Get Your Midjourney Characters Looking the Same Every Time

Creating the exact same character in Midjourney across different scenes can be tricky. You want your character to look right every time, no matter the action or background. This guide gives you the best steps we know for achieving consistent character looks quickly and easily.

Start with a Pose Sheet and Crefs

Create the Pose Sheet

First, make a pose sheet. This is one image with three side-by-side pictures of your character. Make sure these three pictures match closely. They show your character from different angles or in simple poses.

[H3]Generate Cref Images[/H2]

Next, turn that pose sheet into six reference images (Crefs) for Midjourney. Three of these Crefs should be close-ups of your character's face. The other three capture the character's full body or as much as you have generated. Remember, Midjourney uses Crefs for *design ideas*, but they don't guarantee consistency by themselves. Think of them as inspiration for the AI.

Use a Mood Board for Style Consistency

Using a mood board is very helpful. For consistent characters, you want your overall art style to stay much the same across images. A good mood board helps Midjourney stick to a certain look and feel, reducing unwanted style changes.

Build a Simple Starting Prompt

Write a basic prompt for your character. Keep it simple with very few descriptive words. The idea is to make it general enough that Midjourney can create many different scenes for your character. Make sure you include all your Crefs in this prompt. Add the `--repeat 5` parameter. This gives you 20 images. Look at these results. See what Midjourney gets right and, importantly, what things change a lot.

Refine Your Prompt: Create a Powerful Suffix

Identify Variations

The variations in the results show you what Midjourney is having trouble keeping consistent. It could be eye color, clothing details, or even the shape of the character's face.

[H3]Add Specific Descriptions[/H2]

To fix these changing elements, add simple, clear descriptions to your prompt. Describe the eye color (e.g., "brown eyes"). Describe the clothing or accessories specifically. You might even describe the hair style by name (Google can help find names for cuts) or a specific type of clothing like "A-line dress."

Describe each part carefully so there is only one way Midjourney can understand it. The more specific you are about these parts, the more consistent your character will become.

Repeat and Refine

Take your basic prompt and add these specific descriptions. Run it again. See what is still inconsistent. Add more details to the prompt to fix those issues. Repeat this process until most of your generated images show your character correctly and consistently. This detailed part of your prompt becomes your character "suffix." It contains all the information Midjourney needs to generate your specific character, independent of the scene or action.

Feeling overwhelmed by the prompt refinement process? The Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT can help streamline steps like prompt building and testing, making it easier to find that perfect suffix faster.

Save Your Character as a Custom Parameter

Once your character suffix is working well, save it in Midjourney using the `/prefer option set` command.

Copy the Generation Prompt

Find one of your best character generations. Click 'More', then 'Copy', then 'Copy Prompt'. This copies the whole prompt, including the Cref links, as text to your clipboard.

Set the Custom Option in Discord

Go to Discord and message the Midjourney bot. Type `/prefer option set`.

Under the 'option' field, type your character's name (no spaces, not a Midjourney command).

Press 'tab' twice. Under the 'value' field, paste the text you copied.

Clean Up the Value

Edit the pasted text. Keep only the part that describes your character (the suffix) and the Cref links. Remove anything specific about a scene or any aspect ratio parameters. Do not change the Cref links themselves. Press enter when you are done.

Now you have a custom parameter for your character. For example, `--hannah`. When you type this in your prompt, it adds all your character details and Crefs automatically.

Simplify managing all your character variations and custom parameters with the Midjourney Automation Suite by TitanXT. It helps keep track of your best settings and prompts for different characters.

Consider Prominence for Character Generation

Prominence Matters

Midjourney usually does best with character consistency when the character's face is clear and takes up a good amount of space in the image. If the character is far away or small, consistency can drop. Your mood board style can help here if it guides the AI to keep characters prominent.

Start Close, Zoom Later

Even if you want a full scene, start by generating your character up close using your custom parameter (e.g., `--hannah`). Once you have a good likeness, use the editor's zoom feature to work outwards. When zooming out, you might remove the Crefs for a step or two. This lets Midjourney focus its power on creating the scene and background without trying to force the character's face where it might not fit. Once the scene looks good, you can re-add your character parameter to refine the character details in the wider view.

Adding More Characters

You can use similar steps for a second character. Generate each character individually first. Then, you can use the editor to combine them into one image by making sure both characters have good prominence and potentially editing one face at a time to get it right. Taking it slow and doing a few extra generations helps get good likeness for both.

Managing multiple characters and different scene generations can be complex. The Midjourney Automation Suite from TitanXT is built to help you handle these workflows, making character consistency across different images and scenes much easier.

Conclusion

Following these steps – starting with references, refining your prompt into a powerful suffix, using custom parameters, and considering prominence – helps you get your Midjourney characters looking consistent across many different generations. It takes a little practice, but the results are worth it for building a cast of reliable characters for your projects.