Most people are not aware that in Midjourney, you can actually create a custom coloring page from your own pics. All you have to do is use the character reference parameter to re-create your facial details.
The prompt format is very simple and its:
Coloring page style, then describe the person in the pic, and add white clothing and hair, white background, line art, white, thick lines, --cref image link –cw 50,
An example prompt will look like this:
coloring page style, woman wearing a white turtleneck top, white hair, white background, line art, white, thick lines, --cref https://s.mj.run/dBlcqUHzhrM --cw 50
Now, let me show you the step-by-step tutorial.
- First you need to login to your Midjourney account. For this tutorial, I’ll be using discord, and my own private server.
- Upload the image you want to use by clicking the plus button.
- Click on the uploaded image, and then right click on it again.
- Select copy image link.
- Next, go to the message area and type /imagine prompt:
- Enter the prompt above.
- You can now click enter.
When it’s done, you’ll get four coloring pages that look like the person in the image. Click on any of the four numbers under the image you like, then click on the upscaled result and copy the image.
Edit your coloring page with Canva
The next step is to login to Canva. Make a new design of 1000 by 1000 pixels and click create. Once it loads, right click on the page and select paste. Drag the edges to adjust it to fit the canvas. The last part is to choose the edit button at the top. Go to the adjust option. Change this option to “foreground” so that any edit you make will only affect the image.
Now, scroll down to the “white” option. You should increase it to remove the grey in the coloring page. You can also increase the “black” option to make the lines more pronounced. You can play around with the other settings to get the look you want, once you’re happy with the results, you can download the image and save it.
How to make money with custom coloring page
Now, you might be wondering how you can make money with this skill. Well, if you search the phrase “custom coloring page” on Etsy, you’ll see there are tons of people offering this service for a whole lot of money. You can also offer this service as a freelance artist on platforms like Fiverr or Upwork.
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