I have a five-book series that I’m trying to illustrate. There are about four main characters and roughly fifteen recurring characters overall that will need consistent visual representation throughout the project. In total, I expect the series to require around 225 illustrations.
I’ve been experimenting with Midjourney to learn the tool while building reference images for the different characters in a variety of styles to find the best fit. My concern is that many of the final illustrations will feature multiple characters together — scenes with three to five characters in a single image will be common.
From what I can tell, Midjourney’s Omni Reference system seems primarily designed around maintaining consistency for one character at a time. Anything more than a single character seems to require using the editor and layering. I can't imagine doing that for so many images.
Am I missing something obvious about how Midjourney approaches character consistency, especially in scenes with multiple recurring characters or is this just not the right tool for me?
[link] [comments] https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/1tnycsc/need_advice_for_character_consistency/