# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTQ37YmAZwW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359331-stevedmcdonald-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-08T20:47:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

Model Refresh: my architectural diffusion favorite (v24 today’s build). 🏘️

Every few weeks I take my best models back to the workshop and tune them like instruments: new training inputs, cleaner curation, better settings, fewer “why is that window melting?” moments.

This one’s my comfort-food model: dense, lived-in architecture with stacked houses, crooked roofs, warm lantern windows, misty towers, cliffside villages… all the cozy chaos.

What changed in this update:

1. refreshed the training set (more variety + stricter keepers)
2. better balance of silhouette readability vs. micro-detail
3. improved materials & roof language (less mush, more intention)
4. more consistent perspective + window/door logic (still whimsical… just less cursed)
5. tuned prompts/negatives so it lands my taste faster.

These images are straight from the new pass. (plus my normal touchups, textures, and hand-work) Next, I’m pushing it toward stronger composition control and more “designed” negative space.

(Yes, I will continue to update this model forever. It’s basically a pet.) 🐉

Nerd notes: 
1. Steps: 75-100
2. CFG: 4.5–6 (higher = more rigid, lower = more painterly surprise)
3. Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras (or your usual equivalent)
4. Size: 1024 base when possible
5. Hires / Upscale: 1.6–2.0×, denoise 0.25–0.40
6. If details get crunchy: lower CFG a touch + slightly higher denoise
7. If it gets too chaotic: raise CFG slightly + reduce denoise

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conceptart, architectureart, newschooltools, loratraining, visualdevelopment, stablediffusion, oldschoolartist, diffusion, illustration, modeltraining, fantasyarchitecture, worldbuilding, aiart, digitalart, cityscapes

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