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50+ Midjourney Prompts to Perfect Your AI Art

Christie C.
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5 min readFeb 28, 2023

Midjourney AI has amazing potential and is such an exciting tool to work with! If you’re unsure about how to create a strong text prompt, I’ve got you covered.

Allow me to welcome you all with a morning cup of coffee filled with creativity and ideas!

Let’s explore the possibilities together and craft some remarkable content!

Midjourney isometric illustration, coffee, Midjourney prompt
Image of a cup of coffee filled with creativity by Mid Journey

If you want to leverage the full potential of Midjourney’s amazing AI, you need to learn how to optimize your prompts and get the most out of them!

Text prompts are a great way to get your creative juices flowing!

If you want something specific though, you need to add more detail and context — this will ensure you get results that fit your exact needs.

Follow this quick start if you are new to Midjourney

If you‘re just discovering Midjourney AI or have been utilizing it for a while, I know that it’s hard to craft the perfect text prompt.

Don’t worry, I have prepared 50+ great prompts in 6 Categories to get you started!

  • STYLE
  • FAMOUS ARTISTS
  • COMPOSITION
  • TECHNICAL EFFECT
  • MOOD
  • LIGHT

STYLE

  • Studio Ghibli
  • Pixar
  • Cyberpunk
  • Wasteland Punk
  • Illustration
  • Realism
  • Landscape
  • Surrealism
  • Watercolor painting
  • Visual impact
  • Ukiyoe
  • Neo-realism
  • Post-impressionism
  • Architectural design
  • Watercolor
  • Poster style
  • Ink style

Here are two sets of an owl reading with different art styles: Studio Ghibli and Pixar

Prompt: an owl reading, on a tree, inspired by Studio Ghibli

Midjourney prompt with different art styles
Images of an owl reading with different art styles: Studio Ghibli and Pixar by Mid Journey

FAMOUS ARTISTS

  • Vincent van Gogh
  • Pablo Picasso
  • Wassily Kandinsky
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Max Ernst
  • Salvador Dali
  • Norman Rockwell
  • Jackson Pollock
  • Mattias Adolfsso

Here is a blue fancy coffee shop inspired by the artist Vincent van Gogh

Prompt: 3-d model, coffee shop, blue and fancy, inspired by Vincent van Gogh

Best Midjourney prompt: A blue coffee shop inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, created with Mid Journey
A blue coffee shop inspired by Leonardo da Vinci by Mid Journey

COMPOSITION

  • close up
  • full body
  • portrait
  • symmetrical
  • wide view
  • bird view
  • top view
  • up view
  • front view
  • headshot
  • ultrawide shot
  • extreme closeup
  • macro shot

Explore and have fun with the various composition. Here is a bird view of a futuristic resort.

Prompt: futuristic resort with beach, dreamy summer palette, surrealism, smooth, epic details, travel, bird view

Midjourney best prompt, artistic island
Bird view of a futuristic resort with beach created with Mid Journey

TECHNICAL EFFECT

  • epic detail
  • dramatic contrast
  • octane render
  • unreal engine 5
  • vray
  • dof
  • 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k
  • HD

Image by Ranjit Kumar

Prompt: lion with a human body physique wearing suit with lawyer occupation holding law book with a maroon red background , scary, Cyberghetto, Goblincore, long shot, Zbrush rendering, Grainy, Interactive, brilliant colors, surrealism, atmospheric lighting, Realistic skin tones, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, portrait photography, 4k

A 4k image by Ranjit Kumar on Mid Journey

MOOD

  • happy
  • excited
  • angry
  • sad
  • disgusted
  • surprised
  • hopeful
  • anxious
  • elated
  • fearful
  • hateful
  • moody
  • dark
  • brutal

Mood can also be used to describe the atmosphere of a scene, not necessarily a person. For example, a fancy candy house that only exists in the dreamland

Prompt: A fnacy candy house with sweets and chocolate, dreamy color palette, happy, surprised, isometric illustration, minimal background

Midjourney prompt of a dreamy art: candy house
A fancy candy house created with Mid Journey

LIGHT

  • beautiful lighting
  • moody lighting
  • soft lights
  • studio lighting
  • dramatic lighting
  • volumetric lighting
  • rim light
  • edge light
  • back light
  • hard light
  • soft light
  • morning light
  • sun light
  • golden hour light
  • cold light
  • neon light
  • inner glow
  • outer glow
  • strobe light

Ending the blog with an example created with the art style of Studio Ghibli, inspired by Van Gogh, 8k with beautiful and cinematic lighting

Prompt: fancy galaxy, stars,night, dreamy color palette, inspired by starry night by Van Gogh, surrealism, surreal concept art, digital painting, inspired by Studio Ghibli, intrincate details, beautiful lighting, cinematic lighting, 8k — ar 7:4 — c 25

An image with beautiful cinematic lighting created with Mid Journey

We started with a beautiful morning coffee.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and a dreamy beautiful night to explore and play around with the prompts.

Bonus Tip: Aim for describing your thoughts and ideas in such depth that the AI can easily understand them, without being too overwhelming.

You can also try using a range of styles including watercolor, cyberpunk or neon light to personalize and add interest to any project.

Extra: Make Money with AI Arts

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I’ve poured my heart into creating this guide. I hope you enjoy it ❤️

Hey, Friends 👋 I am Christie — An AI Art Educator & Creator 😊 Also a coffee lover❤️☕️

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Christie C.
Christie C.

Written by Christie C.

🎨 AI artist teaching 10,000+ creators to master AI tools for design 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/mastermidjourney

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