How I Use Midjourney to Create Featured Images for Articles

Generating unique and interesting featured images, you only need a Discord account and a little patience. Here’s how I use the tool.

Justin Cox
4 min readMar 16, 2023

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“a person commands a robot to create art” by Justin Cox and Midjourney

Generative AI is all the rage right now. There’s a lot of debate over how, when, and if the tools should be used. I’m not inherently against the tools. If people choose to use them, I believe that generative AI should always be cited.

While I’ve only published one article using a language learning model, I use Midjourney to generate all of my featured images. It adds a unique look compared to the dozens of overused stock photos plaguing the internet.

My Writing Community, a perk of subscribing to This Week In Writing, has a #midjourney channel. Over the weekend, I generated this week’s featured image live, with detailed explanations for the community. I captured that explanation here to walk you through my process.

Initial Prompt

To start generating an image, type /imagine and then whatever you want to create. If you've never used Midjourney, you'll be prompted to create an account. This is separate from My Writing Community.

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Justin Cox

I help writers and nonprofits grow. Editor of The Writing Cooperative. Contact at JustinCox.com