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Setting Up Your Own Midjourney Server | Easy & Fast

Have you ever wanted to have your own private Midjourney AI art generation server? Setting up your own Midjourney Discord server is an easy way to access the powerful AI art capabilities of Midjourney, including creating images from text prompts, without the limitations or crowds of the public servers.

In this comprehensive guide, I‘ll walk you through the quick and simple process for creating and configuring your own Midjourney Discord server for AI art generation. Whether you‘re an artist, designer, content creator, developer or just experimenting with AI, having your own Midjourney server provides better control, privacy and convenience. Let‘s get started!

Step 1: Create a Midjourney Account

First, you‘ll need a paid Midjourney account which provides access to the Midjourney bots and features. Midjourney currently offers monthly and quarterly subscription plans starting from $10 per month.

To sign up:

  1. Go to midjourney.com and click ‘Join the Beta‘
  2. Choose your preferred subscription plan
  3. Follow the prompts to setup your account and payment

Once your account is setup, you‘ll gain access to the Midjourney Discord servers where the AI bot resides.

Step 2: Create a New Discord Server

With your access confirmed, it‘s time to create your own new Discord server that will house the Midjourney bot.

  1. Open the Discord app on your desktop or mobile device
  2. Click the + button to add a server
  3. Select the ‘Create My Own‘ option
  4. Give your new server a name like ‘My Midjourney Art‘
  5. Click Create Server

Your new empty Discord server is now ready and waiting for the Midjourney bot!

Step 3: Add the Midjourney Bot

Now comes the fun part – adding the actual Midjourney bot to your Discord server to enable AI art generation.

  1. From the Midjourney Discord server, locate the Midjourney bot account
  2. Right click on the bot name and select ‘Copy ID‘
  3. In your new server, open the Add Bot menu
  4. Paste in the copied Midjourney Bot ID
  5. Authorize adding the bot by clicking ‘Continue‘

You have now successfully added the Midjourney bot to your personal Discord server!

Step 4: Configure Your Midjourney Bot

With the bot installed, it‘s time to configure your Midjourney server and bot for the best experience.

Enable Latest Version

Make sure your server is using the latest Midjourney bot version with the newest capabilities and features for optimal AI image generation:

  1. In your server, type /imagine capabilities to check bot version
  2. If needed, type /imagine upgrade to upgrade to v4

Set Default Generation Style

You can set a default art style for your bot instead of specifying styles every prompt. Pick your preferred aesthetic:

/imagine style [style]

Example styles are Mystical, Vibrant, Pastel and more. Find all available styles with /imagine styles

Customize Image Size

Adjust the default output image dimensions based on your needs:

/imagine settings size [size]

Where [size] is 512×512, 256×256, 1024×1024 etc.

And that‘s it! Your dedicated Midjourney Discord server is now fully setup and ready to start generating amazing AI art at your command!

Using Your Midjourney Bot

With your own Midjourney server configured, start creating by typing prompts.

To generate an image, use the format:

/imagine [prompt]

Where [prompt] describes the art you want to create.

Some example prompts:

/imagine a scenic view of a lake in a vibrant magical forest 
/imagine a cute baby sea otter wearing a bowtie, detailed digital art
/imagine code syntax highlighting theme, holo dark style

The Midjourney bot will process your text and generate a unique AI-created image. Experiment with different prompts and settings for novel creations.

As you become more familiar with the system, you can fine-tune images with parameters, modifiers and options. But the basics above are all you need to start creating!

Extra Tips for Midjourney

Here are some additional pro tips for leveling up your private Midjourney server:

  • Add chat channels for prompts and sharing creations
  • Create member roles with selective imagine command access
  • Set explicit content filters appropriately for your use case
  • Preview NSFW content in hidden channels
  • Change server region to optimize bot response time
  • Schedule an auto-suspend to limit costs (paid accounts only)
  • Connect mobile for on-the-go imagining during downtime

The same core Midjourney AI is powering every server, but the flexibility of Discord allows you to tailor the experience to suit your needs.

Why Set Up Your Own Midjourney Server?

So those are the steps to create your own Midjourney AI art server – but why go through the trouble?

Here are some of the biggest benefits of having your own bot-enabled Discord server versus relying on the public Midjourney servers:

  • No crowds or queues for image generation, get instant bot response instead of waiting behind 1000s of users
  • Increased privacy for your prompts and creations
  • Ability to fine-tune default settings like style and size instead re-specifying every time
  • Save all your generated images in your own server rather than cluttering public channels
  • Avoid nosey observers snooping through your prompt history
  • Experiment with niche interests outside of mainstream topics
  • Curation abilities like private channels, role-based access and content filters
  • More control over managing costs and usage with server-level suspend

For prolific Midjourney users, having dedicated access to the AI art bot massively improves the entire experience.

While Midjourney continues to advance their technology and creativity flows from their public community, you‘ll now have a comfortable seat of your own at the AI art table!

Next Steps with Midjourney

I hope this guide has demystified the process of setting up your own Midjourney Discord server. With your dedicated playground ready, here are some suggestions on where to explore next:

  • Check out advanced prompt programming guides to take your images to the next level
  • Brush up on modifiers and parameters for finer creative control
  • Learn how to iteratively improve images through upscaling and variations
  • Study the workflows of professional Midjourney artists and creators
  • Join communities of fellow Midjourney users to exchange ideas
  • Try complementary AI tools like Dall-E 2 and Stable Diffusion
  • Export and integrate your AI art into videos, 3D and real-world applications

The possibilities are truly endless when you have an AI co-pilot for realization ready at your fingertips!

If you found this tutorial helpful, let me know in the comments if you’d like to see any specific follow-on topics covered in more detail. I’m planning to create further pro guides on using Midjourney creatively across a number of professional domains.

Now – stop reading and go create something magical with your new personal Midjourney server! I can’t wait to see what your AI art bot dreams up for you.