[Midjourney] Add more customization options for creature designs

While working on my short film **Vault of Dusk**, I generated a series of concept images in Midjourney to lock in the visual language before building the final shots for the movie. These images helped establish the tone, creature designs, and the overall **1980s dark fantasy film aesthetic** I wanted the project to feel like, something inspired by the atmosphere of old practical-effects fantasy films and grainy VHS-era visuals. **Vault of Dusk** is a dark fantasy short about a thief who steals a powerful **sun-gem** from a royal vault. The gem is the source of light for the kingdom, and removing it plunges the entire land into an unnatural twilight. As punishment for his greed, the only way to restore the world and reclaim his humanity is to hunt down four shadow monsters that now roam the darkened land and absorb their essence back into the gem. The film follows his journey through eerie environments like ruined castle towns, vine-choked cathedrals, glowing mushroom forests, and fog-covered coastlines, each one inhabited by a different creature born from the darkness. The tone is meant to feel like a **lost dark fantasy film from the 1980s**, with practical-effects inspired monsters and a heavy sense of atmosphere. The image in this post is one of the concept frames for a massive fungal entity that lives in a glowing forest hollow. Scenes like this helped define the visual style before assembling the full movie. If you’re interested in **AI filmmaking**, the finished short film is on **YouTube at Prowler Productions**. I’d love to hear your thoughts! [https://youtu.be/ZIKNAZ\_8cgA?si=W6O3XfAurqPwUXb0](https://youtu.be/ZIKNAZ_8cgA?si=W6O3XfAurqPwUXb0) Prompt (for the last image): A colossal fungus-inspired creature in a dark, magical forest. Stalk-like legs anchor it to the bioluminescent ground, while a glowing crown of mushroom caps pulses with eerie light. Mist swirls around its root-like arms, and spores drift through the fog. Scene captures wide, cinematic perspective, with desaturated colors, soft focus, analog-style film grain, muted cool tones, and a lo-fi, VHS-era fantasy movie style, volumetric fog, and practical-effects film aesthetic reminiscent of 1980s dark fantasy.