Guidance and prompts for using Style Reference code
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If you generate different style variations using this sref, please make sure you either use the standard Midjourney version shown on this page or copy the full parameter string from the prompt, including the P code. To highlight the unique advantages and features of the style, we have carefully crafted custom prompts for each sref. By using these prompts, you can perfectly replicate the sref's effects.

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Art Style Type

This SREF style blends elements of surrealism and retro-futurism, with clear influences from cinematic poster aesthetics and new nostalgism. It's like a fusion of Wes Anderson's visual style with 70s science fiction illustration. This style falls into these categories because it features dreamlike surreal scene construction while employing bold vintage color palettes and compositions, all while maintaining the refined texture of modern digital art.

Style Characteristics

The main style characteristics of this SREF include highly saturated color contrasts, dreamlike light and shadow treatment, delicate texture rendering, and dramatic composition. There's a preference for stark contrasts between warm and cool tones, especially combinations of yellows, pinks, teals, and oranges. Each scene has a sense of stillness, a frozen moment, filled with cinematic quality and narrative potential. This style is impressive because it simultaneously evokes nostalgia and futurism, creating a temporal ambiguity and emotional resonance.

Style-Enhancing Prompt Keywords

  • Film grain texture: Adding this element enhances the vintage feel and textural depth, giving the image more dimension and emotional warmth
  • Dramatic lighting: Using this word reinforces the surreal atmosphere and emotional expression, creating more impactful visual effects
  • Soft gradient tones: Pairing with this phrase brings richer color transitions and spatial depth, improving the overall harmony and dreamlike quality

Recommended Application Scenarios

This style is particularly suitable for concept album cover design, independent film posters, literary magazine illustrations, creative fashion photography composites, brand visual identity systems, and advertising concepts that need to express emotional depth and artistic atmosphere. It's also excellent for narrative scenes that portray the interweaving of inner worlds with external reality.

More Prompt Tips & Tricks


You can explore further by combining the following prompt command for MidJourney:

  • --sv: There are six versions of the Style Reference feature in Midjourney version 7 when using images. Use the --sv parameter to choose between them. --sv 6 is default. --sv 4 is the old V7 sref model (prior to June 16, 2025). Using --sv 6 and --sv 4 may produce different style results.
  • --s: Default value is 100, can be set from 0 to 1000. The higher the value, the more detailed the image, and the closer the style may be to reality.
  • -niji 6: Using this command will give the image a more anime style.
  • --sw: Default value is 100, can be input from 0 to 1000. A higher value makes the style closer to the original.
  • You can now blend multiple --sref codes together (for example --sref 123 456 )
  • You can weigh individual codes or urls as follows --sref 123::2
  • You can also read more guides on How to use SREF Code

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