Midjourney AI has amazing potential and is such an exciting tool to work with! If you’re unsure about how to create a strong text prompt, I’ve got you covered.
Allow me to welcome you all with a morning cup of coffee filled with creativity and ideas!
Let’s explore the possibilities together and craft some remarkable content!
If you want to leverage the full potential of Midjourney’s amazing AI, you need to learn how to optimize your prompts and get the most out of them!
Text prompts are a great way to get your creative juices flowing!
If you want something specific though, you need to add more detail and context — this will ensure you get results that fit your exact needs.
Follow this quick start if you are new to Midjourney
If you‘re just discovering Midjourney AI or have been utilizing it for a while, I know that it’s hard to craft the perfect text prompt.
Don’t worry, I have prepared 50+ great prompts in 6 Categories to get you started!
- STYLE
- FAMOUS ARTISTS
- COMPOSITION
- TECHNICAL EFFECT
- MOOD
- LIGHT
STYLE
- Studio Ghibli
- Pixar
- Cyberpunk
- Wasteland Punk
- Illustration
- Realism
- Landscape
- Surrealism
- Watercolor painting
- Visual impact
- Ukiyoe
- Neo-realism
- Post-impressionism
- Architectural design
- Watercolor
- Poster style
- Ink style
Here are two sets of an owl reading with different art styles: Studio Ghibli and Pixar
Prompt: an owl reading, on a tree, inspired by Studio Ghibli
FAMOUS ARTISTS
- Vincent van Gogh
- Pablo Picasso
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Max Ernst
- Salvador Dali
- Norman Rockwell
- Jackson Pollock
- Mattias Adolfsso
Here is a blue fancy coffee shop inspired by the artist Vincent van Gogh
Prompt: 3-d model, coffee shop, blue and fancy, inspired by Vincent van Gogh
COMPOSITION
- close up
- full body
- portrait
- symmetrical
- wide view
- bird view
- top view
- up view
- front view
- headshot
- ultrawide shot
- extreme closeup
- macro shot
Explore and have fun with the various composition. Here is a bird view of a futuristic resort.
Prompt: futuristic resort with beach, dreamy summer palette, surrealism, smooth, epic details, travel, bird view
TECHNICAL EFFECT
- epic detail
- dramatic contrast
- octane render
- unreal engine 5
- vray
- dof
- 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k
- HD
Image by Ranjit Kumar
Prompt: lion with a human body physique wearing suit with lawyer occupation holding law book with a maroon red background , scary, Cyberghetto, Goblincore, long shot, Zbrush rendering, Grainy, Interactive, brilliant colors, surrealism, atmospheric lighting, Realistic skin tones, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, portrait photography, 4k
MOOD
- happy
- excited
- angry
- sad
- disgusted
- surprised
- hopeful
- anxious
- elated
- fearful
- hateful
- moody
- dark
- brutal
Mood can also be used to describe the atmosphere of a scene, not necessarily a person. For example, a fancy candy house that only exists in the dreamland
Prompt: A fnacy candy house with sweets and chocolate, dreamy color palette, happy, surprised, isometric illustration, minimal background
LIGHT
- beautiful lighting
- moody lighting
- soft lights
- studio lighting
- dramatic lighting
- volumetric lighting
- rim light
- edge light
- back light
- hard light
- soft light
- morning light
- sun light
- golden hour light
- cold light
- neon light
- inner glow
- outer glow
- strobe light
Ending the blog with an example created with the art style of Studio Ghibli, inspired by Van Gogh, 8k with beautiful and cinematic lighting
Prompt: fancy galaxy, stars,night, dreamy color palette, inspired by starry night by Van Gogh, surrealism, surreal concept art, digital painting, inspired by Studio Ghibli, intrincate details, beautiful lighting, cinematic lighting, 8k — ar 7:4 — c 25
We started with a beautiful morning coffee.
I hope you all have a wonderful day and a dreamy beautiful night to explore and play around with the prompts.
Bonus Tip: Aim for describing your thoughts and ideas in such depth that the AI can easily understand them, without being too overwhelming.
Try adding the names of legendary artworks to get the style you desire — like Vincent van Gogh or Leonardo da Vinci!
You can also try using a range of styles including watercolor, cyberpunk or neon light to personalize and add interest to any project.