Shaper Shifters Pt 1 / 4 image / 4 prompts
Pt 2 will include a full AI-generated analysis of this suite. Hunting for dinner. Two hunters crouching in a boreal forest in northern British Columbia, late-autumn dusk. Amber volumetric light rays cut through ancient stunted spruce and bare birch. A…
Posts by Sorcerer's Apprentice
AI Thunderdome / 7 Images / 1 Podcast
Two AIs enter, but only one will leave. Click on the audio player below for a deep dive podcast about this post. Me: Tonight, we are going to compare your ability to create a prompt for Midjourney V8 based on an input image and Midjourney's similar…
A Day In The Life of An Urban Dragon / 6 Images
Monday morning blues juvenile dragon in rumpled pajamas brushing his teeth at a bathroom sink, white toothpaste foam around his snout, bleary half-awake expression, modern urban apartment bathroom slightly too small for him, steamy mirror showing his…
Ring Worlds / MJ 8.1 / 3 Images
Midjourney v8.1 Starter Prompts: A vast Ringworld megastructure inspired by classic hard science fiction, viewed from the surface at ground level the observer looks forward along the inner curve of the Ringworld, then upward as the land arches overhead, revealing…
The Brown Mage / 8 Images
For an xx-minute-long deep-dive into this post created by the two Google NotebookLM AIs, tap on the audio player below. Me: This evening, we will explore the Brown Mage in our Chromatic Taxonomy of Mages and, step by step, develop a series of prompts for the Midjourney v8…
A Cat and Her Human Companion in Gold Leaf / 5 Images
Midjourney v8 alpha starter prompt: profile of a fairy princess against an agate swirl moon, highly detailed, alcohol inks on glass, glossy with intricate gold leaf details, a fashionista silhouette, her chic cat rests in her arms,, a flawless…
Thinking About Thinking / 1 Image
Tap the audio player below for a deep-dive into this post. The current frontier LLM vendors, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc., often frame their upcoming models in terms of the number of parameters used to train them. In a way, we can consider these companies as a…
The White Mage / 5 Images
The White MageFor an xx-minute analysis of this article, click on the audio player below. Me: This evening, we will begin by outlining the session structure: first, we will explore the White Mage in our Chromatic Taxonomy of Mages; next, we'll develop a series of prompts…
The Black Mage / NSFW / 6 Images
For an xx-minute-long podcast format analysis of this post by Google's NotebookLM service, click on the audio player below. [ Podcast generation in progress] Me: This evening, we will explore the Black Mage in our Chromatic Taxonomy of Mages and develop a series of…
Red Mage / 1 Image / 16s HD Video
Scroll to the end of this post for a 16-second high-definition video based on this image. For a podcast format discussion of this post created by the two deep-dive AIs over at Google's free NotebookLM service, tap on the audio player below. Me: Today, we will…
Convergence / Bookmark Format / 3 Images
For a podcast audio overview of this post, created by the two Deep-Dive NotebookLM AIs, click on the audio player below (** generation currently in progress **). Session Summary: Midjourney V8 Alpha — Bookmark Image Series Date: March 31, 2026Participants:…
The Chromatic Taxonomy of Mages / Purple / 7 Images
Scroll to the bottom for the prompt. Click on the audio player below to listen to an xx-minute-long analysis of this post by the two Deep-Dive AIs over at Google's NotebookLM AI. The visible spectrum is not merely a property of light. It is, as…
Compassion / 7 images
Epic Midjourney v8 starter prompt: Kerala woman in ivory saree, seated on moonlit grass, face buried in hands resting on drawn knees, figure of profound inward collapse, her luminous Higher Self emerging behind her, identical form, translucent bioluminescent blue, kneeling,…
Orange Splash / vNSFW / 7 Images
Midjourney v8 starter prompt: woman in body suit, abstract art, half demon, colorful environment, alcohol ink glaze and oil painting with intricate details, 3D illustration --raw --profile qh7nquz
