# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPfwl5sDUsF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359430-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/525a508a22.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-07T05:26:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

“Waiting for Colour to Return”

It’s been a minute. But like these two, patiently sitting on the edge of some vaguely familiar street, I’ve been watching, waiting…and tinkering.

I’ve been experimenting with a new woodcut-style diffusion model (or ten), layering it with fragments of old-time collage textures from another model. The result feels somewhere between printmaking and memory...wobbly, tactile, and a little melancholic in the best way. It's designed for a graphic novel...more on that soon. 

Also: a massive thank you to everyone who supported last month’s print and course drops. You absolutely blew me away. 🙏

Anyway, hello again. I’m back.

#woodcutstyle #diffusionart #illustration #modernprintmaking #aiexperiments #stevemcdonald #artcomeback #oldmeetsnew #digitalillustration #digitalwoodcut #digitalart #aiart #traditionalart

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## Tags

digitalillustration, aiart, digitalwoodcut, stevemcdonald, oldmeetsnew, digitalart, woodcutstyle, traditionalart, illustration, artcomeback, diffusionart, aiexperiments, modernprintmaking

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