David Little prefers to go by his artist name SooperDavid. But you’d probably recognize SooperDavid’s gifs that are all over Reddit—and, uh, the internet, really—before you’d recognize the name though.

Little is the creator behind Reddit’s Real Life Doodles community. He’s the guy responsible for adding some seriously delightful animations on top of gifs: Squiggly legs. Flailing arms. Squinty, happy faces on otherwise inanimate objects.

His most popular works so far include this bolt being transformed into a euphoric ballerina with the addition of a pink tutu—and a smile:

And this plastic bag that’s now a fluttery-armed menace chasing a dachshund off a ledge.

Little, 28, resides in Manchester, England and manages the logistics department of a pharmaceutical company that carries out the buying, manufacturing, and shipping of cancer diagnostic products—real serious stuff—but he says he finds gif-making to be a particularly cathartic experience.

“Because drawing on gifs doesn’t pay the bills,” Little says, before adding that he enjoys the repetition that comes with animating, with most gifs taking him anywhere from one to 10 hours to complete.

When asked where he draws his lovable aesthetic from, he admits that he’s “pretty good at making things cute” before responding that that shows like Adventure Time have influenced his art.

His favorite Adventure Time character? James Baxter the Horse.

“James Baxter,” he say, directly quoting the series. “He just travels around on his beach ball, making people happy.”

He pauses.

“I think James Baxter is the person you want to be. I’ve got him as my screensaver on my phone,” he explains. “If we were all like James Baxter, we’d have a pretty sweet time.”

It’s the most appropriate life mantra for a hobbyist gif animator if we’ve ever heard one.

“The gifs make people happy. I’ve had some really nice comments,” Little says, stating that those comments, in turn, make him happy. “[It’s] nice to be nice.”