Midjourney to Material experiments

Midjourney output to Material experiment, created in minutes with Substance Sampler - Could be pushed a lot further with time. (Image Prompt - picture of some brick damage)

Midjourney output to Material experiment, created in minutes with Substance Sampler - Could be pushed a lot further with time. (Image Prompt - picture of some brick damage)

Midjourney output to Material experiment, created in minutes with Substance Sampler - Could be pushed a lot further with time. (Image prompt - square on picture of terracotta tiles)

Midjourney output to Material experiment, created in minutes with Substance Sampler - Could be pushed a lot further with time. (Image prompt - square on picture of terracotta tiles)

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "old grungey worn surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "old grungey worn surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "old worn plaster surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "old worn plaster surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs (Prompt: "old worn grime surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs (Prompt: "old worn grime surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Image Prompt: "a pic of black and white marble like cracks square on" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Image Prompt: "a pic of black and white marble like cracks square on" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "old rusted metal surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "old rusted metal surface, black and white" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable.

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "rust discoloration in grayscale" )

Grunge map creation test - raw outputs. Editing would be required to make tileable. (Prompt: "rust discoloration in grayscale" )

Easy to tile, though more specific grunges can be built from multiple outputs.

Easy to tile, though more specific grunges can be built from multiple outputs.

Quick Pattern generation for easy usage in materials. (Prompt: "medieval traditional pattern" )

Quick Pattern generation for easy usage in materials. (Prompt: "medieval traditional pattern" )

Quick Pattern generation for easy usage in materials.

Quick Pattern generation for easy usage in materials.

Easy generated pages for prop books and notes etc

Easy generated pages for prop books and notes etc

Concepting exploration and fun! (Prompt: "concept art of a stone building with alien tech jammed in, highly detailed" )

Concepting exploration and fun! (Prompt: "concept art of a stone building with alien tech jammed in, highly detailed" )

Concepting exploration and fun!

Concepting exploration and fun!

Concepting exploration and fun! PS to blend these 3 individual outputs to one image. (Prompt: "concept art of a broken stone pillar, highly detailed")

Concepting exploration and fun! PS to blend these 3 individual outputs to one image. (Prompt: "concept art of a broken stone pillar, highly detailed")

Concepting exploration and fun! (Prompt: "concept art of a medieval wall with alien tech jammed in, highly detailed, sketch" )

Concepting exploration and fun! (Prompt: "concept art of a medieval wall with alien tech jammed in, highly detailed, sketch" )

Concepting exploration and fun! (Prompt: "concept art of a medieval wall with alien tech jammed in, highly detailed, sketch" )

Concepting exploration and fun! (Prompt: "concept art of a medieval wall with alien tech jammed in, highly detailed, sketch" )

I recently got access to the Midjourney Beta and have been having a blast experimenting with it and it's applications towards material creation.
The ability to use AI to create a Library of Grunges and iterate on outputs suitable for Bitmap to Material like workflows is an exciting prospect. To be able to create patterns, grunges and specific noise types almost instantly and iterate on them has huge implications for material authoring (I mean this is going to affect a lot of art mediums I imagine, but focusing on materials here).
Need a Traditional Japanese Inspired pattern to slap on some tiles? Generate a huge amount of ideas in minutes. Need some rust inspired grunge maps to push something forward? Again, making in minutes. Some posters, or book pages for a scene? - got em.

These are my experiments from over the weekend and I am excited in exploring more and seeing how far this goes! Almost all of the images posted are raw outputs from Midjourney.

You can sign up for their private beta here http://bit.ly/3J2NNVs

Date
June 5, 2022