How to Create a Minimalist Hand-Drawn Animal in 16:9 Aspect Ratio with Midjourney

Adair Lee
4 min readJun 17, 2023

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Learn how to use visual elements like line, shape, composition, contrast and more to create a clean and simple illustration of a dog, elephant, giraffe, lion, penguin, zebra, or monkey in a minimalist style with Midjourney.

Midjourney prompts:

simple hand drawn a [animal], its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, [visual element], ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16


simple hand drawn a dog, its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, color, ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16

simple hand drawn a elephant, its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, pattern, ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16

simple hand drawn a giraffe, its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, texture, ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16

simple hand drawn a lion, its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, composition, ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16

simple hand drawn a penguin, its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, line, ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16

simple hand drawn a zebra, its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, shape, ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16

simple hand drawn a monkey, its side of the body facing us, . in style of minimalist illustrator, minimalist cartooning, figurative minimalisam, contrast, ar 16: 9 no arguments --v 5.1 --ar 9:16

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Adair Lee
Adair Lee

Written by Adair Lee

Experienced full-stack developer proficient in C#, Python, and web development, with 20+ years of Google SEO expertise and successful entrepreneurship.