# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMUTpgUsQRn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359562-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ff6e8c1e62.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-20T05:07:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

'All the Quiet Stories'

Every window holds a quiet story, softly whispered into the night. Behind the different glows, lives unfold, dreams take shape, and secrets stay safely tucked away. Cities breathe not only in their streets, but in these intimate, hidden moments. We are all collectors of little lights, tiny tales that build into something larger, something beautiful. Something...collective. 

*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. Animation with MJ for this one.

#QuietStories #CityLights #VisualPoetry #ArchitecturalDreams #NightWhispers #IllustrationArt #HiddenLives #imagecrafting #SteveMcDonaldArt #aiart #illustration #architectureofimagination #aicourse #custommodels #newtoolsoldsoul #ProcessIsPlay #visualalchemy #ArchitecturalReverie #DigitalCrafting #ArchitecturalDreaming #VisualAlchemy #AIDrawings #CreativeJourney

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## Tags

digitalcrafting, stevemcdonaldart, illustrationart, citylights, newtoolsoldsoul, architecturalreverie, architecturaldreams, custommodels, aidrawings, hiddenlives, processisplay, illustration, visualalchemy, quietstories, aicourse, visualpoetry, nightwhispers, architectureofimagination, aiart, creativejourney, imagecrafting, architecturaldreaming

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