Starting today, our weekly updates will have a new format. Instead of publishing large batches of freshly added styles, we will put out less—to focus more on each artist and technique.
In the first update of the new kind, I want to say THANK YOU to the Midlibrary community. To you! For your support, feedback, and your constant suggestions. We test every name you send, carefully catalog them, and write a short bio for each artist (for the future website)—and this is how Midlibrary grows. So thank you! In this update, we feature ten mind-blowing styles that you suggested.
American outsider artist Henry Darger's (1892-1973) style is a true gem for unique, withered fantasy illustrations permeated with a sense of nostalgia and light childhood sadness. Perfect for fairy tale book illustrations (and not only)!
Quilting is a traditional textile art that involves layering fabrics, a filler, and usually a backing and then sewing them together to create a warm and decorative cover.
Midjourney's Quilting style (summoned best with the prompt modifier quilted) is a way to create unique and personalized designs—landscape, objects, even whole characters—and add a warm and decorative touch to your generation.
Japanese graphic designer Kazumasa Nagai's (1929-2007) work is a treat for anyone who loves modern Japanese design. And in Midjourney, he deserves the place on your favorites list if you are into circular geometrical abstractions with unique color pallets and intricate scenes in them!
Portuguese figurative painter Paula Rego's (b. 1935) style is powerful surrealistic paintings with vibrant colors and dynamic motion. It is both astonishing and unsettling with its bold colors and bizarre settings.
Queer-art pioneer James Bidgood's (1933—2022) photography and cinematography are a must-see for those who enjoy erotic and underground art-house. And his style in Midjourney is simply fantastic, bringing neon-lit, crazy-colored, erotically-charged results.
American fantasy illustrator Abigail Larson's style incorporates vintage and fantasy elements in a sharp, expressive manner. With its distinct dark-ish Victorian romantic vibes, her name is a perfect fit for Gothic and steampunk enthusiasts' prompts.
The style of Austro-Hungarian illustrator and children's book writer Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) is vivid and heart-warming, making it perfect for those into illustration for children or quirky cartoonish caricatures.
American fantasy painter and illustrator James C. Christensen (1942-2017) created art with unique insane attention to detail, eye-catching characters, and the overall atmosphere of surrealism.
Christensen's Midjourney style is a definitive pick if you want to create eye-catching fantasy art.
Venezuelan Kinetic artist Carlos Cruz Diez's (1923-2019) art is a fantastic take on color and optical illusion. Sharp geometry, vintage electronics vibes, and patterns that will make you question the reality inside your generation—this is what you get with Diez's name in your prompt.
Frank Quitely (born 1968) is a Scottish graphic novelist whose Midjourney style is a real standout for comic book artists and amateurs. If you want to tell fantasy or sci-fi story in a beautiful, refined and soft manner—Frank Quitely is the name for you.
This is it for this week.
Thank you all once again for all your inspiring suggestions!
Happy Midjourneys!
— Andrei
All samples are produced by Midlibrary team using Midjourney AI (if not stated otherwise). Naturally, they are not representative of real artists' works/real-world prototypes.
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