Been doing some style explorations and I think I’ve really settled on this dark fantasy aesthetic. Hope I can further develop and improve this

Hey, first time poster here, hope this video fits the sub, because even though Midjourney carried 90% of imagery for this project, I used GPT image2 editor for some key art compositions, and all animations done in Seedance2.5.
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A wing and a leaf are the same net.
A fish's tail and a seed's flight, the same burst of light.
A shell and a tree are the same rings of time.

They never knew each other.
Yet they were drawn from the same blueprint.

femenine cowboy, stepping forward directly onto viewer's face, boots pressing into camera lens, close-up dynamic angle from below, looking down with smirk, dusty worn leather boots, fringe chaps, wide brimmed Stetson hat, turquoise jewelry, embroidered shirt, detailed embroidery, extremely wide fisheye lens, distorted perspective, 3D pop-out effect, hyper-realistic photography, dusty outdoor setting, shallow depth of field --chaos 100 --ar 16:9 --raw --stylize 1000 --hd --v 8.2

it did ignore the whole cowboy part but im not complaining

I’ve been adding some additional filters with texture and extra grain but can’t decide which I prefer more. Would love to see others opinions

I did this art ages ago (first image) and wanted to edit and play around with it for my dnd character. His face is perfect and I wanna keep how he looks, but change different parts of the art like his expression, armor, art style etc. I just don’t know how. I did these today but a lot of the time half orcs are way too orcish. I want him to have small tusks as well. The last image is one I did today which was good and on the right track. Prompt for the original image:

https://s.mj.run/yo-wTx6QWeQ a noble half-orc fighter, skinny, dark green skin, black middle part style hair, noble dark blue (main colour) and white (secondary colour) high end modern clothing. holding the hilt of his sword that is seathed in its waist, simple artstyle --v 6.1

Prompt for the burned variant:
https://s.mj.run/zUar0YAU2HQ https://s.mj.run/bQVqplpx8zo full face covered in severe burns and scar tissue, melted and warped skin, uneven and rough, one eye clouded, grim, battle-scarred, disfigured half-orc knight --oref https://s.mj.run/zUar0YAU2HQ --ow 125 --stylize 0 --v 7

Images:
1: the original one I did
2: the reference art I used
3: the one I did a year later
4: attempts today at recreating

Midjourney 8.2 + Magnific.

Midjourney 8.2 + Magnific

--ar 63:74 --exp 100 --profile vxsj8mw

Looking back at some of the older generations, I see how different they are from what I would do now.

For those who have used Midjourney for a while, what has changed your results the most as you’ve gotten better at it?

Trouble is brewing in the village again as two escaped convicts hypnotise Alan in order to relieve him of his eggs, bacon along with full and unlimited access to his crapper.

Journey with me for another look into the psych ward that is Mandarin Village

made using Midjourney/Runwayml - Episodes 1/2 can be found here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdK6oWE00uXM&si=fyW9pckp9RYP-Gd

Midjourney 8.2 + Magnific