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David Bates

@David_Bates

articles: 34
total claps: 3,481
top claps: 286
avg read: 12.9 min
paywalled: 34
active: 2026-04-30 → 2026-07-09

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AI · AI · General · 34 MM · Multimodal & Generative Media · 27 PE · Prompt Engineering · 4 👗 · Fashion · 4 📚 · Books & Reading · 3 ✍️ · Writing & Creative · 2 🔬 · Science · General · 2 🔧 · Data Engineering · 1

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#generative-ai-tools ·33 #ai-art ·28 #midjourney ·26 #midjourney-prompts ·26 #midjourney-how-to ·18 #ai ·15 #nano-banana ·4 #generative-art ·3 #midjourney-ai ·3 #json-prompting ·2

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DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Dropping Midjourney Info 15 — Week of May 18th, 2026

Updated — MJ Updates and Office Hours Notes, 20 SREFs of the Day, 18 Profile Images of Famous Musicians, and 45 New Moodboard Codes

May 21, 2026 · 20 min read · 286 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #generative-ai-tools

Dropping Midjourney Info 15 — Week of May 18th, 2026

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Still More Midjourney Moodboards — Individual and Blended Codes For You

Explore This Splendid Group of Stunning Moodboards

Jun 22, 2026 · 9 min read · 212 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to

Still More Midjourney Moodboards — Individual and Blended Codes For You

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Info 22 — Week of July 6th, 2026

Keep up with the team at Midjourney, and get some free resources!

Jul 09, 2026 · 18 min read · 182 claps paywalled #ai #generative-ai-tools #midjourney

Midjourney Info 22 — Week of July 6th, 2026

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

50+ Midjourney SREFs Inspected by Sergeant SREF

Explore Individual and Blended SREFs with 2 or 3 SREF IDs

Jun 12, 2026 · 11 min read · 179 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to

50+ Midjourney SREFs Inspected by Sergeant SREF

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Info Drop #14 — Week of May 11th, 2026

An article with MJ Updates, Aspect Ratios, Moodboards, Profile Codes, and SREFs

May 14, 2026 · 18 min read · 174 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #generative-ai-tools

Midjourney Info Drop #14 — Week of May 11th, 2026

AI HUM

DA David Bates · Kinomoto AI

Building JSON Prompts for AI Images 4 — AI Assistance

Querying AI for Learning and Building JSON Prompt Structures

May 06, 2026 · 11 min read · 163 claps paywalled #ai #ai-art #generative-ai-tools

Building JSON Prompts for AI Images 4 — AI Assistance

AI SOC

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Artistry on Facebook — Meet Another Prolific MJ Artist

View a Selection of Diverse Images on Facebook.

May 24, 2026 · 12 min read · 155 claps paywalled #midjourney #ai #ai-art

Midjourney Artistry on Facebook — Meet Another Prolific MJ Artist

AI LIF HUM

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Images Inspired By Medium Writers

Finding Inspiration to Create AI Images from Articles on Medium

Jun 08, 2026 · 7 min read · 148 claps paywalled #ai-art #midjourney #midjourney-prompts

Midjourney Images Inspired By Medium Writers

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Info Drop #13 — Week of May 4th, 2026

Midjourney News Updates, 10 Expert Prompts, 16 SREF Retextures, and 15 NEW Profile Codes

May 07, 2026 · 17 min read · 141 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to

Midjourney Info Drop #13 — Week of May 4th, 2026

AI ART

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Info 21 — Week of June 29th, 2026

What’s Happening with Midjourney, Art Styles, Artists, SREF IDs and Moodboards

Jul 01, 2026 · 19 min read · 138 claps paywalled #ai #midjourney #midjourney-how-to

Midjourney Info 21 — Week of June 29th, 2026

AI ART

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Info 20 — Week of June 22nd, 2026

Office Hours Notes, A Quick Tour of an SREF in Style Explorer, A Unique MJ Daily Theme Prompt, 28 Images from SREF IDs

Jun 25, 2026 · 12 min read · 122 claps paywalled #midjourney #generative-ai-tools #ai-art

Midjourney Info 20 — Week of June 22nd, 2026

AI SCI

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Info 18 — Week of June 8th, 2026

