10 Next Level Styles for Midjourney: Vol 21 (Prompt tips!)

Wade McMaster - Creator Impact
9 May 202415:56

TLDRThis video showcases 10 innovative styles for enhancing mid-journey prompts. The host demonstrates how to achieve unique visual effects by adding specific styles to the end of a prompt, resulting in images with a distinct artistic flair. Styles range from Chinese ink painting with dripping effects and Super Mario's cartoon-like painted style to Lego surrealism and revealing cross-sections of characters. The video also explores themes like rapid movement, VHS glitch effects, and a dreamy atmosphere, all contributing to a visually rich and creative experience. Additionally, a bonus 'Nike style' is introduced, humorously dressing up characters in Nike-branded attire or sneakers, adding a playful twist to the presentation. The host encourages viewers to experiment with these styles to elevate their own mid-journey prompts.

Takeaways

  • 🎨 **Chinese Ink Painting Style**: Features a dripping style with Chinese symbols, often in black and red colors, adding a unique artistic touch to images like Batman.
  • 🎮 **Super Mario & Lego Surrealism**: Combines cartoon and painted styles with surreal elements, such as Lego-built structures and scattered pieces for a creative and playful effect.
  • 🌊 **Modern Family Home & Waterfall in Nature**: Showcases a blend of modern and Chinese aesthetics with peaceful and artistic visuals, including colorful skies and Lego-built natural scenes.
  • 🤯 **Cross-Section Reveals**: Unveils internal structures of subjects like a rose within a woman's face or machinery inside the Incredible Hulk, adding depth and intrigue.
  • 🔍 **Holographic Mirror Effects**: Creates a mirrored, holographic look with light spectrums flowing over faces and figures, enhancing the realism and artistic flair.
  • 🏃 **Rapid Movement**: Introduces a sense of speed and energy with motion blur and high contrast, making static images appear dynamic and lively.
  • 📺 **VHS Glitch & 3D Render**: Combines glitch effects with a 3D render for a depth-enhanced, colorful, and separated image style, adding a modern twist to classic characters.
  • 💥 **Exploding Elements**: Uses fiery and explosive visuals to give characters like Hulk and Mount Fuji a powerful and dramatic presence.
  • 🤺 **Mortal Kombat & Samurai Styles**: Transforms characters into warriors with 3D and cinematic styles, incorporating elements like headbands and samurai swords for a battle-ready look.
  • 🌈 **Dreamy Atmosphere**: Infuses images with a calm, cloud-filled, and serene feel, often featuring a subdued color palette to create a dreamlike state.
  • 📚 **Vintage Abstract Graphic Design**: Applies a vintage print style with flat colors and simple designs, reminiscent of older, well-preserved graphics from decades past.
  • 👟 **Nike Style**: Imagines characters in stylish Nike attire or wearing Nike-themed shoes, showcasing how the brand can elevate the look of various personalities.

Q & A

  • What is the first style mentioned in the transcript that can be added to a prompt for generating images?

    -The first style mentioned is the Chinese ink painting style, which often includes Chinese symbols around the image and a dripping effect.

  • How does the Super Mario style in the video script differ from a typical cartoon style?

    -The Super Mario style mentioned is described as a painted cartoon style, which gives it a more artistic and less typical cartoon appearance.

  • What is unique about the depiction of Darth Vader in the script?

    -Darth Vader's depiction is unique in that his cape turns into ink splats and drips, and there's a solid stain around his head, with the cape fluttering off to the left, creating a nifty effect.

  • What aesthetic is added to the painting of a modern home in the script?

    -The painting of a modern home has a bit of a Chinese aesthetic added to it, giving it a peaceful look.

  • How does the script describe the use of Lego in surrealism?

    -In the script, Lego is used to create images with a touch of surrealism, where bits and pieces are scattered off, such as on the woman's face or with Batman having bats in the background.

  • What is the effect of the 'revealed cross-section' style mentioned in the transcript?

    -The 'revealed cross-section' style allows for the depiction of what's inside a subject, such as a rose and other elements inside a woman's face or a skull and bone inside Batman's head.

  • What is the 'holographic mirror' effect described in the video script?

    -The 'holographic mirror' effect involves a subject being mirrored from one side to the other with a holographic effect, adding a sense of realism and a light spectrum flowing over the image.

  • How does the 'rapid movement' style impact the images generated?

    -The 'rapid movement' style introduces a sense of energy and motion into the images, with elements like motion blur and high contrast, making subjects appear as if they are moving quickly.

  • What is the 'VHS glitch 3D render' style and how does it affect the images?

    -The 'VHS glitch 3D render' style combines a glitch effect with a 3D render image style, resulting in images with a sense of depth and color separation, giving them an extra layer of visual interest.

  • How does the 'exploding elements' style transform the subjects in the images?

    -The 'exploding elements' style makes subjects appear as if they are filled with fire and about to explode, with bits and pieces in the air, creating a dynamic and energetic image.

  • What is the 'Mortal Kombat' style transformation described in the script?

    -The 'Mortal Kombat' style transformation involves characters being depicted as warriors with elements like headbands, wristbands, belts, and a 3D look, preparing for battle and adding a cinematic feel to the images.

Outlines

00:00

🎨 Creative Image Styles Transformation

The video script introduces a variety of creative styles that can be applied to images using a tool or software. It starts with a Chinese ink painting style, which includes dripping effects and prominent use of black and red colors. The transformation of characters like Batman, Super Mario, and Darth Vader into these styles is highlighted, with unique effects such as paint brushes around Batman and the cape of Darth Vader turning into ink splats. The script also covers surrealism with Lego elements and cross-section reveals of characters like the Incredible Hulk and Super Mario, adding an artistic and creative flair to the images.