1930s Jazz Band / 3 Images
Midjourney v8 starter prompt: Three beautiful jazz singers in tight leopard skin patterned dresses with matching plunging tight fighting sheer lace tops singing into 1930s style microphones in a rustic and smoke-filled 1930s jazz bar. Behind the three beautiful women are…
Interrogative Prompt Craft / 2 Images
Me: Thank you for those kind words and your sharp observation of the liminal space between my words and the image. That's transcendent in all the right ways. We will revisit Simon and Maia in future chats, which I'm certain will be very productive…
Nordic Beauty / 8 Images
Midjourney v8 starter prompt: A young Nordic woman with straight, white hair stands in an ancient wooden archway. She has a short bob haircut and is wearing a sheer plunging black blouse with rolled-up sleeves and buttoned pockets. The background features a softly…
Egypt / NSFW / 4 Images
Midjourney V8 starter prompt: An enchanting 18-year-old Egyptian woman with long straight black hair, almond-shaped brown eyes, dressed in a sheer gold belly dancing outfit, standing in a luxurious palace interior, soft candlelight illuminating the scene. --raw --profile…
Infrared Beauty / NSFW / 6 Images
Midjourney v8 alpha starter prompt: A full body portrait of a Japanese woman in a body suit. The images are created using 80% infrared photography and 20% traditional colours. The skin tones are darker and more natural, resembling healthy, traditional colours,…
Fairypunk / MJ V8 alpha / 5 Images
Midjourney V8 Alpha starter prompt: dynamic pose Fairypunk art by Jim Lee art by Keiichi Tanaami art BY Ferrofluid art by Tim Flach --ar 3:2 --raw --profile qh7nquz --hd --v 8
Midjourney v8 Alpha / NSFW / 5 Images
Midjourney v8 starter prompt: a female Final Fantasy XIV character wearing a leopard print halter top and shorts, standing next to her giant pet dragon with wings made of crystal. The scene is set in the desert, at an outdoor concert stage, with a blue sky in…
Philosophy of AI / Here Be Dragons / 1 Image
Me: In the study and development of artificial intelligence, can a token be considered an n-dimensional tensor? Claude Opus 4.6: This is a great question, and it touches on something that’s subtly important — the distinction between a token as a…
Here Be Dragons / 5 Images
Midjourney v7 starter prompt: A middle aged main with grey curley hair and a short cropped salt and pepper beard sits beside a beautiful female android on the hill of a mountain, both are looking at a group of young dragons flying and swirling around each other, both the…
Dragonling / 8 Images
Midjourney v7 starter prompt: A close-up of a hyper-detailed image of a young elf princess, intricate gold and silver earrings, and short, vibrant lilac pastel hair standing in a snowy winter wonderland, surrounded by frosted trees and sparkling snow. Beside her, a small…
Glam Shots / 3 Images
Midjourney v7 starter prompt: a white spaceship with red Canadian flag logos standing vertical, isolated on white, sci-fi illustration style, soft atmospheric perspective, high resolution, octane render, very detailed, mist curling on the mirror floor --oref --ow 90 --c 3…
22nd Century Drones / 4 Images
Midjourney v7 starter with thanks to dandis9895: a white spaceship with two vertical "sodega" doors at the top, isolated on white, sci-fi illustration style, soft atmospheric perspective, high resolution, octane render, very detailed --c 3 --ar 9:16 --q 2 --stylize…
Ocean Hover Test / 5 Images
Midjourney v7 starter prompt with thanks to aggron24 for the inspiration: photograph of an enormous space cruise ship hovering high above a vast green ocean, turbulent green blue and white water, the ship has a gundam style design, white flat panels, geometric build,…
Natural Interiors / 4 Images
Midjourney v7 start prompt with thanks to u8796516918: interior of a hollowed out banyan tree with a spiral wooden stairway --ar 3:4 --exp 25 --p inh4jj5 --raw Midjourney v7 starter prompt with thanks to joshuavermillion: a complex 3d spiky parametric wall made from…