Midjourney Dark Elf

Personal Work
I've been toying around with Midjourney quite a bit, and I'm trying to get familiar with using it as a springboard for ideas but it still feels a bit weird and a little "cheaty". It is on purpose that I haven't put my signature on this, even though I've tried to take a lot of the elements further using what I think are my own ideas. I've included the Midjourney output image I used as base for transparency.

How do the rest of you approach Midjourney and AI images as a base?