05:02

🏎️ Introducing Movement and Dynamic Effects

The second paragraph focuses on adding a sense of rapid movement to still images, creating a dynamic visual effect. It describes how the application of motion blur and high contrast can make a car appear as if it's moving at lightning speed, and how characters like Batman and Pikachu are depicted with a sense of fast motion. The script also explores the 'VHS glitch 3D render' style, which combines glitch effects with a three-dimensional render for a unique visual outcome. Exploding elements and Mortal Kombat-style warrior outfits are also discussed, adding depth and a sense of action to the characters.

10:02

🏞️ 3D Warrior and Dreamy Atmosphere Styles

The third paragraph delves into transforming images into a 3D warrior style, giving them a cinematic look. It describes how characters are given a more battle-ready appearance with added elements like headbands, wristbands, and belts. The paragraph also touches on the 'dreamy atmosphere' style, which infuses images with a serene and calm feeling, using a muted color palette and soft clouds. Vintage abstract graphic design is another style mentioned, which gives images a retro and aged look, reminiscent of older print styles.

15:03

👟 Nike-Inspired Fashion and Style

The final paragraph discusses a bonus style called 'Nike style,' where characters are depicted wearing Nike-branded clothing and shoes, as if part of an ad campaign. It highlights how different characters are given a modern and stylish look with Nike apparel, such as the Hulk with his own style of Nike shoe, Mario with streetwear, and Darth Vader with a new set of pants and shoes. The script suggests that applying this style can result in a fun and fashionable transformation of the characters.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Midjourney Styles

Midjourney Styles refer to a set of artistic styles or visual effects that can be applied to the mid-creation phase of image generation using AI or digital art tools. In the video, these styles are used to transform and enhance the appearance of various subjects, such as Batman, Pikachu, and Darth Vader, giving them unique and creative visual treatments.

💡Chinese Ink Painting Style

This style emulates the traditional Chinese ink painting technique, characterized by the use of black and red colors, and the inclusion of Chinese symbols. It is depicted in the video with a modern twist, featuring a dripping effect that adds a contemporary feel to the classic art form.

💡Surrealism

Surrealism is an artistic movement that seeks to express the unconscious mind through unexpected juxtapositions and dreamlike images. In the context of the video, surrealism is applied to create images with a touch of the bizarre, such as Lego-built figures and elements that seem to defy the laws of physics.

💡Cross-Section

A cross-section in the video refers to a visual technique where an object or character is split open to reveal its internal structure or contents. This method is used to add depth and a layer of surprise to the images, showing intricate details within characters like the Incredible Hulk or the woman's face.

💡Holographic Effect

The holographic effect is a visual technique that simulates a three-dimensional image in a two-dimensional space. It is used in the video to create a futuristic and high-tech appearance, with subjects like Batman and Pikachu appearing as if they are made of light and reflections.

💡Rapid Movement

Rapid movement is a concept used to convey a sense of speed and energy within the images. The video demonstrates this through motion blur and dynamic poses, giving the impression that characters like Mario and Batman are in action or moving at high speeds.

💡VHS Glitch

VHS Glitch is a visual style that mimics the artifacts and distortions often seen in old analog video recordings. The video uses this effect to add a retro and imperfect aesthetic to the images, creating a sense of nostalgia and a unique visual texture.

💡Exploding Elements

Exploding elements is a creative technique where parts of an image appear to be breaking apart or exploding outward. This is showcased in the video with subjects like Mount Fuji and Batman, where the effect adds a dramatic and powerful visual impact to the images.

💡Mortal Kombat Style

The Mortal Kombat style is inspired by the popular video game series, characterized by warriors and battle-ready attire. In the video, this style is applied to characters, giving them a fierce and combative appearance, complete with accessories like headbands and wristbands.

💡Dreamy Atmosphere

A dreamy atmosphere is a visual and emotional quality that evokes a sense of calm, serenity, and otherworldliness. The video uses soft colors, clouds, and a serene setting to create this effect, as seen in images featuring the Hulk, Mario, and a peaceful waterfall.

💡Vintage Abstract

Vintage Abstract refers to a style that combines elements of older, classic design with abstract art. The video uses this style to give images a retro and artistic feel, as demonstrated by the flat colors and geometric shapes used for characters like Pikachu and the Terminator.

Highlights

Chinese ink painting style produces images with cool dripping effects and prominent black and red colors.

Super Mario style transforms into a painted cartoon look with a unique artistic flair.

Darth Vader's cape turns into ink splats and drips, creating a solid figure with a stain-like effect.

Modern Family home style combines a painting of a modern home with a Chinese aesthetic for a peaceful look.

Lego surrealism uses Lego to create surreal images with a touch of artistic creativity.

Waterfall in nature style adds an artistic look with colorful skies and a Lego build effect.

Pikachu in the sky style features surreal images with floating elements and a unique sky.

Incredible Hulk style shows him smashing concrete with a Lego figurine head and flying pieces.

Cross-section style reveals internal elements of subjects, like a rose inside a woman's face.

Holographic mirror style creates a mirrored effect with a light spectrum flowing over subjects.

Rapid movement style introduces energy and motion into images, like a lightning-fast car.

VHS glitch 3D render combines a glitch effect with a 3D render for a unique image style.

Exploding elements style makes subjects appear as if they're filled with fire and about to explode.

Mortal Kombat style adds a 3D warrior look to characters, like a headband and wristband on the Hulk.

Dreamy atmosphere style creates a calm, serene feel with a subdued color palette and clouds.

Vintage abstract graphic design style gives images an old printed look from 50-60 years ago.

Nike style bonus feature dresses characters in Nike attire or creates Nike shoe designs based on them.