How to illustrate a children’s book using Midjourney AI

Part 2: How to illustrate a children’s book using Midjourney AI
In this series, I am breaking down the step-by-step process of using AI's to support writing children's books and then publishing them. This video covers using a graphics creation AI called Midjourney to make illustrations that align with a storyline.
Amazon Link To My Book: a.co/d/2QrnmNs
Madi the Flying Wonder: A Tale of Courage and Imagination
Video Chapters
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0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Discord Account Setup & Midjourney Account Setup
1:22 - Creating prompts in Midjourney
3:41 - Upscaling, Variations & Regeneration with Midjourney
4:54 - Prompting Tips for Midjourney
6:38 - Drawbacks to Midjourney
7:16 - Outro

[@reninajarmon1057]

I have watched a several kid-journey illustrations videos over the last week AFTER discovering Mid journey Sunday and your videos are the most comprehensive. At first I just going to put my images on products and sell them BUT you have shown me how to hack the system to make consistent images to create a children’s book. Thank you. -Renina

[@ScottSwanson314]

Hi Renina, I appreciate the feedback! Happy creating!

[@dallasjansen2226]

Great video! Thanks so much!

[@InquisitiveMind23]

Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@stealthuniversalproduction2729]

OMG! This information is great!

[@ScottSwanson314]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@sfreedom2007]

how do you use the original image to generate others

[@earthwvlker]

Killin’ it, Swanson-very helpful. Is the midjourney bot a 1 time fee or annual?

[@ScottSwanson314]

Thanks! Midjourney is actually a monthly fee. I plan to pay it when I'm going to work on a project intensely as it saves a lot of time. It allows 15 hours of fast processing per month vs the slow processing. There are annual plans as well. docs.midjourney.com/docs/plans

[@InquisitiveMind23]

Will this regenerate image based on a model provided... as in uploading a photo of a child (my own)...

[@ScottSwanson314]

Yes you can upload images and generate new images based off of those. You can also use it to blend images.

[@mu2351]

Hello, I have a question. If you have a photo of a character in real life, can you upload the photo and have the AI put it in a comic form, or will it generate an illustration from the real phoo??? Thank you 😊

[@ScottSwanson314]

Yes, you can upload images of anything, including real life photos. You can then have midjourney use those to modify them however you want.

[@mu2351]

@ScottSwanson314 Thank you very much for this information !!!!

[@sfreedom2007]

I dont see the envelope icon

[@Rashidraja123]

Nice Sir🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ScottSwanson314]

Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed it

[@Rashidraja123]

@@ScottSwanson314 Support me sir

[@zimalarts8412]

Can we make youtube videos using Our own Voice and using midjourney illustrations to tell a story? is it allowed on KZbin? will it be monetized? if we use our own voice over, Thank you!

[@ScottSwanson314]

That's a great question. I definitely think you could make a video with midjourney illustrations and your voice to tell a story on KZbin. There are also several text too speech AIs that you could use, rather than your own voice

[@nickbehrmann1780]

@@ScottSwanson314 that is the new low level of creativity, pure laziness using a gpt midjourney combo

[@LawOfAttractionJesus]

Can you write copyright in the book to stop someone else claiming it is theirs ?

[@ScottSwanson314]

Yes you can. This is also part of the process in my video I'm working on. I used amazon KDP to actually make the book and copyright it.

[@Zsolt67]

@@ScottSwanson314 Sorry but you cannot copyright a book made with Chatgpt and Midjourney. ChatGPT output is the property of OpenAI and Midjurney's output is completly free to use for anybody. I justread their TOS

[@prodjhurrikane3779]

@@Zsolt67 if you adjust the output you own the rights. Don't use any of it exactly as is without making changes.

[@hamzaoutmghart]

could you please tell me where can I find the right size for a children’s book?

[@ScottSwanson314]

I can help with what I've learned. There isn't any "right"size for a kids book. Many of them are 6" x 9". Here is a link on Amazon to get an idea of different trim sizes. kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GQTT4W3T5AYK7L45

[@hamzaoutmghart]

@@ScottSwanson314 thanks a lot 👍

[@marykerouxterreblanche6113]

Does Midjourney own copyright on the images you create?

[@ScottSwanson314]

From what I have read, the text in the books I have made are copyrighted but the images generated by the journey are not protected by copyright.

[@keithtarrier4558]

If you are skilled enough, and modify the images, the more you modify the better, then you could/should own the new image you made based on Midjourney. At the very least, no one else will have a digital version of your modified image to use in their own book etc.

[@danelistorres4303]

Safari does not let me open discord or midjourney 😢

[@ScottSwanson314]

Sorry to hear that. You can try downloading Google Chrome or a browser similar to that that supports discord. I also read the other day that midjourney is going to move off of discord and to its own designated website. That is probably a few months away still.

[@andy3590]

You don't have to pay 30 for a private. Just invite the both to your server

[@ScottSwanson314]

Correct. The $30 is for additional fast processing time. Helps speed up the process drastically.

[@vrynstudios]

I think even if you invite to the private, they are still available to the public. For stealth mode, you definitely need to pay additional $30.

[@andy3590]

@@vrynstudios he just said about being able to find them easy.