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Dreams of Night

I wrote this poem in college, and attempted illustrating it. Here is the poem in entire:

For Dreams: a dram of drowsy dust.
To Doze: a cup of peacefulness.
For Sleep: a slice of solitude.
While all the world lies in mist
which hides all things in bluish shadows,
framed by window lit with candles.
Read this poem with eyes shut tight,
snug betwixt the jaws of night.
Know this child, then know no more,
droves of dreams are at the door.

If you have comments or feedback, feel free to leave it here. If you'd like to commission a custom 3D model, I can help you with that. All prompts used with the Midjourney AI model.

Original Image

My original Dreams of Night image:
This was made as four seperate scenes, and merged at the raster stage. As a result, the composition was not as cohesive as might have been hoped, even if I was thinking about such things at the time.

Midjourney Style Study

The first four were just the basic suggestions from the Describe function.

Describe function suggestion number 1, which I think hits closest of the four at what I was originally going for. Fascinating that "confessional" is in there.
Prompt:
dreams of night by paul stencter, in the style of storybook-esque, bryce 3d, bone, light and space, villagecore, confessional, flat shading --ar 6:7 --q .25

Describe function suggestion number 2, getting a bit of a swiss-cheese vibe from this one, and it's not working for me.
Prompt:
dreams of night by paul smyth on deviantart, in the style of cartoon mis-en-scene, light yellow and dark purple, primitive structures, illuminated manuscript-esque, empty space, bryce 3d, bone --ar 6:7 --q .25

Describe function suggestion number 3, where did all the skulls come from?
Prompt:
dreams of night by paul sylvestryd, in the style of cartoonish elements, light and shadow play, villagecore, vanitas, rendered in maya, fine brushwork, bone --ar 6:7 --q .25

Describe function suggestion number 4, this is just kind of bland and trite. Not impressed.
Prompt:
dreams of night 0 by paul aristotle, in the style of whimsical cartoonish scenes, gothic atmosphere, rendered in maya, primitive structures, innovative page design, inky shadows, ps1 graphics --ar 6:7 --q .25

Okay, here I attempted to collect the descriptions that worked best. I also added "clustered dripping candles, flowing mist, droves of dreams" to try to push it in the right direction.
Prompt:
dreams of night in the style of cartoon mis-en-scene, light yellow and dark purple, light and shadow play, primitive structures, illuminated manuscript-esque, clustered dripping candles, flowing mist, droves of dreams --ar 6:7 --q .25

That worked pretty well, so I ramped up the height, switched to V5, and increased the stylization and quality.
Prompt:
dreams of night in the style of cartoon mis-en-scene, light yellow and dark purple, light and shadow play, primitive structures, illuminated manuscript-esque, clustered dripping candles, flowing mist, droves of dreams --ar 6:16 --q 1.25 --s 450 --v 5

Maybe a bit too much s&q. Also added some chaos to get more variation.
Prompt:
dreams of night in the style of cartoon mis-en-scene, light yellow and dark purple, light and shadow play, primitive structures, illuminated manuscript-esque, clustered dripping candles, flowing mist, droves of dreams --ar 6:16 --q .5 --s 350 --v 5 --c 10

I think that turned out pretty well! I really like the different takes on these themes.

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