Midjourney v7 × Neon Line Art: A Fantasy Whale and a Hill of Flowers

A whale swimming in the night sky and a hill of blooming fantasy flowers.
I will share the production story of how this piece was born, woven with the soft light of neon, through trial and error with Midjourney v7 and Japanese prompts.

The Beginning of Production: Theme and Worldview

The theme this time is 'A whale swimming in the sky and a hill of blooming flowers'.
Based on neon line art techniques, I brought a fantastic and mysterious world to life using Midjourney v7.

What I focused on was not the intensity of the neon, but its softness and poetic atmosphere.
It was about bringing out the presence of life drifting quietly within a world constructed of lines.

Design Planning and Prompt Ingenuity

Here is the prompt that served as the starting point for production.

シルエットと淡いパステルカラーのネオンで描かれた、非常に詳細なディテールのアニメ風イラストです。繊細な線の花丘と宙を泳ぐクジラが存在するファンタジーな世界。巨大なクジラには光学迷彩で魚群が映し出されている。花が咲き誇る丘には鹿が佇んでいる。巨大なクジラは非常に繊細で細い線の模様が描かれている。線は紺色、オレンジ色、紫色などの淡いネオンカラーで描かれている。背景は暗く、シルエットを浮立たせている。

I placed particular importance on the following four points.

1. Scale of the whale: Placing a deer in the foreground to express its massive size through perspective

2. Pale neon colors: Aiming for a soft and fantastic color palette, specifying purple, orange, and navy—sometimes incorporating green and white as well

3. The keyword 'optical camouflage': Introducing light reflection and change to add depth to the expression

4. Utilization of silhouettes: Expressing the deer and schools of fish as silhouettes to give a sense of stillness to the entire space

The results also demonstrated the high level of Japanese language support in Midjourney v7, and I felt that the delicate nuances of the Japanese language were reflected directly in the visuals.

Generated Visuals and Evaluation

Introducing the illustrations created during the production process.
All of them resulted in a finish that highlights the 'beauty of lines' and 'fantasy' inherent in neon line art.

1. The Beginning of Fantasy

A whale swimming quietly in the sky that the deer is looking up at.
The world, composed only of lines, exists as fleetingly as particles of light.

• The whale's massive size and elegance are impressive

• The blooming hill is pale and blends into the nature composed of lines

• The school of fish is slightly independent, but the stillness of the composition is strong

2. Stars, Cherry Blossoms, and the Whale's Dance

A fantastical piece where cherry blossoms and stardust reside within the whale's body.
The silence of the night is pierced by the presence of light and life.

• The stars melt into the whale's body, creating the highest sense of fantasy

• The disparate elements of cherry blossoms and a whale are in harmony

• Particles of light create a sense of narrative

3. Lighting Up with Fiery Energy

The body of the whale, floating above a hill with a seafloor-like atmosphere, seems to be lit by flames.
It is a piece that evokes energy like the source of life, rather than just fantasy.

• Patterns appear strongly on the whale's skin, creating a rich neon feel

• The flame-like light at its feet gives the colors a sense of dynamism

• The flow of the lines appears more sculptural and three-dimensional

Successes, Challenges, and Insights

Through this production, I felt the following points were particularly successful:

• By contrasting it with deer and schools of fish, I was able to visually establish the scale of the whale

• Specifying pale neon colors created a softer, more fantastical impression than typical neon

• I was able to confirm the high accuracy of Japanese prompts in Midjourney v7

On the other hand, the depiction I initially envisioned, where 'a school of fish is projected onto the whale,' was not achieved, and I felt there is room to improve reproducibility in the future through positional specification and combinations with English prompts.

Also, since the atmosphere of the work changes significantly with fine adjustments to the color tone, I would like to add more detailed verification of color variations in the future.

Conclusion

A whale swimming through the night sky, lines and light, and a fantasy world brought to life by the power of AI.
I would be happy if I could share even a little of that beauty with someone.

AI Art Gallery

Bonus: Neon line art is also possible with DALL-E

Here is an introduction to illustrations generated by inputting the prompts used this time into DALL-E.
I created these using Bing Image Creator, not the ChatGPT version.
DALL-E is free to use, has a fast generation speed, and is well-suited for Japanese.

Compared to Midjourney v7, it is easier to generate illustrations with a nuance closer to a picture book, and the flower lines come out beautifully.
However, the downside is that it tends to look cheap when changed to a landscape orientation.

This is recommended for those who want to give it a try or for those who want to start creating AI illustrations for free.

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