Tutorial: Midjourney Basics Prompt Request

DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated with MidJourney. I am simply a user/member who enjoys using their service.

Midjourney is an independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative powers of the human species.

There are two ways to experience the tools: the Midjourney Bot in the Discord app, which you can use to generate images, and the web app at https://www.midjourney.com/, where you can find a gallery of your own work and other users’ creations.

First of all, you need to understand and agree that you need to use NLP to describe your imagination. Natural language processing (NLP) is the ability of a computer program to understand human language as it is spoken and written — referred to as natural language. It is a component of artificial intelligence (AI).

You do not need to be simple to get complex results.

Let's Get Started!

Start asking your Bot chat with “/” and select or type “/imagine”. Press Enter to get your “Prompt” request. You can access your Bot with “Direct Messages” (which can be not available for users without a subscription) or in the Group. If you are unsure how to get to this step – follow my post intro in this post about Midjourney.

Once you’re satisfied with the prompt you wrote, press Enter or send your message. That will deliver your request to the Midjourney Bot, which will soon start generating your images. It will take about 1 minute to generate your image.

Try invoking unique artists to get a unique style

Instead of just adding your text to the Bot. You can experiment with styles, views, composition, and even the camera it was filmed.

Your NLP prompt needs to follow the rule (recommended):

Type What, Type Where, Type How.

Example:

/imagine  prompt: futuristic house on another planet made from chrome metal

Tip: Specify what you want clearly

Avoid: “monkeys doing business”

Try: “three monkeys in business suits”

Anything left unsaid may surprise you.

You can be as specific or as vague as you want, but anything you leave out will be randomized. Being vague is a great way to get variety, but you may not get what you’re looking for.

Try to be clear about any context or details that are important to you.

Anything left unsaid may surprise you.

You can be as specific or as vague as you want, but anything you leave out will be randomized. Being vague is a great way to get variety, but you may not get what you’re looking for.

Try to be clear about any context or details that are important to you.

Try visually well-defined objects

Visually well-defined means something with a lot of photos on the internet.

Try: Wizard, priest, angel, emperor, necromancer, rockstar, city, queen, Zeus, house, temple, farm, car, landscape, mountain, river

Strong feelings or mystical-sounding themes

Try: “a sense of awe” “the will to endure” “cognitive resonance” “the shores of infinity” “the birth of time” “a desire for knowledge” “the notion of self”

“a sense of awe” “the will to endure” “cognitive resonance” “the shores of infinity” “the birth of time” “a desire for knowledge” “the notion of self”

Try describing a style

Examples: “a cyberpunk wizard” “a surreal landscape” “a psychedelic astronaut”

Try: cyberpunk, psychedelic, surreal, vaporwave, alien, solarpunk, modern, ancient, futuristic, retro, realistic, dreamlike, funk art, abstract, pop art, impressionism, minimalism

cyberpunk, psychedelic, surreal, vaporwave, alien, solarpunk, modern, ancient, futuristic, retro, realistic, dreamlike, funk art, abstract, pop art, impressionism, minimalism

Try invoking unique artists to get a unique style

Examples: “Temple by James Gurney”, “Father by MC Escher”

Try: Hiroshi Yoshida, Max Ernst, Paul Signac, Salvador Dali, James Gurney, M.C. Escher, Thomas Kinkade, Ivan Aivazovsky, Italo Calvino, Norman Rockwell, Albert Bierstadt, Giorgio de Chirico, Rene Magritte, Ross Tran, Marc Simonetti, , Hilma af Klint, George Inness, Pablo Picasso, William Blake, Wassily Kandinsky, Peter Mohrbacher, Greg Rutkowski, Paul Signac, Steven Belledin, Studio Ghibli