AI Art Tutorial | Vivid Color Styles | Midjourney v5.2
TLDRCarly's tutorial dives into the world of AI art, focusing on achieving vivid color schemes through specific prompts. She introduces three basic color styles: neon, vibrant, and vivid, each producing a distinct visual impact. Carly demonstrates how these styles can be applied to various subjects like people, animals, backgrounds, and race cars, using eight different art aesthetics. These include the whimsical acid pixie, nostalgic bubble gum, glitch art, glow wave, low poly, pixel scape, tropical, and vapor wave. Each aesthetic is characterized by unique elements, from neon glows and retrofuturistic themes to geometric simplicity and pixel grids. The tutorial is a vibrant journey through color and style, providing insights and inspiration for creating memorable AI art.
Takeaways
- 🎨 Utilize one-word color styles 'neon', 'vibrant', and 'vivid' in your prompts to influence AI's color choices without overwhelming the image.
- 🌈 Follow the color name with the word 'aesthetic' in prompts to ensure AI focuses on color choices rather than applying colors excessively.
- 💡 Neon colors are bright and bold, often used to convey excitement or a cutting-edge style.
- 🌟 Vibrant colors are highly saturated but lack the fluorescent glow of neon, creating a sense of warmth and depth.
- 🌈 Vivid colors refer to the purity and clarity of colors, including both neon and vibrant hues, used for striking and memorable compositions.
- 🧙♀️ Acid pixie aesthetic is characterized by bright colors, psychedelic patterns, and otherworldly magic, associated with the early 1990s rave culture.
- 🍭 Bubble gum aesthetic captures the essence of light-hearted pop culture from the mid to late 20th century, with a pastel color palette and a glossy finish.
- 🔍 Glitch art intentionally uses digital or analog errors for aesthetic purposes, including pixelation, color distortion, and fragmentation.
- 🌟 Glow wave aesthetic combines neon-drenched visuals with retro style and futuristic concepts, featuring bright colors, retrofuturistic themes, and holographic motifs.
- 🏞️ Low poly art is minimalist, with images composed of a reduced number of polygons, creating a faceted appearance with vibrant colors.
- 🌐 Pixel scape art blends pixel art with landscape imagery, inspired by early video games, with pixel grids and limited, yet vibrant, color palettes.
- 🌴 Tropical art is inspired by the vivid colors and textures found in tropical environments, with a lively color palette and a sense of escapism and adventure.
- 🌊 Vapor wave is a visual and cultural movement with a collage of retro elements and cyberpunk influences, dominated by pastels, neon glow, and dreamlike qualities.
Q & A
What are the three basic color styles mentioned in the tutorial for achieving vivid colors in AI art?
-The three basic color styles mentioned are neon, vibrant, and vivid.
How does the use of the term 'aesthetic' in a prompt influence the AI's color choices?
-Using the term 'aesthetic' in a prompt helps ensure that the AI influences color choices without overwhelming the entire image with vivid colors.
What is the primary purpose of using neon colors in art according to the tutorial?
-Neon colors are used to create a sense of excitement, energy, or to imply a cutting-edge style.
How do vibrant colors differ from neon colors in the context of the tutorial?
-Vibrant colors are highly saturated but lack the fluorescent glow of neon colors and are often used for creating a sense of warmth or artistic richness.
What does the term 'Vivid' refer to in the context of the vivid color style?
-In the vivid color style, the term refers to both the purity and clarity of colors rather than just their brightness.
What are the eight industry art aesthetics and styles showcased in the video that embrace vivid colors?
-The eight industry art aesthetics and styles are acid pixie, bubble gum, glitch, glow wave, low poly, pixel scape, tropical, and vapor wave.
What is the acid pixie aesthetic associated with and what are its common elements?
-The acid pixie aesthetic is associated with the early 1990s rave culture and is inspired by artists like Alex Gray and Robert Venosa. It includes neon or bright colors, especially pink, purple, and green, and may feature otherworldly imagery such as mushrooms, fairies, and magical creatures.
What is the bubble gum aesthetic and what does it capture?
-The bubble gum aesthetic captures the essence of light-hearted pop culture from the mid to late 20th century. It includes a color palette dominated by pastel shades and evokes bubble gum pop culture with motifs like candy, balloons, and other sugary sweet icons.
How does glitch art create its visual effects and what are its common elements?
-Glitch art uses digital or analog errors for aesthetic purposes, often caused by software bugs or hardware failures. Its visuals include pixelation, color distortion, and fragmentation, creating a distorted, choppy, or surreal effect.
What are the characteristics of the glow wave aesthetic and how does it blend different elements?
-The glow wave aesthetic is characterized by vibrant neon-drenched visuals that combine elements of 80s retro style with futuristic concepts. It includes neon glows, bright saturated colors, retrofuturistic themes, synth wave or vapor wave inspired elements, holographic and digital motifs, and dreamlike ethereal qualities.
What is the low poly art aesthetic and what are its defining visual characteristics?
-The low poly art aesthetic is defined by a minimalist approach where images are composed of a reduced number of polygons. Its characteristics include geometric simplicity, a faceted appearance, vibrant colors, and a digital feel.
