MidJourney: General Resources
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Tool Resources[edit | edit source]
These resources all deal with tooling type concerns - how to do use MidJourney, how ML art works, etc.
Official Resources - GO READ THESE FIRST[edit | edit source]
| Link Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Official Midjourney Documentation & Guide | https://midjourney.gitbook.io/docs/ | The official docs! Go read these first! |
Official Discord Resources[edit | edit source]
| Link Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #PromptCraft | https://discord.com/channels/662267976984297473/992207085146222713 | A great place to start for Prompt Help! |
| #PromptCraft FAQ | https://discord.com/channels/662267976984297473/996170079102312468 | The PromptCraft FAQ thread |
| #PromptCraft Prompt Clips | https://discord.com/channels/662267976984297473/1003020682260647996 | The PromptCraft Prompt Clips thread |
Non-MidJourney Help Guides[edit | edit source]
| Link Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| How to Follow the Greats | How to find and follow some of the great artists you see in Discord within MidJourney. |
Prompting[edit | edit source]
This section deals with creating and understanding prompts.
General Prompt Guides[edit | edit source]
These guides help you understand some general prompt craft subject (punctuation, image prompts, etc).
| Link Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding MJ Prompts | https://sites.google.com/view/understanding-mj-prompts/home?authuser=0 | Great breakdown of prompt styles and weights |
| Image Prompting and You | https://docs.google.com/document/d/13c8Ci-8kU2PVZu6DKghlhOOrbf4kmtc9xxCJAnPqvC0 | Walkthroughs for face prompting, style transfer, image mockups |
| Orb Weaver Punctuation | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-otCITZ4MX9g4NWwfuiB6Nzym7cZe0Wkybs_Mh5CpqY/edit | Guide that shows impact of punctuation using "orb" and "weaver" |
| Midjourney’s way of dealing with the :: separator | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vAicBgVdK9iwS8240D1wK3agt4suln_mKyhezMvapaw | Guide from Patchouli |
| Troubleshooting Midjourney Text Prompts | https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRHOxyEb-ERGi-BdZM8Z_piEP54m4HwO0z8scjmEurEp2UZVA6rFxvyKd15elYVHUWfP1oSA4CQFwxr/pub | Guide from clarinet |
| Reusable Recipe Shortcuts | Ways to make your recipes more easily reusable. | |
| Prompter's Visual Notebook | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mHNmln2xPp4QA8Ie-RR4LeXna8IrrbPwMBJ3tcpvFoo/view | Full of notes on Midjourney and Prompter itself |
| Tokenized's Midjourney Prompts | https://tokenizedhq.com/midjourney-prompts/ | A guide to good text-to-image prompts and some examples |
| Multiprompting in V4 | Multiprompting | How multiprompting works |
Specific Prompt Guides[edit | edit source]
These guides help you achieve a specific look or image.
| Name | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Clarinet's Puppet Method | https://bit.ly/Clarinet-MJ-Puppets | A method to create and reuse a "character" which you can use for different artwork |
| Recursive image improvement, with bot code | https://cattail.nu/midjourney/echo-llama/index.html | Guide from Slate#4353, inspired by Zelrik#0969 |
| Cartooning | How to get cartoon-like results from MidJourney (and some additional tools). | |
| Using Your Picture | How to make a picture of yourself with additional terms in MidJourney. | |
| Create a Comic Book Page | https://cattail.nu/photoshop-comic/ | Guide from Slate#4353 on using Photoshop and MidJourney to make a Comic Book page. |
| MidJourney: Fantasy Medieval Weapons Guide - Art Mechanicum | Guide from #Hys8260 on using MidJourney to create Medieval Weapons, | |
| Faces and Skin colors | Discord Image Link | Guide from Mabus Tiefsee on working with faces! |
Prompt Exploration[edit | edit source]
The below are less guides or help documents, more research type documents exploring a topic or topics.
| Name | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Does Prompt Order Matter? | Exploration of whether prompt order matters to Midjourney for equally weighted prompts. | |
| Midjourney: Essential Word Guide | https://docs.google.com/document/d/11H9aDzu0al-wlLm2B4S5BwBdzW9gs5nH5dGloXKUPhI/edit | Guide on words and phrases that are change prompts significantly! |
| Midjourney Render Words | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EMsdwRGyRDTBmJ2yrx2ibEs3KJI5xAQV3kySdIadBFc/edit | Guide with examples of multiple render words applied to various base prompts |
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Styles[edit | edit source]
This section deals with helping you understand and/or generate things in a particular style.
