5 Best Midjourney Prompts: April 2023
Here are a few more Midjourney prompts with accompanying visuals for your greedy eyeballs! Give them a try on your own and see what you come up with.
Mo prompts, mo problems. Amirite?
I’m not?
In that case, let’s get to it.
Welcome to yet another installment of “prompts to make pretty Midjourney pictures.”
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The joy of working in Midjourney comes from experimenting with the individual prompts, their combinations, and—most importantly—your own scene and subject descriptions. So use these as a jolt of inspiration to see what you come up with.
Note: Sample images are generated using raw Midjourney Version 5.
Prompt #1: Travel back to the 80s
Love the retro-futuristic aesthetic? This one’s for you.
Midjourney prompt: synthwave [subject]
What it does: Synthwave is a sub-genre of electronic music inspired largely by the 80s’ film and video game culture. It’s closely associated with instantly recognizable visual elements like neon colors, simple geometric shapes, and dark backgrounds. Now you can inject that vibe directly into your images.
Sample images:
Prompt #2: Get some stitching done
Never tried embroidery? Now’s your chance to do it virtually.
Midjourney prompt: needlepoint [subject]
What it does: Needlepoint is all about stitching patterns into a rigid canvas with rows of openings spaced at regular intervals. It’s a bit like painting a picture pixel by pixel. Midjourney mimics this look with whatever subject you choose.
Sample images:
Prompt #3: Experience traditional Japan…sort of
This one’s great for creating serene scenes that take you to the Japan of old.
Midjourney prompt: ukiyo-e [subject]
What it does: Ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) had its heyday in Japan from the 17th to the 19th century. Ukiyo-e artists depicted scenes of everyday life and nature in a distinct, cartoonish style. In Midjourney, the modifier is powerful enough to generate that traditional Japanese aesthetic without any additional descriptors.
Sample images:
Prompt #4: Generate some goofy characters
This one’s mostly just for funsies. Yes, I said “funsies.” There’s no going back now.
Midjourney prompt: [subject], caricature
What it does: You know what a caricature is. Exaggerated features. Funny expressions. Cartoonish depictions mocking your mortal enemy. The lot. This modifier should mostly be used for people, creatures, and characters. You can try applying it to inanimate objects, but Midjourney might just give them a face instead.
Sample images:
Prompt #5: Pick a color. Any color.
Tired of seeing too many damn colors at once? Stick to shades of just a single one!
Midjourney prompt: monochrome [subject], [color]
What it does: Monochrome images rely on just one dominant color. Using “monochrome” combined with your color of choice is how you create that effect in Midjourney. Cool for branding purposes or just seeing if you can turn tomatoes purple and cucumbers red. It’s your life.
Sample images:
Over to you…
That’s a wrap, folks! Go and play with those prompts now.
If you’re feeling adventurous, see how they work in other models like Stable Diffusion.
Want to share your own prompts and creations? Leave a comment on the site or shoot me an email.
The full list of previous prompts now lives in this ever-expanding guide:
Thanks for these examples. I suggest doing a prompt with a quote or phrase from a book like "darkness does not prevent a cat from reading by candlelight". The result is often very close to the meaning of the sentence.