Experiments with Style Tuner are very promising. — As Midjourney has improved, I have written several articles on character consistency. Experiments for this article ran up to Nov 19th 2023. Over the last 12 months, I have discovered that Midjourney is not the most controllable AI image generator around at the moment. In some ways, that is its…

Things to try and things to avoid. — Assuming you have already gone through the official user guide and created a few useful images, this is a guide on what to try next and a few things it's not worth bothering with. I am also focusing on creating images that can be sold on stock image sites or…

Subtle Shifts Toward Inner Harmony and Resilience — The medical establishment tries to reduce us to simple diagnosable packages. This may work to a degree when applied to medical issues, but it is an absolute disaster when applied to mental health issues. You are given a mental health diagnosis, and along with it comes a whole load of…

Remove those sticking plasters and tend to the wounds. — A common thread with all my clients is that they are looking for long term impactful change. They don’t want to be patched up and sent on their way only to fall back into old habits a month or so down the line. …

Looking beyond quick fixes and instant remedies. — Complex trauma is a condition many of us suffer from. By definition, it is not the result of a single event. It often begins subtly in childhood as the result of some form of abuse, neglect, stress or simply the lack of sufficient care. …

Adobe and Midjourney are working on it — AlpacaML have rolled it out — I have used AlpacaML as part of my Image creation workflow for a few weeks. I generate most images in Midjourney and then edit or create composites in Photoshop. Alpaca is a Photoshop plugin, so it works seamlessly with my setup. You can access it here. It is currently free Alpaca - AI Tools Built For Artists alpaca is a Photoshop Plugin for to combine AI image generation power with human skill.www.alpacaml.com

To stand out in AI art, you need to create your own prompt language My advice to anyone starting out in AI is to create your own style to develop your own way of prompting. …

An update on changes and progress — Almost a year ago, I wrote an article on rendering doodles in Midjourney V4. Maybe its time to update. So, I used the same source image and mostly the same prompts, to see how things have changed. Because the nature of prompting has changed, I began taking a different approach…

Adobe leads on functionality, while Midjourney stays ahead on Aesthetics. I was inspired to draw and write by Midjourney over a year ago. At first, there was very little competition. Now, the market is flooded with AI image generators. Some bring in extra functionality or controllability. Most go down the…