# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPfw0LpDTwx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359497-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e6e5263ee5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-07T05:28:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

“Still Waters, Smokestacks”

New experiments, old textures.

I’ve been quietly designing a custom woodcut diffusion model, then merging it with layers from a vintage collage model. It’s a bit like wandering through a town that only exists in the space between history and imagination...industrial skylines, quiet fields, reflections that feel etched rather than painted.

I took a break from posting to focus on print and course launches, and they went incredibly well...thanks to all of you. Truly.

Feels good to be back at the workbench.

#woodcutart #aicollage #diffusionmodels #printmakerstyle #experimentalillustration #nostalgicfutures #imagecrafting #stevemcdonald #woodcutstyle #diffusionart #illustration #modernprintmaking #aiexperiments #oldmeetsnew #digitalillustration #digitalwoodcut #digitalart #aiart #traditionalart

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nostalgicfutures, aicollage, digitalillustration, digitalwoodcut, oldmeetsnew, traditionalart, illustration, diffusionart, aiexperiments, modernprintmaking, woodcutart, printmakerstyle, diffusionmodels, aiart, imagecrafting, experimentalillustration, stevemcdonald, digitalart, woodcutstyle

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