10+ Midjourney V6.1 Prompts: Generate Beautiful Character Posters

Tansy
7 min readAug 2, 2024

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The biggest update in the image generation world this week is MidjourneyV6.1! I can’t wait to start creating and sharing, and this share focuses on the enhancements V6.1 has made to character creation.

Below is the result of half a day’s testing, including Prompt, focusing on character photography photos and character illustrations.

Let’s start!

⭐All the AI images below were created by maze.guru

📷Realistic Character Photos

1.Short-haired beauty, daily sling at home, film photography, Renko Kawauchi photography style, half-length portrait, kitchen, kitchen utensils background display, summer sunshine, high contrast, shadow, Kodak tone

“film photography” “portrait” “Kodak tone”, as you can see from the Prompt this is the key word to use, and Renko Kawauchi artist. This style is a very perfect illustration of V6.1’s improvement in detail and realism, reducing the AI feel of the characters.

The overall look of the characters is very natural, but you may find some logical errors from the background.

2.Photo of an Italian female model, short hair, wearing blue short sleeves, looking into the camera arm, minimalist style, clean background, shot in F2 and ISO400 in Canon EOS R5 style, soft light, color photography for fashion magazine cover

Magazine people shooting, this style of direct output of the image and then use professional tools fine-tuning, fully commercial, you just need to give V6.1 some professional photography tips, “shot in F2 and ISO400 in Canon EOS R5 style” “soft light”. The camera model, the light all need to be changed according to your commercial scene needs.

3.Portrait of a woman with long hair, from face to chest, her face obscured and not clear, with soft focus, hard light, using dark, white and gray colors, a blurred background, a portrait shot from a long shot

Contextual, Emotional Portraits of Characters Following this prompt, you can add different emotions of the characters and backgrounds, remembering to soften the focus and blur the parts.

4. 20-year-old Nordic male model, brown hair, side view, waist up, sportswear, high-definition shot with a Sony camera, ultra-realistic skin, 8kHD

5. Sand dunes style, gothic style, A female modal wearing light brown and khaki color dress walking in the fashion show, Milan fashion show style, demobaza summer fashion runway, high quality, real people.

6. Photo of blonde man wearing black tracksuit, floating in the air surrounded by poppy flowers, in the style of Tim Walker and Rineke Dijkstra

Creative people photography is difficult to shoot realistically, but using this photographer and adding professional photography wording, you can easily get this kind of creative photos.

🎨Minimalist Character Illustration

1.In the style of illustration art, a woman with long black hair and blue eyes wearing hoop earrings, dressed in a turtleneck sweater against a bright blue background, a full body portrait with simple yet expressive forms, dark navy blue , minimalistic portraits with bold lines and a vibrant color palette, a closeup shot.

If you change “Illustration Style” to “3D Style”, you can get a three-dimensional character effect.

I really like the detail of the skin, if you don’t like the texture of the skin, you can increase the skin settings in the prompt, such as fine skin, smooth white skin, etc.

2. A vibrant and cheerful illustration featuring a young professional woman with long, flowing black hair. She is smiling with her eyes closed, exuding a sense of happiness and confidence. She is wearing a stylish blue coat over a bright yellow turtleneck sweater, accessorized with large gold hoop earrings. The overall style of the illustration is clean and minimalistic, with bold colors and smooth lines, Commercial illustration, vector illustration on white background, hd.

The structure of the prompt is very simple, without any technical skills, the key lies in the two phrases “commercial illustration” “vector illustration”, which determine Of course, you can replace the words with related words, such as PPT material illustration, social media avatar, wallpaper, etc… or add your favorite illustration artist!

3. A young female customer service cartoon avatar, with business suit and shirt. The rendering style is in the style of c4d, with a white background and strong light source. It has a high definition resolution, 3D effect, bright colors, and a professional illustration style. The illustration is clean, neat and professional, 4k

This group of portraits is obviously C4D, 3D style, commonly used in web design, poster design, you can add scenes in the prompt, adjust the color will have a very good texture.

Cute styles like the one below can be easily accomplished with V6.1 after replacing the body.👇

4. A little girl with horns on her head and white hair is making a gesture toward a pink background, in the style of aggressive digital illustration, bold and colorful portraits, russell dongjun lu, lit kid, strong facial expression, colorful realism, genderless,kazuo shiraga.

Digital art illustration style, strongly creative, note the artist is quoted here.👀

5. An urban couple poses for a photo, with the girl in a casual suit and the boy in a suit, vintage chic, the style is simple and colorful illustrations,full body, minimalist business style, Morandi color, gradient background, Vintage 90' s anime style.

This set of imagesprompt is also very simple, no use of very specialized subject descriptions and technique descriptors, the key is vintage and business style. You can try to change the subject of any image, and you can try to replace the illustration with “manga” or “anime”.

6. A comically exaggerated portrait of a [character’s name], highlighting humorous and quirky features. Embrace caricature-like elements and playful exaggeration to bring out the humor in the subject’s appearance.

7. American comic style, oil tycoon, 2D, graphic illustration, comics, powerful lines, retro colors.

📝Character Poster Showcase

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