15 Tips to Not Suck at MidJourney
The habits that separate "close enough" from "exactly what I pictured": parameters, iteration, and knowing when to stop prompting.
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word walls.
Keyword walls for Midjourney and Stable Diffusion: styles, lighting, composition, materials, creatures, clothing, colors, nature, architecture. Click words, watch your prompt assemble, copy it out. Free. No paywall, no signup.
TRY-A-WALL.DEMO
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The word walls
2,059 words & counting
100 words
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Art Styles & Movements
From ukiyo-e to vaporwave. One style word changes the whole image.
Open the wall → 375 words 🐉Mythical Creatures
375 beasts from 25 mythologies for character design.
Open the wall → 72 words 🌈Colors & Palettes
47 palettes and 25 single colors, each with an example image.
Open the wall → 74 words 🧱Textures & Materials
74 textures from bark to bokeh, each with an example image.
Open the wall → 110 words 💡Lighting & Atmosphere
110 light sources, methods, and styles. The difference between flat and cinematic.
Open the wall → 118 words 📷Composition & Camera
118 camera, focus, and composition words the model treats as instructions.
Open the wall → 662 words 👗Clothing & Fashion
662 clothing words: contemporary wear plus men's and women's formal.
Open the wall → 444 words 🌿Nature: Plants & Biomes
375 plants and 125 biomes for worlds with real geography.
Open the wall → 104 words 🏛️Architecture Through the Ages
104 civilizations from ancient Egypt to Neoclassical Russia.
Open the wall →All nine planned walls are live. The Midjourney and Stable Diffusion tool notes cover how to use them.
Guides that pull their weight
free · on-sitePrompt Engineering, Properly
How a prompt steers the model: artistic language, mood, composition, and examples you can copy.
Composition, Color, and Style: the Cheat Sheet
Use composition, color, and style terms to shape images in Stable Diffusion and Midjourney.