Help nudge the direction of the team towards things that concern you 22/05/23 — Two surveys have just been announced, which any subscriber can contribute to.

One way of getting movement and energy into your images — Others have written about using the word kinetic in prompts to get a sense of movement and energy. So I decided to run some tests and see how the word “Kinetic” affects different…

Begin here and avoid hours of frustration — Midjourney is a limitless random ideas generator. It is an extraordinary tool if you have a good eye and a grasp of the iterative process involved in creating art. If your main interest is to mess around with celebrity images or merge a portrait of yourself with your dog then…

No photographic knowledge is required. — Your first adventures using Midjourney can be an exciting and bewildering time. The euphoria of instant success is often followed by the despair of finding yourself down a rabbit hole with masses of conflicting advice and misguidance coming from all directions. This article may help you to sidestep hours of…

You now have a choice between Raw, V5 and V5.1 with different strengths and weaknesses. — I created a test using a constant seed for various prompt types so that you can decide which suits you for particular projects. I will present 3 images together in the order Raw, V5, V5.1 I will state the text for each prompt. Each will also have had two parameters added, namely an aspect ratio and seed 1 If you know about…

Start here to get the most from it. — The latest Developer’s announcement. Hey @everyone to celebrate the new v5.1 release we are turning on free-trials from now through the end of the weekend. Old accounts that previously used a midjourney trial (but never got a paid membership) are now also refreshed / re-enabled for a new trial too. …

Using the /Describe command creatively. — It’s a simple idea. You upload an image and /describe gives you 4 optional ideas for prompts. You could just press each of the 4 buttons and see the result of those prompts. In this article, I will take you through those simple steps and then explore the more creative…

Don’t be fooled, AI art generators don’t understand anything. —

From a personal perspective, of course. — I am a creative person, and writing is part of that. It never came to much until recently when one online story brought me 10K reads in a single day. Writing now sits in my week between my professional commitments as a therapist and my need to play Jazz piano…