Stop overthinking rough product mockups when you can't draw
A practical, opinionated way to use Midjourney for rough product mockups when you can't draw, with the step I always forget.
I almost didn't write this down, then I did it again and forgot half of it.
The task: rough product mockups when you can't draw. Midjourney helps here because still paints the most striking frames of the group.
Step two is the boring one people skip: clean the input before the tool touches it. Garbage in is still garbage out.
What I do differently, give it one job, not five. The moment you pile on asks, the output splits its attention and you get a polite nothing.
Step three is to set a limit. A timer on the task keeps the tool from becoming a thirty-minute rabbit hole.
The bit that matters: check the output against one real example before you trust it. One check beats a hundred promises.
The catch is that it's only as good as the example you feed it. A weak example gives a weak result, and that's on you.
I use it now without thinking, which is the highest praise I give a tool.