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5 Best Midjourney Prompts: February 2024 (Illustrations)

Prompt modifiers to create sketches and illustration effects.

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Daniel Nest
Feb 29, 2024
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Happy Thursday, picture pundits!

Last month, I was thinking of retiring the monthly Midjourney prompt tradition.

But then this happened:

The only dissenting voice up there is my own misclick, so it really looks like you want these to continue.

So be it!

This month, I have a bunch of descriptors that make your images look like drawings or illustrations.

Remember: I only share short prompt modifiers rather than paragraph-long prompts. My philosophy is that a simple modifier combined with a detailed scene description written in natural language is the way to go. (So forget splatterprompting.)

Note: All sample images are Midjourney Version 6.

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Prompt #1: Don’t lift up that pen!

Midjourney prompt:

[subject], one-line drawing

What it does:

In Midjourney, “one-line drawing” simulates a simple sketch drawn in one nonstop movement. This modifier doesn’t work equally well wit…

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