5 Best Midjourney Prompts: May 2024 (Print Media)

Midjourney modifiers for mimicking print media.

‘Tis the last issue of the month, so it’s time for the customary roundup of Midjourney modifiers.

Today, I’m grouping a few prompt descriptors related to physical print media.

Today’s showcase subjects are:

• Peacock

• Burger

• Sunrise

Remember: I share standalone modifiers to apply to your prompts, not ready-made, long-winded prompts. I believe that a few strong modifiers per prompt are usually enough and encourage you to stay away from splatterprompting.

Note: All sample images are Midjourney Version 6.

Prompt #1: “Comic book illustration, [subject]”

A comic book is…oh come on, you know what comic books are!

Using “comic book illustration,” “comic book page,” or simply “comic book” as a modifier will usually add splashy colors and motion effects to make your subjects appear as if they’re in a comic book.

As you’ll see below, this doesn’t work equally well with every subject. If you want a specific scene or action sequence, you’ll want to describe it in more detail.

Sample images:

Prompt #2: “Greeting card, [subject] --ar 3:4”

Try making your own greeting card covers. You’ll typically get a painterly look with this modifier. It tends to work better with vertical aspect ratios—2:3, 3:4, 4:5—so I suggest adding the “--ar” parameter to your prompt. (If you’re using the website instead of Discord, you can simply select the desired aspect ratio directly.)

I normally make sample images square so they show up in full in the gallery, but in this case, you’ll need to click on them individually to see the vertical card.

Sample images (click to view in the correct aspect ratio):

Prompt #3: “Pop-up book, [subject]”

Pop-up books are a lot of fun. Using this modifier in Midjourney is a bit of a hit-and-miss, but you do generally get the fun 3D effect that comes with pop-up books.

Just don’t expect a particularly realistic result.

Sample images:

Prompt #4: “Travel poster, [subject]”

This modifier not only replicates the travel poster look, but it often places your subjects in exotic locations or other travel-adjacent scenes.

The results can be somewhat wacky but you can always reroll the prompt or describe your scene in more precise detail.

Sample images:

Prompt #5: “Tarot card, [subject] --ar 3:4”

Tarot cards were originally used to play games, but most of us are probably more familiar with their use in tarot card reading for divination. Nowadays, they’re often associated with occult symbols and other mystical motifs, which is what you tend to get when using this modifier in Midjourney.

Just like the “greeting card” modifier, this one works best with vertical aspect ratios.

Sample images (click to view in the correct aspect ratio):

Over to you…

As always, try to test these in other text-to-image generators to see how they respond.

Want to share your prompts and modifiers?

Leave a comment or shoot me an email at whytryai@substack.com.

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Here’s every Midjourney modifier I ever covered in one giant visual guide: