Midjourney’s --tile flag turns a prompt into a seamless, repeating texture — the edges line up perfectly so copies tile without visible seams. It is suited to fabric prints, wallpaper, gift wrap, game surface textures, and any design work that needs an infinitely tiling pattern. This guide explains how tile mode works, what to put in the prompt to get clean results, and how to use the generated tile in production.
How —tile works
When you add --tile to a prompt, Midjourney generates the image with its edges calculated to align seamlessly when placed side by side. What you get is a single repeatable building block — the tile itself. You then take that tile into design software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, a game engine) and array it to fill whatever surface you need.
The flag controls only the seamlessness of the edge alignment, not the resolution or the final output size.
Writing prompts that tile well
The critical shift is describing a pattern, not a scene. A scene has foreground, background, composition, and focal points — all of which create obvious focal points when repeated. A pattern describes an all-over field of repeating elements with no hierarchical composition.
Works well with —tile:
- “seamless repeating pattern of small geometric hexagons”
- “all-over floral print with scattered roses and leaves”
- “repeating scale texture like fish scales, iridescent blue and green”
- “dense geometric lattice, art deco gold on black”
Works poorly with —tile:
- “a single red rose on a white background” — repeats as one large rose with a clear focal point
- “a sunset landscape” — the horizon creates an obvious seam when tiled
- “portrait of a woman” — a face repeated is jarring, not pattern-like
This guide builds the prompt around “seamless repeating pattern of …” phrasing by default, since that framing guides the model toward distributing elements across the whole image rather than composing a central subject.
Category-specific approach
Fabric and textile: Lean on textile vocabulary — “Liberty print”, “ikat”, “damask”, “toile”, “batik”. Scale matters: small repeating motifs tile cleanly; large ornate motifs need a bigger tile unit (or a higher upscale) to read clearly at real-world scale.
Wallpaper: Classic wallpaper terminology helps — “trellis”, “ogee”, “chinoiserie”, “stripe”. Add a paper texture if you want a physical feel: “vintage wallpaper texture, slight yellowing”.
Game and UI textures: Use material descriptions — “stone cobblestones, mossy grout”, “wood plank texture, birch”, “chainmail links”. Add --stylize 0 for photorealistic material textures.
Gift wrap: High-contrast, bold motifs work best for print. Think --stylize 200+ for graphic, saturated results.
Best-practice settings
--ar 1:1(square): repeat units tile most predictably in square format. Non-square tiles can work but require matching the application’s repeat mode exactly.--no text, seams, borders, frame: prevents lettering and visible edge artifacts from appearing in the tile.--stylize 100–250: adds a degree of aesthetic refinement without pushing the model away from the pattern intent. Very high stylize can add compositional elements that fight the all-over pattern goal.- Upscale before arraying. The base tile at standard resolution may look thin. Use the U1–U4 upscale options, then bring the upscaled image into your design tool and test it as a repeated surface.
Checking your tile
Before using a tile in production, test it visually: place four copies in a 2×2 grid and check for seam lines, obvious repetition rhythm, or compositional elements that create an unintended focal point when repeated. A seam that was invisible in a single tile often becomes visible once repeated across a larger surface.