Midjourney and the OG Designers — Thoughts?

by Jelena Smiljkovic

Hey fellow designers, quick question for you. Anyone here using Midjourney regularly in their design or content work? I’ve been in the web design/dev space for 13+ years and used to lean fully on Procreate for illustrations. Lately, I’ve been experimenting more with AI-generated visuals. I’ve started using Midjourney to create images for blog posts and websites. Apparently, it’s really growing fast. I came across some stats that are pretty impressive: 20 to 40 jobs are submitted every second, and 80% of users go premium within a week. Worth a read: https://embryo.com/blog/midjourney-stats-the-rise-of-ai-in-visual-creativity And honestly, I totally get why it’s growing. When the prompt is right, it delivers some great visuals. But a lot of the time, I’m still figuring it out. I read tutorials and experience-based articles, trying to understand how to get better results. That feels like the key right now: learning how to prompt well. It works, but only if you can speak its language. I get that the new crew coming into the space is starting with all these AI tools by default. But I’m curious how are the OG designers here feeling about it? Does it affect your workflow at all? Are you using it, avoiding it, experimenting like me?