Introduction
Rapid model iteration begins on a monthly/quarterly cadence, foreshadowing the release tempo that will define GenAI visual products.
View full image ↗Midjourney V2 output in Justus Becker’s 2023 same-prompt experiment, preserving this distinct retrospective test image.
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Source · Midjourney's evolution: the same image in all five versions — JUSTUS BECKER ↗RESEARCH ACCOUNT
Replacing a model also changes its default visual tendencies.
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-02
Release and use
V2 succeeded V1 as the default during April–July 2022. The retrospective emphasises colour and painterliness while acknowledging limited coherence. This is a change in conditions of generation within one platform, not the birth of an independent artistic movement.
Section sources: Midjourney V2
Change in creative practice
Version numbers matter to the study of works: the same words do not constitute the same operation across models. Default periods help interpret historical images whose parameters were omitted, but do not identify the model behind every individual picture. Work-specific production records remain necessary.
Section sources: Midjourney V2
Sources for this account
Official release scope and demonstration descriptions read; vendor performance claims are not treated as independent test results.
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Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 2022-04 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2022-04
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Midjourney V2
https://docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/33329788681101-Legacy-Features
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Provenance, translation & verification
Timeline entry #140 · Model / service
Research materials & supplement references · 1
GenAI Visual Release Chronology Research Master · p. 5 · R018
Date as recorded: 2022-04
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Midjourney V2
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. Midjourney V2. Art-history node #140. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/144
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