Deep Dive: How to make Linear Art with Midjourney Prompts

Exploring the possibilities of this Midjourney prompt

Exploring the possibilities of this Midjourney prompt

Photographic portrait of man with glasses, cigar and smoke, in yellow and dark blue tones

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Today, we are going to explore the possibilities of Line Art with Midjourney, sharing a few tips and tricks to improve the techniques we commonly use.

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Let’s dive in.

Initial prompt: Abstract design

Let’s start with the basic, setting what we want:

• Line Art + Abstract portrait. (Minimalist instead of Abstract may work as well)

• Our subjects: Beautiful woman with flowers, dystopic android with sunglasses, biomechanical cyborg with fishing hat, and man with glasses, cigar and smoke.

• Parameters: Version 6 as it’s the current one, Chaos 10 to get a diverse set of results.

Let’s prompt:

Abstract beautiful woman with flowers in pink and blue tones.

Prompt: Line art, abstract portrait of beautiful woman with flowers in pink and blue tones — v 6 — chaos 10

Abstract dystopic android with sunglasses in green and black tones

Prompt: Line art, abstract portrait of dystopic android with sunglasses in green and black tones — v 6 — chaos 10

Abstract biomechanical cyborg with fishing hat in orange and purple tones

Prompt: Line art, abstract portrait of biomechanical cyborg with fishing hat in orange and purple tones — v 6 — chaos 10

Abstract man with glasses, cigar and smoke, in yellow and dark blue tones

Prompt: Line art, abstract portrait of man with glasses, cigar and smoke, in yellow and dark blue tones — v 6 — chaos 10

Second Prompt: Adding realism

Let’s add the following keywords looking for more realistic results: Bold and vibrant for the mood, realistic and photorealistic details to get our desired outcomes:

Realistic portrait of beautiful woman with flowers in pink and blue tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, realistic portrait of beautiful woman with flowers in pink and blue tones, photorealistic details — v 6.0 — chaos 10

Realistic portrait of dystopic android with sunglasses in green and black tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, realistic portrait of dystopic android with sunglasses in green and black tones, photorealistic details — v 6.0 — chaos 10

Realistic portrait of biomechanical cyborg with fishing hat in orange and purple tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, realistic portrait of biomechanical cyborg with fishing hat in orange and purple tones, photorealistic details — v 6.0 — chaos 10

Realistic portrait of man with glasses, cigar and smoke, in yellow and dark blue tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, realistic portrait of man with glasses, cigar and smoke, in yellow and dark blue tones, photorealistic details — v 6.0 — chaos 10

Finally, cinematic effects.

To wrap up, let’s add the following keywords looking for cinematic results: Photographic and cinematic movie poster to get the ultimate bang in our images, and wire art to keep the aesthetics we have been using:

Photographic portrait of beautiful woman with flowers in pink and blue tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, photographic portrait of beautiful woman with flowers in pink and blue tones, wire art, photorealistic details, cinematic movie poster — v 6.0 — chaos 10

Photographic portrait of dystopic android with sunglasses in green and black tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, photographic portrait of dystopic android with sunglasses in green and black tones, wire art, photorealistic details, cinematic movie poster — v 6.0 — chaos 10

Photographic portrait of biomechanical cyborg with fishing hat in orange and purple tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, photographic portrait of biomechanical cyborg with fishing hat in orange and purple tones, wire art, photorealistic details, cinematic movie poster — v 6.0 — chaos 10

Photographic portrait of man with glasses, cigar and smoke, in yellow and dark blue tones

Prompt: Bold and Vibrant line art, photographic portrait of man with glasses, cigar and smoke, in yellow and dark blue tones, wire art, photorealistic details, cinematic movie poster — v 6.0 — chaos 10

There you go. What do you think? I hope this prompt helps you, and gives you more ideas. Please share your own results!

For more ideas:

Mastering Midjourney AI: How to use camera angles in your prompts
Mastering Midjourney: Complete Guide to Image Effects

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