How does the pixel scape art aesthetic differ from the low poly aesthetic?
-The pixel scape art aesthetic blends pixel art with landscape imagery, creating scenes that feel nostalgic and draw inspiration from early computer and console video games. It includes pixel grids, limited colors, and a visual language that reflects the hardware constraints of early gaming systems.
What is the tropical art aesthetic and what does it represent?
-The tropical art aesthetic is inspired by the vivid colors, abundant textures, and organic shapes found in tropical environments. It is characterized by a lively color palette of saturated sundrenched hues and captures the vibrant energy and diversity of life found in tropical nature.
How is the vapor wave art aesthetic described and what elements does it commonly employ?
-The vapor wave art aesthetic is a visual and cultural movement that emerged in the early 2010s, drawing from 1980s and 1990s nostalgia, internet culture, and consumer capitalism critiques. It commonly employs pastels, neon glow, a mix of 80s and '90s advertising material, classical sculptures, tropical palm trees, and consumer electronics of the era.
Outlines
🎨 Vivid Color Schemes in AI Art Tutorial
Carly introduces a tutorial on how to prompt AI for vivid color schemes in art. She will showcase 70 full-screen examples of different vivid color styles, providing insights into the amazing colors achievable with standard art aesthetics. The video begins with a simple method to achieve vivid colors by using one of three basic color styles in the prompt: neon, vibrant, and vivid. Carly emphasizes the importance of following the color name with the word 'aesthetic' to influence color choices without overwhelming the image. The tutorial then explores eight industry art aesthetics and styles that embrace vivid colors, using four basic prompts for each to demonstrate the influence on both organic and inorganic subjects. The subjects include persons, animals, backgrounds, and race cars, with race cars chosen for their potential to imply action and energy through color. The video features images produced in mid-Journey version 5.2, and Carly guides viewers to identify which of the three basic color styles is represented in each example.
🌈 Exploring Various Aesthetics with Vivid Colors
The second paragraph delves into six distinct art aesthetics that utilize vivid colors to create unique visual experiences. The 'Acid Pixie' aesthetic is characterized by bright colors, psychedelic patterns, and a sense of otherworldly magic, often associated with early 1990s rave culture and inspired by artists like Alex Gray and Robert Venosa. The 'Bubble Gum' aesthetic captures the essence of light-hearted pop culture from the mid to late 20th century, featuring a pastel color palette and motifs like candy and balloons. 'Glitch' art uses digital or analog errors for aesthetic purposes, creating pixelation, color distortion, and fragmentation effects. 'Glow Wave' combines 80s retro style with futuristic concepts, featuring neon glows, bright colors, and retrofuturistic themes. 'Low Poly' is defined by geometric simplicity and a faceted appearance, with vibrant colors and a digital feel. 'Pixel Scape' blends pixel art with landscape imagery, inspired by early video games with pixel grids and limited, yet vibrant, colors. Lastly, the 'Tropical' aesthetic is inspired by the vivid colors and textures found in tropical environments, offering a lively color palette and a sense of escapism and adventure. The 'Vapor Wave' aesthetic is a collage of retro elements and cyberpunk influences, with a pastel and neon glow color palette, and imagery that includes sunset gradients and old computer screen glows. Carly concludes by thanking viewers for their interest and support in achieving vivid color schemes in AI art.
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Keywords
💡Vivid Color Schemes
💡Neon Color Style
💡Vibrant Color Style
💡Acid Pixie Aesthetic
💡Bubble Gum Aesthetic
💡Glitch Art
💡Glow Wave Aesthetic
💡Low Poly Art Aesthetic
💡Pixel Scape Aesthetic
💡Tropical Aesthetic
💡Vapor Wave Aesthetic
Highlights
Carly provides a tutorial on prompting for vivid color schemes in AI art.
70 full-screen examples of various vivid color styles are showcased.
Three basic color styles are introduced: neon, vibrant, and vivid.
Using 'aesthetic' after a color name helps refine AI's color choices.
Neon colors are bright and bold, often used to convey excitement.
Vibrant colors are saturated but lack neon's fluorescent glow, creating warmth and depth.
Vivid colors are pure and clear, encompassing a wide range of saturated and intense hues.
Eight industry art aesthetics are presented, each with four basic prompts for different subjects.
Acid pixie aesthetic is characterized by bright colors and a sense of otherworldly magic.
Bubble gum aesthetic captures light-hearted pop culture with pastel shades and a glossy finish.
Glitch art uses digital errors for aesthetic purposes, featuring pixelation and color distortion.
Glow wave aesthetic combines 80s retro style with futuristic concepts and neon-drenched visuals.
Low poly art is minimalist, with images composed of a reduced number of polygons and vibrant colors.
Pixel scape art blends pixel art with landscape imagery, inspired by early digital rendering days.
Tropical art aesthetic is inspired by the vivid colors and textures of tropical environments.
Vapor wave art is a collage of retro elements and cyberpunk influences with a pastel and neon glow.
All images in the video are produced using Midjourney version 5.2.
The tutorial aims to help viewers achieve vivid color schemes in their AI art.