profile #3: Cari-Netanya Turner, the second-to-third major lead in Channel Mania! personifying Cartoon Network. Originally an aloof loner, she is a passionate (soon-to-be) animator who partakes in nerd culture, but masks it under a blasé expression.

#art #ToonAbbyArt #ChannelMania
Cari-Netanya Turner's profile, including color guides, turnarounds, an expression sheet, tidbits of her personality, renders of her younger selves, and a relative list.
August 19, 2026 at 5:27 AM
toonabby.bsky.social
Character profile #3: Cari-Netanya Turner, the second-to-third major lead in Channel Mania! personifying Cartoon Network. Originally an aloof loner, she is a passionate (soon-to-be) animator who partakes in nerd culture, but masks it under a blasé expression.

#art #ToonAbbyArt #ChannelMania
Cari-Netanya Turner's profile, including color guides, turnarounds, an expression sheet, tidbits of her personality, renders of her younger selves, and a relative list.
August 19, 2026 at 3:28 AM
toonabby.bsky.social
Character profile #1: Nicki Lodeaanne, the main character of Channel Mania! personifying Nickelodeon. Despite her dead-end job as a fast food employee, this spectacled Senior will spread her everlasting joy and laughter throughout her mundane and midtoned hometown.

#art #ToonAbbyArt #ChannelMania
Nicki Lodeeanne's profile, including color guides, turnarounds, an expression sheet, reference images for her design, tidbits of her personality, renders of her younger selves, and a relative list.
July 31, 2026 at 2:31 AM
toonabby.bsky.social
Character profile #2: Discha Walter, one of the three main characters of Channel Mania! personifying Disney Channel. Don't let her looks or kind personality fool you; this wannabe fashion idol and wizardly maid will kick your butt if you mess with her or her friends.

#art #ToonAbbyArt #ChannelMania
Discha Walter's profile, including color guides, turnarounds, an expression sheet, tidbits of her personality, renders of her younger selves, and a relative list.
August 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
toonabby.bsky.social
The cable gals are here!

Introducing - Nicki, Cari-Netanya, and Discha, the Channel Trio!

Channel Mania! is an upcoming TV-centered webcomic created by me. Currently in-progress, it'll be released sometime on NamiComi.

#ToonAbbyArt #ChannelMania #artsky #channeltan #characterdesigns #conceptart
From left to right: Cari-Netanya Turner, whose name is done in the style of the Cartoon Network (first) and Turner Broadcasting (last) fonts; Nicki Lodeeanne, who is in the center and whose name is done in the style of Nickelodeon's logo and typeface from 1984 to 2009; and Discha Walter, whose name is done in the style of Walt Disney corp's typeface.
July 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
toonabby.bsky.social
Comparisons

#ToonAbbyArt #ChannelMania #artsky #art
2025 Nicki's design was mostly left unchanged, part from saturated colors and the boots being red orange instead of brown. She was also a bit off-model. 2025!Cari-Netanya was not as radical as her '26 design, since the "goth"/"punk"/"emo" aspects of her outfit were added in last minute. As a result, the original clothing choice was more casual, part from the monochromic contrast between the jacket, it didn't "feel" like something a goth girl would wear. Her shirt (and the typography) was also black and white like her jacket and shorts, along with the black and white color split; same with her boots. 2025!Discha had a bigger emphasis on blue/sky blue, instead of a mixture between blue and purple, her Mary Janes were black instead of dark blue and didn't have the Mickey Mouse head print. 2026!Discha has a noticeable eyeliner/eyelashes her original designed lacked, and her hair bang is bigger, more sleeker/refined, and is swept on the left instead of the right. Even the buns on her hair have different shades of blue tied from parts of her gradient hair.
July 11, 2026 at 7:22 AM
toonabby.bsky.social
Nicki reads a certain children's book to Juniper📖🐶🐾🕵️
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Happy 30th anniversary, Blue's Clues! #art #ToonAbbyArt #ChannelMania #BluesClues #sketchart #pencilart
Nicki Lodeeanne is reading Blue's Clues to her sister, Juniper "June" (based on the Nick Jr. block and channel), who is shown cheerfully flaying her arms up as she readies for Nicki to read the book. A speech bubble on the top right corner featuring the three hosts -- Steve, Joe and Josh -- with Blue in the center. Text on the top left reads "Do not repost, reupload, or train AI models off my art", with the date "September 8, 2026" at the bottom left and the signature "ToonAbby" at the bottom right.
September 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
channelmaniac.bsky.social
Are you an electronics tinkerer or a retro computing nerd who somehow has a few 8031, 8032, 8051, or 8052 chips laying around?

