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Midjourney Token Bashing, Nano Banana, and Weavy with Marco Isle
Season 2 Episode 25
Rory and Drew invite creative polymath Marco Isle to do what this show does best: break Midjourney in interesting ways. It’s a token binge from shadow play, moonlight, GOBO shadows, datamosh, pixel smear, prismatic rainbow light streaks, and androgynous beauty plus where --exp actually makes images better (and where it ruins them).
They also crack open token bashing (smashing words to birth fresh visuals), show why aspect ratio is half the art, and steal moodboard fuel from Cosmos.so.
Then it gets dangerous.
Nano Banana enters the chat, turning one still into dozens of consistent shots with plain-English tweaks. They compare video stacks and frames workflows (Veo-3, Kling, keyframes), talk Weavy automation, and use a real “Book of Jonah” case study (42 scenes, ~5k images) to show how fast this all moves (and where it still breaks).
It’s Midjourney’s magic, but with receipts.
Keywords: Midjourney tokens, token bashing, EXP settings, aspect ratio, mood boards, Cosmos.so, Nano Banana, Weavy, frames, keyframes, Veo-3, Kling, AI image generation, Midjourney video, consistency, creative workflow.
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⏱️ Midjourney Fast Hour
00:00 — Cold open + guest intro (Marco Isle)
00:35 — Marco’s background: design → UX/UI → fashion
04:48 — Aesthetics vs. mechanics; the cooking/technique mindset
10:50 — “Rome Reimagined” + early Frames testing
15:59 — Token bashing & Marco’s custom GPT flow
20:59 — Favorite tokens: shadowplay & moonlight
21:32 — New token: gobo shadows (why it works)
22:19 — Glitch looks: pixel smear & datamosh
23:34 — Prismatic rainbow light streaks (stacking ideas)
23:54 — Androgynous beauty as a control aesthetic
25:22 — --exp sweet-spots (3, 7, 10, 13)27:17 — “Liturgical drift parade” prompt set
30:24 — Why Aspect Ratio is everything
34:12 — Idea sources: mood boards + Cosmos.so
38:54 — Nano Banana enters the chat (workflow + why it’s different)
42:15 — Case study: Book of Jonah (42 scenes, ~5k images)
43:03 — Video models: Veo-3 notes + start/end frame
43:33 — Weavy & automation; setting guardrails
50:00 — NanoBanana pros/cons; real-world limitations
52:51 — Frames: Kling vs others; aspect-ratio flips
55:11 — Aspect-ratio workaround (whitespace expand)
57:47 — Keyframes consistency test (the car roll)
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LINKS:
Nano Banana—Image Gen Documentation: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation#prompt-guide
Marco Isle on X: https://x.com/ai_artworkgen
Marco Isle on Gumroad: https://markisle.gumroad.com
Drew's 1% Midjourney Style Guide: https://dcbruck.gumroad.com/l/Midjourney-Course/ib3nsqs
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