Style Guides - General[edit | edit source]
Each of the below has a large set of examples of things in different styles to help you understand MidJourney.
| Name | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Willwulfken’s Midjourney Style & Resource Guide | https://github.com/willwulfken/MidJourney-Styles-and-Keywords-Reference | |
| MidJourney Brainstorm by T. L. Ford | https://cattail.nu/midjourney/ | Prompt Generator & Style Examples of Cats |
| Rex Wang’s MidJourney Resource Guide, Prompt /Style Examples, and Prompt Generator | https://rexwang8.github.io/resource/ai/generator | |
| MidJourney Style Guide -- by LiviaTheodora | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/117kRRXZFYkRM-QFt7yt6hRLQrg0n3mAMvk7RY3JyXhQ | Visual Style spreadsheet |
| Robomar#9736's Midjourney Style Chart and Visual Guide | https://static.miraheze.org/artmechanicumwiki/a/a3/Midjourney_Style_Chart_-_Visual_Guide-min.png | Shows "woman, <prompt>" with different styles |
| MJ Grids for Adjectives Applied to Fantasy Creatures | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-G_CF4339k0sQL8hvprl2Komjg3Y7jkceS8MOs0aasw | Great resource for adjective use with fantasy creatures as references. |
| Digitonaut’s Guide on Deviantart: “MidJourney: 106 styles for your portraits” | https://www.deviantart.com/digitonaut/journal/MidJourney-106-styles-for-your-portraits-1-2-924413942 | Examples of styles with pictures |
| AI Art Creation Wiki & Resource Guide | https://aiartcreation.fandom.com/wiki/AI_Art_Creation_Wiki | Style Examples of Volcanos |
| MidJourney Roses (WIP) | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rq_ofiP6sg9rA8MlN2uJBlRsG8rdGaBg-yjPDzM44qw/ | Examples of roses. Work in progress. |
| Andrei Kovalev's Midjourney Styles Library | https://ckovalev.com/midjourney-ai/styles | List of Artists and Techniques understood by MidJourney |
| Midjourney v4 Styles Library | https://ckovalev.com/midjourney-ai/illustrators | Reference of Illustrators |
Artist Styles[edit | edit source]
The below explore various artists applied as part of your prompt.
| Name | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Artist Visual Style Encyclopedia by Sincarnate | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10i9Ip8tVSERAuMWbc6-H6BUFCoUGOQ91YzDvX--c4bk | Artist reference sheet |
| Artist Reference Comparison Spreadsheet | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VsKv6DlSLFfFpOYUXed8Z4yHomS1R-uKfIYJD93Bt84/edit#gid=0 | |
| Artist Visual Style Encyclopedia by MJ Community | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cm6239gw1XvvDMRtazV6txa9pnejpKkM5z24wRhhFz0 | Community owned Artist Visual Style spreadsheet (updated for v3) |
| Midjourney Artist Influence Reference Sheets | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1h6H2CqjLdZMbLjlz6EHwemfO4fkIzAfWtjRAMSa2KHE/htmlview | Artist reference sheet |
Photography[edit | edit source]
These resources focus on photographic terms or photographers as styles.
| Name | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| portrait experiments | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J1SI3hC1DQf4jYD3myxfmEA5DVH2z4JUQt0IlsfCd0w | A set of experiment images with photographers styles mixed with specific times/places |
| MidJourney Photo Exploration by Decade and More by JustOurStyle#5471 | https://imgur.com/a/ACSJzE5 | An exploration of photographic styles by decade (using an aztec temple in the jungle) |
| MidJourney Photo Exploration by Decade (Halloween Costumes) | https://imgur.com/gallery/FqVnzUu | An exploration of photographic styles by decade (using halloween costumes) |
| Midjourney Photography Resource | https://github.com/ymgenesis/Midjourney-Photography-Resource | A resource with MidJourney v2 examples of different photography terms. Useful source of photography terms to try. |
Architecture[edit | edit source]
These resources focus on architecture terms or architects as styles.
| Name | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Recognized Architectural Styles (by Wheatlez#9194) | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1029yD1REXEq8V47XgfRm8GQby8JXnwGNlWOL17Lz6J4/ | A set of experiment images with architecture styles and style subtype examples |
Tools[edit | edit source]
Prompt Generators[edit | edit source]
These are links to tools which can help you create the prompt you want, or explore more randomly.
| Link Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Peter W. Szabo’s Promptomania Prompt Generator | https://promptomania.com/prompt-builder/ | |
| MidJourney Brainstorm by T. L. Ford | https://cattail.nu/midjourney/ | |
| Rex Wang’s Prompt Generator | https://rexwang8.github.io/resource/ai/generator | |
| MidJourney Prompt Generator | https://midjourneypromptgenerator.rogerenand.com/ | |
| Prompter by Shane McGeehan | https://www.thedreamingstate.com/portfolio/art/prompter/ |
Other MidJourney Resources[edit | edit source]
| Link Name | URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LiviaTheodora's Midjourney References | https://sites.google.com/view/liviatheodoramidjourney/home | Assortment of links and resources for MidJourney |
| Midjourney AI Art School Wiki | https://midjourney-ai-art-school.fandom.com/wiki/Midjourney_AI_Art_School_Wiki | Fandom site with Midjourney information |
| AIHub's Unofficial Midjourney Community Wiki | https://mj.aihub.gg/ | MKDocs based site generated from github documentation. |
How to make Midjourney prompts with ChatGPT