Build your own computer with one of them! Any of them will fit in this design on my GitHub. It's designed for extreme budget builds. :)

github.com/channelmania...
GitHub - channelmaniac/VCF_8031: 8031 Kit Computer for VCF Southwest
8031 Kit Computer for VCF Southwest. Contribute to channelmaniac/VCF_8031 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
toonabby.bsky.social
Reference sheets for the Channel Trio's younger selves #art #ToonAbbyArt #IbisPaint_art #ChannelMania
September 4, 2026 at 1:23 AM
toonabby.bsky.social
Reference sheets for the Channel Trio #art #ToonAbbyArt #IbisPaint_art #ChannelMania
Text for the visually impaired: [Top] Nicki Lodeeanne - EXTRA FLUFF - References [Top left from t-b] Channel Mania! Character reference sheet - Blue eyes like SpongeBob - Nick protag buckteeth + freckles combo (SB, Timmy [Turner], Lincoln [Loud]) - Square glasses = Squarepants? - Splat colored romper, tie, and boots to give off that 2000's Nick feel - Without romper - Underwear-protective shorts [Middle left] Gave her curly hair as close to matching/equivalent to Nick's splat logo - No Glasses (She's canonically blind without them) - The flower belt buckle looks like a splat - Shoe sole [Middle right] ID came out in 2015 while CM takes place in 2010, so it's kinda anachronistic, Romper color [2015/16 ID], Necktie color [2015/16 ID with colors inverted], Collared shirt color [2009/early 2010s ID], *Socks inspo* [SpongeBob stock image] [Mid-bottom right] *Romper inspiration* (Topaz from Honkai Star Rail), *General outfit inspo* (someone in SpongeBob cosplay) Text for the visually impaired: [Top] Channel Mania! Character reference sheet - Cari-Netanya Turner - Since CN has a flat logo I gave her a bobcut w/ flat bangs [CN HD logo] - References [Top left from t-b] Rabbit hoodie bc Bugs Bunny - CHECK IT slogan on a skull tshirt (the skull came from the Adult Swim variant) - Shoe Sole - The skull is plastered throughout her design (chocker, boots, tshirt) to further give off the goth look [Middle from tl-bm] Muted gray WB (Warner Bros.) shoulder badge - [as] Adult Swim belt (buckle) - General color scheme - Her heterochromia came from the blue and yellow sides of the current logo, though unintentionally on my part - Parts of gray come from some early Check It bumpers - Gave her (albeit darker/muted) Pink as her thirdly color, since later promos would emphasize pink to contrast the monochromic logo [Bottom from l-r] Modern gradient branding [left kneesock, mid 2010s IDs] - Older checkerpatterned branding [right kneesock, 90s/early 2000s IDs] - A punkish, sceneish, gothish outfit style since CN was the more "edgier" of the two networks - [Prodigal Girl Kiana Kaslana] *Main hoodie inspiration* *This idea was made when she was the main heroine instead of Nicki* Text for the visually impaired: [Top] Channel Mania! Character design reference sheet - Discha Walter - My attempt at the mouse head - Mickey Mouse Odango buns - Originally I made her white like her friends; but with how the channel's latest leads have had dark skin, and even in the 2000s there was Penny Proud & Raven Baxter, I changed her appearance and darkened her skin - Ex. [Penny Proud, Luz Noceda, Molly McGee, Anne Boonchuy] - References [Top middle] "When you wish upon a star" song integrated in her design - Long hair like a Disney Princess [Aurora + Ariel] - *Not actual Black Americans, just examples* [Middle] Star emblem also acta like a button for her (off-shoulder) jacket - Supposed to be eye shadow - Blue + Purple color scheme [2010-14 blurple logo variant] [Bottom] Overskirt design [2014 closing credits logo and bg] - Shoe soul - Based on this - (Basically made her black Disney Channel-tan)
August 30, 2026 at 1:39 AM
channelmaniac.bsky.social
Restoring a very old, late 70s computer, a SOL-20, with an incredible homebrew modification: An NSC800 CPU replacement for the 8080A.

What's so cool about that? It's a Z80 compatible CPU which greatly expands the software that it can run.

And I reverse engineered it

github.com/channelmania...
GitHub - channelmaniac/NSC800_SOL-20: NSC800 CPU adapter for a SOL-20 Computer
NSC800 CPU adapter for a SOL-20 Computer. Contribute to channelmaniac/NSC800_SOL-20 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
channelmaniac.bsky.social
@mejs.vladovince.com

I laid out the expansion adapter for the Galaksija computer.

github.com/channelmania...

It was a fun computer build! Not as easy as the Radio86-RK, but a LOT easier to get running than the Leningrad Spectrum.
GitHub - channelmaniac/GalaksijaExpansion: Expansion edge connector for the Galaksija computer
Expansion edge connector for the Galaksija computer - channelmaniac/GalaksijaExpansion
github.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
media.ccc.de
Channelmania! – future proof your DWDM network topology while keeping it flexible for 1.6T has been released on media.ccc.de and YouTube #denog17 #SaalA #denog17eng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrNwJZwaylE https://pretalx.com/denog17/talk/8N7Q3A/
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
booksdude.bsky.social
The Unknown Critic Presents: Channelmania - Cable TV's Rise & Fall and the 100 Shows that Made the Medium - Cable is Dead...And Only One Man Can Give It the Eulogy It Deserves... -https://bookfightclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-unknown-critic-presents.html
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM