# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNmrAtYtQH8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359503-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4e322df6e8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-08-21T04:49:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

'The Quiet Between Things'

Sometimes the work looks like this...just stillness...a glass in hand (or more likely a spliff - but I've done enough smokers lately), sitting with everything that’s moving all at once. A new book taking shape, my next course almost ready, a September print drop waiting in the wings. It’s the season where projects collide, overlap, and demand their space. And yet, part of the process is this: slowing down, sketching, thinking, holding space for the odd quiet moments of inspiration in between. That’s where the best ideas sneak in.

If you’re curious what’s next: prints, courses, or just the work itself - sign up through my profile. Early access, new releases, and maybe a surprise or two.

*My illustrations 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.

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