The Joys & Dangers of MidJourney

Yesterday’s Art Is Now on Trial Thanks to AI. Literally.

To learn who these people are… read on!

Meet The Star of the Show!

MidJourney is an AI tool that takes your written requests and creates customized images for you that match those requests. No matter how ludicrous, detailed, or far-fetched the request may be, MidJourney can deliver. For example, would you like an image of an older couple that’s drawn in the style of a Pixar cartoon? Here you go…

How about a poster for the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” that resembles the work of iconic designer Saul Bass? Coming right up…

OK, pretty good. But what about something harder? How about a life-like, old photograph photo of a South American man, modeling some clothing? Slam dunk…

Note the different outfits, buildings, cars, & the looks on his face

Finally, what about something that doesn’t even exist? Say… a psychedelic illustration of some computers that have been fully integrated with a human brain?

A few variations that I “created” in MidJourney

If these images above — copied and pasted from the MidJourney server — don’t blow you away, they should. It’s a small sample size, but trust me when I tell you this: it doesn’t matter what you ask for. No matter the subject matter or style you request, MidJourney will create the images for you.

Even if YOU’RE the subject matter:

On the left: a photo of me. On the right: me as a Pixar cartoon

I was so blown away, that I even paid $10 for a one-month membership to explore MidJourney more deeply. I’m glad I did, but it was…