# @stevedmcdonald on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpHeJIuCId
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63359694-stevedmcdonald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b22b6406ca.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-14T17:31:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve McDonald 🎨📚 (@stevedmcdonald) — https://gondola.cc/stevedmcdonald

## Caption

“The Subtle Science of Change”

Free AI image crafting webinar this week. Another beginner's 'get going' lesson. Thursday at 6pm. (NY time) Sign up with the link in my profile.

...Sometimes it's not the big shifts that make the magic, it’s the quiet ones. A curl slightly re-colored, a shadow moved a few degrees warmer, a brushstroke made just a touch looser. Evolving with a series of small, intuitive nudges across mediums: digital, hand painted, AI-assisted, and imagined.

Experimentation doesn’t always mean reinvention. Sometimes it’s about listening closely to what the work is whispering, and adjusting by millimeters. Trust the small moves, they’re often the ones that make a piece breathe...

I’ve been sketching these with my own blend of techniques using:
✨ Custom diffusion models
🧠 MidJourney moodboards
🖼️ SD + MJ renders
🖌️ Analog sketches + Photoshop edits
🎨 Custom textures, filters (Topaz), and multiple layer treatments...

All woven into something singular.

#imagecrafting #worldbuilding #artbysteve #aicourse #illustration #architectureofimagination #digitalart #custommodels #midjourney #photoshop #topazstudio #visualstorytelling #aiart #dreamarchitecture #newtoolsoldsoul#ImageCrafting #ArchitecturalArt #AIandArt #ProcessIsPlay #MixedMediaMadness #CreateWithCuriosity #SketchToSurreal #SteveMcDonaldArt

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