The Sorcerer's Apprentice

A series based on a five year old selfie given to Midjourney to ‘describe’. Along with a bit of tweaking for the whole time traveller bit.

Source image sent to Midjourney’s /describe command at the end of this post. Use yours for even better results.

Here I am working in a 19th century university somewhere in Somewherelandia as a physics prof. Circa 1889 ish.

Me: You want an extension on last week’s assignment Tyler? Ahh, …. no.

Midjourney prompt:

A selfie of the professor in a 19th century lecture hall, he is smiling and wearing glasses with silver frames. He has curly gray hair and some facial hair on his chin and upper lip. The background appears to be a classroom setting. There’s a clear focus in front of him that could represent an object being held up for a video call. It seems like it was taken by one person using their phone camera. –ar 47:64 –style raw –v 6.1 –p zy35zex

Me as science officer (LOL!) on the Nostromo on the 6 year mission right before the Alien ‘incident’.

Great ship the Nostromo. A modfied Lockmartn (aka Lockheed Martin for you historians) CM-88B Bison M-Class star freighter, featuring an impressive length of 334 meters and a width of 215 meters. Its propulsion system, the PratWhit (Prat and Whitnney for you historians) Tyacondra MK-600 variant was capable of 63 giagaNewtons (GN) of propulsion. This made it a vessel capable of carrying significant cargo. In particular the 2km-long Ore Mark 4 resource refinery.

I was pretty crushed by the lose of it’s crew and vessel on its next run. Ripply had the cutest cat and she was real nice in a real way. 😦

Midjourney prompt:

A selfie of an older white man with silver hair and glasses, smiling at the camera, wearing a blue jacket over a t-shirt. He has a grey goatee beard and is in the AI-infused command centre of a futuristic deep space starship, using Apple AirPods Max headphones. The background is cream-white, covered in glowing yellow LED point lights in precise horizontal and vertical rows; the image is a realistic photograph shot on a Nikon D850 with a fisheye 6mm high-end lens. –ar 47:64 –style raw –v 6.1 –p zy35zex

A bad time continuum drop. Ancient apocalyptic Athens meant trouble. I’d read the briefing.

Me: Sugarman! Take me away from this bad bad place!!

Suit AI/Sugarman: Xanax 7.5 mg injected. Tell to save! Report psych parameters in two minutes. Reminder set.

Midjourney prompt:

A selfie of an attractive middle-aged man inside an ancient Greek Temple with curly gray hair and hi-tech VR glasses, wearing earbuds in his ears, a rifle slung over his shoulder, and smiling at the camera; he is dressed in military high-tech futuristic body-armour clothes. The background should be simple to focus on but still reveal the ancient Greek temple. Use natural lighting from above in the style of highway photography. –ar 47:64 –v 6.1 –p zy35zex

Best way to deal with the post-apocalypse phase is to go on a daily walk and watch nature reclaim what was its in the first place. Go Us!

Midjourney prompt:

A selfie of a grey-haired, bespectacled scientist with a goatee, smiling at the camera while wearing an earpiece for a Zoom call. The background is a devastated post-apocalyptic city with nature reclaiming it. –ar 47:64 –style raw –v 6.1 –p zy35zex

Original (send to Midjourney’s /describe command)