Creating Art with midjourney: A Beginner’s Guide
AI art has been a growing trend, and midjourney stands at the nexus of this emerging field. Renowned for its ability to render written commands into surreal and eclectic visuals, this tool offers more than the conventional paint brushes and canvases!
Introduction to midjourney
Midjourney is an AI bot that lives within Discord, which is a chat platform popular amongst gamers and communities alike. AI art novices, rejoice! As midjourney offers an easy-to-use and accessible approach to creating digital, AI-generated art. You can bring anything from your imagination to life, be it a cute panda wearing a baseball cap or a cityscape basked in a Martian sunset.
To get started with midjourney, you need to initially set up a Discord account and join the midjourney server, a hub for AI-generated art and inspiration.
JOIN midjourney Server Discord HERE
Creating Your First AI Piece
Having joined the midjourney server, navigate your way to one of the newbie groups specifically designed for beginners. Here, you can add your prompts to the stream of requests by typing "/imagine" followed by your idea.
And voila! The bot begins to generate images based on your input. However, be warned, as this public group teems with requests, finding your own piece amongst the thousands can be quite hectic.
"You'll quickly lose your place in the conveyor belt of thousands of requests and results."
Instead of trying to spot your work in this sea of art, you can directly access your recent results. Click on the inbox icon in the top right corner, and there you have it! Your batch of randomly generated artworks, each unique and varying from the other according to how the bot interpreted your idea.
Upgrading to a Premium Plan
The free version of midjourney, albeit allowing up to 25 jobs, might leave you yearning for more. Subscribing to the premium version not only offers higher job allowance but makes it easier to keep track of your creations. To upgrade:
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Type
"/subscribe"in the message box. -
Follow the given link to the sign-up page.
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Choose a subscription plan that best suits your requirements.
As a premium user, you have the privilege of interacting with the bot directly in your Discord's direct messages or inviting the bot to your own server for a more organized and personalized experience.
To Invite Bot:Right Click on Bot in server -> Choose 'Add to Server'
Taking Your Artistry Further
Once your artwork is generated, you have several options at your disposal. You can "reroll" to generate a completely new set of images or create variations of the original piece.
The AI is quite versatile. With a few prompts, it can interpret your instructions differently each time. Moreover, if you wish to generate an image in a higher resolution, you can use the "upscale" function. This option allows you to produce sharper, more detailed variations of your image but watch out for unexpected glitches!
"Once you've upscaled an image, it's now being reproduced at a higher resolution."
Experimenting is key. Play around with different prompts and adjustment settings to discover the capabilities of this AI tool. Every try unravels a moment of surprise - and don't worry about being very specific with your demands. The AI works best with vague concepts, offering you outcomes beyond the realms of your imagination!
Follow me on my Midjourney journey
I hope this introduction guides you on the first steps of your AI art with Midjourney. I am planning to create more explorative midjourney pieces and would love your company. Share my learnings, tips, tricks, and techniques as I unlock the mysteries of this fascinating tool.
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