Midjourney News and Office Hours Recap, MJ Resources on the Web, 25 Moodboards, and Mathematical SREF IDs

Jun 11, 2026 · 16 min read · 115 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to

Midjourney Info 18 — Week of June 8th, 2026

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Info 19 — Part II

A Quick Update of Midjourney News from June 17th, 2026

Jun 18, 2026 · 9 min read · 113 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-ai

AI MDA

DA David Bates · Kinomoto AI

“All Ye Be Merry!” — Words and AI Images for the 31 Days of May

An image essay of May Flowers, Events, People, and Quotes

May 02, 2026 · 26 min read · 104 claps paywalled #ai #ai-art #nano-banana-pro

“All Ye Be Merry!” — Words and AI Images for the 31 Days of May

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Discovering Midjourney Art and Artists on Facebook and X

Exploring the work of a newly discovered MJ Artist

May 09, 2026 · 9 min read · 89 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to

Discovering Midjourney Art and Artists on Facebook and X

AI ART

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Updated — Midjourney Info Drop #12 — Week of April 27th, 2026

Midjourney Update News, Midjourney Office Hours Recap, Style Reference IDs (SREFs), and Moodboards

Apr 30, 2026 · 15 min read · 88 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #ai-art

Updated — Midjourney Info Drop #12 — Week of April 27th, 2026

DA David Bates · Kinomoto AI

Plug-and-Play Text Prompts for You from an Expert on X

Here are 10 Expert Prompts You Can Use Right Away

Jul 06, 2026 · 10 min read · 86 claps paywalled #ai #ai-art #generative-ai-tools

Plug-and-Play Text Prompts for You from an Expert on X

AI SCI

DA David Bates · Kinomoto AI

Having Fun With Nano Banana 2 at OpenArt AI

Try Some Experiments with These 6 Amazing Prompts

Jun 16, 2026 · 16 min read · 82 claps paywalled #ai #ai-art #nano-banana

Having Fun With Nano Banana 2 at OpenArt AI

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Shh! Quiet! Midjourney Testing New Features Now!

Midjourney Developers are Listening and Working Hard to Deliver What Users Want

Jun 14, 2026 · 4 min read · 81 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to

Shh! Quiet! Midjourney Testing New Features Now!

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DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

My Midjourney Info 16 — Week of May 25th, 2026

MJ News and Office Hours Summary, A Panoramic Aspect Ratio, Tiling with SREFs, Floral Arrangements with SREFs, and Science Fiction…

May 28, 2026 · 21 min read · 79 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to

My Midjourney Info 16 — Week of May 25th, 2026

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Quick Midjourney Update — v8.2 Release is Close and More News

Another update to the Preview option and the Midjourney Medical project

Jul 04, 2026 · 5 min read · 79 claps paywalled #ai #generative-ai-tools #midjourney

Quick Midjourney Update — v8.2 Release is Close and More News

DA David Bates · Kinomoto AI

Building JSON Prompts for AI Images 5 — Transformations

Using JSON to transform an existing image reference

May 18, 2026 · 13 min read · 73 claps paywalled #ai #ai-art #generative-ai-tools

Building JSON Prompts for AI Images 5 — Transformations

AI TCH

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

A New Feature for Draft Mode in Midjourney v8.1

Midjourney quietly releases a new way to use SREF Random IDs

Jun 26, 2026 · 8 min read · 72 claps paywalled #ai-art #generative-ai-tools #midjourney

A New Feature for Draft Mode in Midjourney v8.1

DA David Bates · Kinomoto AI

June is Bustin’ Out All Over! Words and AI Images for the 30 Days of June

Inspiring Images and Words that Capture June in all Its Glory

May 27, 2026 · 20 min read · 65 claps paywalled #ai #ai-art #nano-banana

June is Bustin’ Out All Over! Words and AI Images for the 30 Days of June

DA David Bates · Enthusiastically Midjourney

Midjourney Artistry Shared on Facebook — Introducing Another Artist

I Have Learned a lot from Following This Artist and Her Posts

Jun 03, 2026 · 8 min read · 60 claps paywalled #midjourney #midjourney-prompts #midjourney-how-to