85 Best Midjourney Prompt Modifiers: Visual Guide (+255 Copy-Paste Prompt Ideas)

Some of the best Midjourney prompts need just a single style modifier.

Midjourney can easily handle prompts written in natural language, which makes the popular practice of “splatterprompting” completely unnecessary.

Every month, I share five new Midjourney prompt ideas. So the list below is constantly growing. Check back now and then…or subscribe to get my future posts in your inbox:

Remember that all of the individual prompt modifiers on this list can be combined in any number of ways to create a unique look. Try to experiment!

Prompts shared before March 2023. Sample images are Midjourney Version 4.

1. “Exploded [subject] by Nychos”

Nychos is an illustrator and urban artist known for visually striking cross-section and X-ray images, often with gory details. Using the word “exploded” adds a sense of motion.

Sample images:

Exploded guitar / banana / planet by Nychos.

Copy-paste prompt ideas:

Exploded straw…