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Engineering a Style Prompt
How I made the ukiyoe style.
Hello Visual Wizards.
If you’re receiving these mails, there is a high chance you downloaded my free PDF on Midjourney style templates (here is the link if not).
I’ve shared a lot of my prompt templates and examples of how you can use them. More than that, I want to share my process on how I created one of my recent templates - Ukiyoe.
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My process combines ChatGPT and Midjourney.
First, we need a style we want to create. If you’re lacking ideas, we can ask ChatGPT for them.
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Personally, I already have a style in mind I want to create - Ukiyoe. What I need to create the prompt in Midjourney are details. So I ask ChatGPT for them.
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I will translate each of these elements into a modifier group of a weighted prompt in Midjourney.
As always, first is the subject ::
Second is the style I want to emulate ukiyo-e, woodblock print, wood texture ::
Third are the bold colors bright colors, bold colors, mineral pigments ::
Fourth are the lines bold lines, black outline, strong contrasts ::
Fifth is the flattened perspective flattened perspective, lack of depth ::
Sixth is composition emphasis, contrast between lines and color :: for extra emphasis on what I want to see.
Seventh is the negative modifier group on what I don’t want to see realism, photography, 3d ::
I put everything together and apply values to each modifier group, adjust them according to the look I want, and I have my prompt template:
Brilliant bird of paradise ::5 ukiyo-e, woodblock print, wood texture ::3 bright colors, bold colors, mineral pigments ::2 bold lines, black outline, strong contrasts ::2 flattened perspective, lack of depth ::2 composition emphasis, contrast between lines and color ::1 realism, photography, 3d ::-2
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As always, reach out through my website or on any of my social media and start a conversation! I would love to hear how you use this technique to
Keep creating and don't forget to have fun. ☀️