# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWYbB-6jlbP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359069-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2946927ad9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-27T08:43:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

'Build number 84'

This piece felt like adult LEGO in the best way...just building anything I want, one crooked rooftop and glowing window at a time. I loved LEGO as a kid. I really do get the same buzz building these visual worlds...

#illustration #lego #cityscape #landscape #surrealart #architecture #artwork #sdm #illustration #digitalillustration #hybridart #contemporaryillustration #digitalpainting #traditionaldrawing #customdiffusion #adobe #aiart #oldschoolartist #newschooltools

*My illustrations come to life through a hybrid process that blends hand drawing, custom ai models, SD rendering, Adobe Photoshop drawing and painting, Topaz filters and effects, custom texture overlays, digital collage, and a deep archive of traditional artwork and photography used to train my diffusion models.

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 2,425
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- **Comments:** 15

## Tags

traditionaldrawing, sdm, newschooltools, lego, digitalpainting, artwork, digitalillustration, oldschoolartist, adobe, cityscape, illustration, hybridart, architecture, customdiffusion, aiart, contemporaryillustration, surrealart, landscape

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