Neural Networks and Artwork: Exploring Midjourney implications

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On our site, readers can occasionally encounter updates about how neural networks function. This is how we illustrated Midjourney’s interpretation of gameplay ideas for GTA 6 and our speculation about a potential second part of “Stalker.” Midjourney is the neural network behind these experiments, an AI known for producing surprising results. We decided to run a test — sharing thirty striking images generated by the network in response to our prompts.

We fed the model with well-known game and movie titles, character names, and a variety of other prompts. The outcomes are thought-provoking. In some cases, the network closely reflected a human artist’s impression of the phrase, while in many instances the results wandered far from the original game or film reference.

Examples of how a neural network works

We publish the generated artwork alongside the exact prompts the networks used to create them.

Given Text: GTA 6 Stray Tommy Stalker

Target text: Johnny Silverhand

Given text: Russia GTA 6

Given text: Robot fight with machines in the streets of destroyer

Given text: Barbarian dark fantasy warrior beard aggressive (Aggressive bearded barbarian in dark fantasy entourage)

Given text: Superhero dark fantasy black zombie red

Set Text: Witch Redhead Magic

Target text: Tommy Gun Mafia

Set Text: God of War

Set Text: Cheeky Redhead Warrior Girl

Given text: Prince of Persia witcher girl

Given Text: Half-Life Doom Quake

Target text: Miami Vice City

Set Text: Mad Max Fallout Metro

Given Text: Call of Duty Battlefield Bulletstorm

Set Text: Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater

Set Text: Resident Evil Silent Hill

Set Text: Star Wars Trek Galaxy

Target text: Disco Ellysium

Set Text: Blade Runner Half Life

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Set Text: No Man Sky Cyberpunk

Set Text: Dragon Age Mass Effect Jade Empire

Given text: Heroes of Might and Magic

Given Text: Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness

Set Text: Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines

Set Text: Heavy Rain Over Detroit

Set Text: Scarface Vice City Godfather

Set Text: World of Warcraft Line Age Guild Wars

Target Text: Duke Nukem Fear Max Payne

Set Text: Dracula Blade Castlevania

Given text: Bioshock Infinite Burial at Sea Elizabeth

Given text: Warp jump on the spaceship to alpha centa

Target text: The Prodigy smack my concert at the moon

Given text: Sonic the Heagehog Sonic portrait fanta

Given text: Mars 2077 First city on the surface

Given text: Liara Shepard

Set Text: Cyberpunk Night City on Mars by Ilon Mask

How to Make Drawings Using the Midjourney Neural Network – Guide

  1. Sign up for Discord.
  2. Explore the Midjourney Discord channel.
  3. Open a newbies text channel.
  4. Type /imagine and enter the words the network will use to draw the image. The prompt can be anything and should be in English.
  5. You will see results in roughly 15 seconds.

All work is stored on the site. Only 25 arts are free to generate. If there is a desire to continue without payment, a new Discord account can be created.

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If you have previously experimented with a neural network, feel free to share your outputs in the comments.

Are you planning to test further possibilities of the neural network?

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