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Another blue-skinned ogre (oni?) on a flying sailboat

by Midjourney v7

PROMPT

a blue-skinned ogre in a flying fishing ship has caught in his net a huge surrealistic horned beast, cumulo-nimbus clouds with floating sky islands and Japanese Villages, imaginative, magical, magnificent composition, --sref https://s.mj.run/-d5hwkD81QQ https://s.mj.run/s2HUCuhlpKk https://s.mj.run/IAp3q0F0e5Q https://s.mj.run/NrEBJsUBrgc https://s.mj.run/-iOrIi5mVXY https://s.mj.run/9OO5Z5_pcO8 https://s.mj.run/sYdt4S8KbVg --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0

[asdaricus]

And now for ogres vaguely based on Japanese oni in flying sailboats. The style reference is Justin Sweet.

by Midjourney v7

[asdaricus]

A bevy of airships flies over a fantastic rendition of Venice. The style reference was Rudolf Swoboda, a German orientalist who painted in India (among other places).

by Midjourney v7

[asdaricus]

More old libraries with a huge dragon. Justin Sweet was the style reference.

by Midjourney v7

PROMPT (First image)

close-up view of the colossal body of a slumbering dragon fills an ancient Assyrian-Persian Archive, the dragon's body and huge bat wings go off into a dark background, cramped spaces, piles of books and scrolls, magical, imaginative, alien, surrealistic, creative, emotional, dramatic, delicious, magnificent composition, --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0 --sref https://s.mj.run/-d5hwkD81QQ https://s.mj.run/s2HUCuhlpKk https://s.mj.run/IAp3q0F0e5Q https://s.mj.run/NrEBJsUBrgc https://s.mj.run/-iOrIi5mVXY https://s.mj.run/9OO5Z5_pcO8 https://s.mj.run/sYdt4S8KbVg PROMPT (Second image)

close-up view of the colossal body of a slumbering dragon fills an ancient Assyrian-Persian Library, the dragon's body and huge bat wings go off into a dark background, cramped spaces, piles of books and scrolls, magical, imaginative, intricate architecture, surrealistic perspective, creative, emotional, dramatic, weird, magnificent composition, --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0 --sref https://s.mj.run/-d5hwkD81QQ https://s.mj.run/s2HUCuhlpKk https://s.mj.run/IAp3q0F0e5Q https://s.mj.run/NrEBJsUBrgc https://s.mj.run/-iOrIi5mVXY https://s.mj.run/9OO5Z5_pcO8 https://s.mj.run/sYdt4S8KbVg

[asdaricus]

My fascination with dragons persists. These images used Edwin Lord Weeks as the style reference. Look at those scales! by Midjourney v7

PROMPT

close-up view of the colossal body of a slumbering dragon fills an ancient Assyrian-Persian Library, the dragon's body and huge bat wings go off into a dark background, cramped spaces, piles of books and scrolls, magical, imaginative, alien, surrealistic, creative, emotional, dramatic, delicious, magnificent composition, --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0 --sref https://s.mj.run/Zuw3NpLf7Fw https://s.mj.run/grJPa8VKHt8 https://s.mj.run/a-qUVK0N3kc https://s.mj.run/D4Wg8Rl_UU4 https://s.mj.run/Iu2sG0zM1w4

[asdaricus]

I did some more fantasy maps based on blends of satellite images.

by Midjourney v7

PROMPT

https://s.mj.run/qfwY6e_2FTo https://s.mj.run/-AW6wedY_j4 https://s.mj.run/Doc3Ovvnd-U https://s.mj.run/_8xQE1gjKmQ https://s.mj.run/hSoDRSHNEFw a map of a sprawling continent for a fantasy world, --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0

[asdaricus]

an alchemist with his dragon companion

by Midjourney v7

PROMPT

close-up view of the colossal body of a slumbering dragon fills an ancient alchemist's library, the dragon's body and huge bat wings go off into a dark background, great dragon wings, cramped spaces, piles of books, misty air, magical, imaginative, alien, surrealistic, creative, emotional, dramatic, delicious, chiaroscuro, magnificent composition, --sref https://s.mj.run/cmat4Tgbdqs https://s.mj.run/eO0-MSEg8Os https://s.mj.run/HzpjYQe6PNU --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0

[asdaricus]

An immense dragon rests in the desert, approached by two rather intrepid humans—or perhaps servants?

by Midjourney v7

[asdaricus]

The Young Bard and the Dragon

No use of /blend or --sref

by Midjourney v7

[asdaricus]

Here is another from the same series I shared earlier. The style reference was Michael Whelan.

by Midjourney v7

[asdaricus]

I used 'side' renders and variation renders to come up with this. There is no use of /blend. The style reference is the inestimable Michael Whelan.

by Midjourney v7

[asdaricus]

A dragon slumbering in a great tunnel. I didn't use any /blend or --sref with the prompt. I have to say that MJ7 is nice, over all.

by Midjourney v7 PROMPT: a dragon sprawled out and coil in a great cavern asleep, --ar 5:3 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0

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Some more zoo barges in a fanciful Venice, this time in the style of James Gurney of Dinotopia fame and now a committed portraitist online. I love how these 'Venices' have a lot of classical Roman temples. Thanks, Gurney. The temple in the second one that stands on the right side has some column issues. Midjourney tries, but just doesn't always get it.

by Midjourney v7

PROMPT an open-decked zoo-barge with numerous zoo animals (zebras + elephants + lions + chimpanzees) on the deck floats deep in a tight narrow canal of Venice, two 19th century spectators gather on the fondamento to watch, --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0 --sref https://s.mj.run/R6FTaERUKyU https://s.mj.run/2X4T0g2spiQ https://s.mj.run/1_tBjoXW5sA https://s.mj.run/aa0cJChXAg0 https://s.mj.run/4M4uDNOfEvE

[asdaricus]

I got tired of submarines. Now it's a zoo barge floating down a rather fanciful rendition of Venice

by Midjourney v7 PROMPT an open-decked zoo-barge with numerous zoo animals (zebras + elephants + lions + chimpanzees) on the deck floats deep in a tight narrow canal of Venice, two 19th century spectators gather on the fondamento to watch, --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0 --sref https://s.mj.run/SS-LAb7s9B4 https://s.mj.run/qqTroaGrIj8 https://s.mj.run/a2GOO6oYhfM https://s.mj.run/tPXwQ0V_BVA https://s.mj.run/rZFgHZ4IMvs

[asdaricus]

Another submarine in Venice, this time in the style of Anton Pieck, a Dutch children's illustrator who was amazing.

by Midjourney v7 PROMPT:

a small but elaborately ornate steampunk submarine with figure relief and fanciful dragon prow surfaces in a tight narrow canal of Venice, two 19th century spectators gather on the bridge to watch, magnificent composition, --ar 815:351 --q 2 --s 750 --v 7.0 --sref https://s.mj.run/SS-LAb7s9B4 https://s.mj.run/qqTroaGrIj8 https://s.mj.run/a2GOO6oYhfM https://s.mj.run/tPXwQ0V_BVA https://s.mj.run/rZFgHZ4IMvs

[asdaricus]

This is a submarine in a fantastical conception of Venice. Amazingly, I did not use any blend or style-reference. On the other hand, Midjourney used quite a lot because that's what it does.

by Midjourney v7

[asdaricus]

This is another screen capture of a large part of the World of Asdar. It's the western part of the Old World and is based a lot on Europe and western Asia (middle East) and north Africa. I created it over many, many years in Freehand. What you cannot see that looks like blobs is actually very fine detail if you zoom up.