I’m back with more AI art and midjourney styles for you to try. Just add these phrases to the end of your prompt, separated by a comma, to get images like the examples I’m describing here.
Midjourney Style Prompts: How to Apply These Styles
- Write your subject prompt.
- Add one of the style phrases at the end, separated by a comma.
Midjourney Style Prompts: Style Catalog
Psychological collage by Yayoi Kusama
Add “psychological collage by Yayoi Kusama” to your prompt.
You get a lot of dots and very unique styling added to your images. The collage element adds more elements around, while the style adds a lot of dots and color, so you get some really unique, cool looking images.
If you like dots, this style does a great job of incorporating them into your image.
Although some images don’t have many dots, they still have that feel because of the light source. Overall, it’s a really fun style and a little more unique than some other artist styles I’ve seen.
Stamped, ink, print, silhouette
Add “stamped, ink, print, silhouette” to your prompt.
Stamped gives that ink stamp look, ink print brings the ink texture, and silhouette keeps it very black and white. You get a really interesting style.
A lot of the time you get more of the stamp, not so much the silhouette, but you can see the impact it has. It dulls down the lighting a bit, and quite often you get a nice solid looking image or solid shadow of the image.
It’s a cool style and handy for creating a specific inky look. Sometimes it trends toward watercolor but still delivers a great image.
Neon cores style painting
Add “neon cores style painting” to your prompt.
It really gets that neon look, and the style changes the subject. I got awesome images of the Terminator where it changed him completely.
It adds strong color and a lot of things like X’s, with almost a graffiti style layered on top. It’s a unique style that’s worth playing with.
With Optimus Prime, it didn’t have the ink effect, but it had a semi-transparent feel.
With Darth Maul, the way the lighting is highlighted in neon – almost like he’s painted up – is really cool. The same with Goku – almost like a graffiti style painting.
Box shaped paper toy
Add “box shaped paper toy” to your prompt.
It creates cool, boxy paper toys. It does a great job of interpreting characters, layering bits of card onto the top of the box, and printing faces and elements onto the surface. You can see the folds and individual pieces.
It looks like an actual photograph of a box toy. It’s a really fun one to play with. I love the way the hair can be applied in the back as a flat piece.
Yin-yang shaped aesthetic
Add “yin-yang shaped aesthetic” to your prompt.
This incorporates the yin-yang into the images in interesting ways. It can integrate into the character or the overall framing, like placing a subject on one side. Sometimes it’s applied over a figure with elements becoming the dots.
It can change the elements on one side versus the other and frame things up really well. With a good play, you can come up with very interesting images.
Sometimes you can’t see the yin-yang directly, but the composition still feels right, or it’s popped into the background in a subtle way.
Medieval sacred manuscript
Add “medieval sacred manuscript” to your prompt.
This creates that medieval style print with a really aged feel, like it’s been found locked up for hundreds of years.
Even the drawing style sells it, with characters rendered like illuminated figures and knights. It really has that old-fashioned style.
It dates the characters, dates the art style, and adds that old found print look to a piece of paper.
Christmas card design
Add “Christmas card design” to your prompt.
It creates an image that is useful for a Christmas card. Sometimes you get text, but most of the time you just get an image.
Mixing themes into Christmas is a cool way to create products, and it’s a fun way to create images you could send to friends. I got a pretty good result with it.
Muted airbrushed style illustration
Add “muted airbrushed style illustration” to your prompt.
I added muted because you can get a really dramatic looking image. Not every result looks obviously airbrushed, but many do, especially in the framing elements. The muted color adds a harsh kind of reality by dialing the color down, since you usually get something brighter.
It makes things look a little more dramatic. The painted elements around the subject create a nice framing effect. It feels very midjourney-ish, but the muted color takes a little away and makes something a bit more unique than what you typically get.
Beautiful fairy tale glow
Add “beautiful fairy tale glow” to your prompt.
This adds a peaceful glow to images. The fairy tale aesthetic adds to the overall look. You get that nice glow that makes the scene feel serene and storybook-like.
Overall, adding glow without the fairy tale doesn’t work as well, but the fairy tale element creates something very nice and very peaceful.
Dynamic fashion advertisements
Add “dynamic fashion advertisements” to your prompt.
This really dresses up your characters. It makes everyone look modern, very street, and fashionable, and adds dynamic energy around them.
It’s almost like a cinematic fashion show. When I moved on to a woman’s face, something a little less consistent, it still added cool elements.
I really liked it on a samurai with very printed up garments. It transformed subjects while keeping them recognizable.
Board play game sheet
Add “board play game sheet” to your prompt.
You can aim to get a game sheet for something like tabletop roleplaying. You won’t get usable text effectively, but the style is very present. It’s a great way to start a design – you could take something like this and turn it into an actual game sheet.
Sometimes you get the board and dice, with a bit of print on the board itself. You don’t always get the game sheet – sometimes you get the board. It’s a nice touch, and color can be spruced up in a really appealing way.
Final Thoughts on Midjourney Style Prompts
These styles are fun to experiment with and can seriously change the mood, structure, and presentation of your subject. Add the phrase that fits the look you’re after, and see how Midjourney interprets it. I had a lot of fun generating images with these.
