# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DP-hF1XDJJM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359428-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/350aae3e97.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-19T04:07:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

'The Hue Prospectors, purveyors of the last true colors.'

After the Fade, color went scarce...scarcer than rain. A few stubborn elders learned how to track the real stuff: tapping iron for reds, skimming dawn for blues, coaxing honest greens from moss. They wander with rattling jars and battered vintage color charts...part map, part ledger...hunting hues the way prospectors once chased gold. In backroom markets, they ration pigment by the teaspoon and trade swatches like currency. Meet the Hue Prospectors...holders, dealers, and quiet librarians of the last true colors.

An offshoot of something else I'm working on. 

*My illustrations (visual stories) are created with my own custom diffusion models, MJ moodboards, SD/MJ ai rendering, and my own painting, rendering, touch-ups, and assemblage in Photoshop. Custom textures. Custom effects. Custom filters from Topaz Studio... blah blah blah. My own unique mix of analog, digital, and diffusion(AI) techniques.

#VisualNarratives #stevedmcdonald #ArtThatDefinesUs #CreativeInquiry #PersonalPortfolio #illustration #digitalillustration #aiart #artbysteve #digitalpainting #worldbuilding #visualalchemy #colorswatch #color #colorart #oldschoolartist #newschoolart

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## Tags

color, digitalpainting, digitalillustration, oldschoolartist, visualnarratives, personalportfolio, colorart, illustration, artthatdefinesus, visualalchemy, worldbuilding, artbysteve, aiart, stevedmcdonald, colorswatch, newschoolart, creativeinquiry

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