[1][2] McDonald loaned a guitar named "Green T" to Ed Sheeran, who played it on his X Tour.

[3] It was one of the first Ed Sheeran items to go to auction, and when Bonhams sold it in December 2015 it doubled its estimate.

[4] Sheeran also commissioned a guitar that was a collaboration between McDonald and New York street artist John Matos aka Crash.

[7] The Royal Agricultural University commissioned McDonald to create an artwork for permanent display in 2018.

[8] McDonald painted the helmet used by British mountaineer Kenton Cool on his 16th climb of Mount Everest in May, 2022.