# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNT5FYehUac
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359504-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/dc15736f12.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-08-13T21:47:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

'Ink as a Platform'

I use every tool I can get my hands on...pens, paint, cameras, code, AI, whatever works. Tattoos are just another platform. The difference is, this one walks around, breathes, gets older, and has its own stories before I even touch it. Tattoos aren’t just marks, they’re collaborations between time, artist, and wearer. The skin is the feed, the ink is the post, and the world is the audience. The medium might change, but the message remains: use everything.

I've done loads of tattoo designs over the years...and am presently getting more work done on my own sleeve. I love Tattoos.

*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.

#aiart #digitalillustration #tattooart #creativeplatforms #opencanvas #imagecrafter #artwithoutlimits #skinart #illustratedlife #creativeprocess #contemporaryart #tattooillustration #inkculture #artforeverywhere

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## Tags

opencanvas, tattooart, tattooillustration, creativeplatforms, creativeprocess, inkculture, artforeverywhere, skinart, illustratedlife, digitalillustration, contemporaryart, imagecrafter, aiart, artwithoutlimits

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