Midjourney Prompts: 20+ References Styles for art and illustrations
The best sref styles for illustrated art
The best sref styles for illustrated art
There are billions of Reference Styles in Midjourney. If you want to use the --sref parameter to create images with an illustrated style, this article is for you.
I used the same six simple, ambiguous prompts to explore each sref:
Photographic Portrait (with and without Niji), Wild, Cyber, Speed, and Scene. This lets the sref shows its components.
If you want to learn more codes, this is for you: The Big Book of Midjourney Reference Styles (sref codes)
Let’s taco ‘bout it! 🌮
1. sref 4133393897
Characteristics: Flat colors, tendency to purple, bright colors, dynamic, lots of details, flat backgrounds.
2. sref 3226746490
Characteristics: Detailed illustrations, strong use of green and yellow tones, dynamic effects, hyper detailed, shadows, contrast.
3. sref 4294367104
Characteristics: Digital art, strong use of green tones, red and orange accents, dynamic lines, blurred shapes.
4. sref 2732593321
Characteristics: Strong use of red over black/dark gray tones, wild brushes, dramatic, night lights.
5. sref 2471113985
Characteristics: Very colorful, strong use of cyan, splashes of paint, very dynamic, playful.
6. sref 955852072
Characteristics: 3D Digital Art, Pixar style, tendency to pink tones, cute.
7. sref 98294219
Characteristics: Autumn tones, vintage elements, surrealism, dystopian
8. sref 3416996
Characteristics: Abstract setting, use of traditional japanese elements, gold and navy tones, very detailed.
9. sref 610
Characteristics: Tendency to green tones, vintage fantasy feel, fantasy and sci-fi elements.
10. sref 25
Characteristics: Line art illustration, strong use of pink and green tones, maximalism, highly detailed, close-ups.
11. sref 31
Characteristics: Strong tendency to Impressionism and Pointillism, use of yellow, blue and pink tones, hyper-detailed, tendency to illustrated art.
12. sref 37
Characteristics: Ink oriental art, strong black brushes, very dynamic, use of red and white, dramatic.
13. sref 1850
Characteristics: Flat Illustration, tendency to green, abstract shapes, dynamic elements, digital brushes.
14. sref 782391
Characteristics: Gray tones with red accents, very fluid, dynamic, illustration anime, creepy, ghost-like.
15. sref 9
Characteristics: Has a strong tendency to pink and bright colors, heavy use of plastic textures and objects, vinyl toys, graffiti textures.
16. sref 13
Characteristics: Use of sepia and black tones, influence of ink oriental art, meditative mood
17. sref 2907601068
Characteristics: Tendency to illustrated art, sepia background, collage abstract elements, hand-drawn black lines.
18. sref 2656431748
Characteristics: Bold, powerful, and vibrant. Strong, deep, tendency to teal and orange, digital brushes, dynamic
19. sref 1065470242
Characteristics: Strong use of Red and Blue colors, vector art, flat colors, dramatic.
20. sref 485971326
Characteristics: Digital illustration, dramatic, grim brown and green tones, dynamic effects.
What ideas do you have for these styles? How would you use them?
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