Did this in Mid-J with this prompt..."Mercator map engraved on skull greyscale 3D height map. --q 2 --v 4"

another 

praying mantis in a tutu. so many legs, lol! wombo gave me these

and these

I rather like this one 

an ancient map carved into a human skull

@ bakapo

however inappropo it might be, i could simply kiss you right now... what delightful mantis!! oh, i'm so tickled, and please know & be aware that i mean it most sincerely when i say you have absolutely, 100%, made my day, and most likely my weekend as well. thank you for your generosity!!!

You're  welcome Giana! I'm glad you like them.

Best one I could get.  bakapo you had some great ones.

How about some zombie mantis in a tutu...

Love the skull maps, gill. Mine fared not so great, closest I got was obviously not human with 3 rows of teeth. Maybe I'll try your prompt & see how it goes. Mantis in a tutu is cute & funny, insect ballerinas, why not? After all, if fleas can have a circus why not other performing arts? Don't think they do rock & heavy metal, though, probably best to leave that to the hamsters.

Or just a normal view, since they are a very cool critter... 

Don't  say something unless you mean it...

Meet the R&R Mantises 

Ha ha, cool stuff Len!  The hamsters were looking for a backup band to go on tour with...  :)

R&R Mantises? We're not worthy! We're not worthy! 

Rock on dudes...

a couple more dancers

You guys are crazzzy!!!!!   lol

I resemble that remark

A bit more craziness.  Maybe they are a punk rock band...

the bug band is awesome!

I've been digging in the back yard, (oops, I mean wombo) but the skull I found didn't have a map. 

a silverfish insect would like to try out for a spot in the band...

Time to get my can of Raid soon, lol...

I found a few skulls that have some interesting carvings.  Maybe you need to hold it up to the light to see the map...  ;)

OMG, just look at all of you wonderfully crazy beautiful people playing with prompts!!

gotta say EACH of you has put a smile on my face this morn, so thank you all so very very much!! j'adore all the ballet dancing, rocking & a'rolling, bug bands very VERY much. i am quite sure i'll be re.visiting these fun images from time to time, and playing with you folks brings a bit of lightness/brightness to my world, so thank you for that as well :))

and Perry? wanna say esp. to you that your graceful ballet mantis are, well, sublime - in particular the 4th [bottom, right] iteration - there's just something magickal there for me...

but please, no Raid...hehe [bad Perry, bad, bad, thwap!!] ;)

Love all the skulls, with maps and without.  Must say a person must be desperate for materials to use if you resort to skulls.  ( I would be worried that I might be the next "map".)

Buggy Holley and the Crickets

Hope it is not too late to audition for the mantis band.  We had a small problem getting here.  We are supposed to be a trio but at the last minute Charlie couldn't make it.  He croaked!

Oh, playing catchup and tittering over here.  All those mantis are just too funny.

Love those carved skulls too.  Almost as good as the tiara wearing skull that is in front of my on my desk :)

I was try'in to get something from lyrics of this

Looking out my Back Door

didn't quite work out like I wanted

Guess I'll go back to watching Football now

A classic case of "the elephant in the room" ??  hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Maybe not what you wanted Len, but some cool stuff none the less.  Can't go wrong with CCR.  That Buggy Holly and The Crickets cracked me up, lol... ;)

Ladylake - The third on croaked, now that;s a moaner, ha...

Got some fantasy stuff I've been mess'n around with, here is one that I like...

Hey man rohl it wasn't Sympathy for the Devil I was thinking about on your Chhulu post it was Time is on my Side

skulls, elephants, bug musicians, and warrior girls... wow, this is all good stuff, guys! 

Not exactly what I was hoping for but I like the result anyway....

"the tale of the giant stone eater
And how the earth was ravaged
During the years of the great stone shortage"

Just following up on some stuff nothin special

Ah, that's better :)

Len, your bugs are creeping me out!!

No bugs from me today, just a bit of Pumpkin Spice. https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3088682/pumpkin-spice

Also this. Any suggestion how to fix the legs without cropping if at all possible? Pretty sure cats don't stand like that, at least none of mine did. Or if so, I never caught 'em doing it. 

Gill, your stone eaters remind me of a movie call Troll, so cool.  Also trying to recreate Len's bug to see if I could get close, lol, just need that full view prompt word for V4.  Such a nice furry kitty Byrdie, hope you csn find a way to get the legs all in the right place.  I should do more SD to get a feel with the wording, time, or where is the time...

I'll try ant ant first,  (ant, high detail metal, steampunk, photorealistic, full view, 8K, HDR, ray tracing, giger)

Bakapo - You sure have some interesting things in your backyard, what else might you dig up...  ;)

Bugs and Giger go so good together eh...

How about a cricket... 

oooo... he's lovely!!! pretty pretty pretty!! ^bounce^

maybe also try a cicada/locust? :))

or even a dragonfly.. some variations are exceptionally elegant and would be utterly beautiful as metal :))

Or how about combining the two, ya, a new trick I learned in Midjourney...

And if things were not crazy enough, the pandora's box of possibilites keeps on going.  You can combine all kinds of images to create something new.  My to do list just keeps getting longer and longer, lol.  Here's the Youtube vid on how to do it, about 3:20 in, but the whole vid is good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjVa5AxCGQ

Giana - So sorry for not thinking of a dragon fly sooner, so obvious eh, lol.  I remember when I was a kid playing by a pond in the countryside with my younger brother.  A group of three very big green shiny dragonfly's flew over to us and started to buzz about very aggresively.  I swear they were checking us out for a snack, so we ran back to the house and those mean buggers followed us half way at least.  They are cool, thank goodness not as big as they used to be, ever see a fossil of a prehistoric one...  ;)

primary food stable for dragonflies are mozzies. if those were about, then the dragonflies were p'raps chasing their food source as much as the mozzies were chasing theirs/you ;)

or, well, maybe you were simply just tasty back then, hey? >poke<

So just for an example of just two, not sure what the limit will be,  cicada peaky blinders, oh no... 

And you get something like this with no prompt...  

Now I'm off to find some giger dragonfly's...  ;)

The dragonfly search is going well, both in Wombo and Mid-J.  This is one that appeared in Wombo, I have no idea where it came from, but felt like it needed to be shared.  Strangest dragonfly I've ever seen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BBFQUh6Dko

This is amazing!

rhol_figament posted at 7:40 PM Sun, 20 November 2022 - #4449713

Gill, your stone eaters remind me of a movie call Troll, so cool.  Also trying to recreate Len's bug to see if I could get close, lol, just need that full view prompt word for V4.  Such a nice furry kitty Byrdie, hope you csn find a way to get the legs all in the right place.  I should do more SD to get a feel with the wording, time, or where is the time...

I'll try ant ant first,  (ant, high detail metal, steampunk, photorealistic, full view, 8K, HDR, ray tracing, giger)

Thank you ACue, it's just too fun.  I look forward to see some more of your AI visions...  ;)