Midjourney Prompts: 10+ References styles for dreamy Surreal Art
The best sref styles for amazing dream-like images
The best sref styles for amazing dream-like images
There are billions of Reference Styles in Midjourney. If you want to use the --sref parameter to create surreal images, 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.
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1. sref 209
Characteristics: Strong use of Cyan with red accents, grim mood, horror sci-fi.
2. sref 782391
Characteristics: Gray tones with red accents, very fluid, dynamic, illustration, creepy.
3. sref 409495649
Characteristics: Surreal digital art, digital brushes, orange accents, blurred shapes.
4. sref 492309580
Characteristics: Fashion Photography, light purple tones.
5. sref 766735201
Characteristics: Surreal photographic art, grey tones, misty, blurred shapes.
6. sref 1982648737
Characteristics: Strong use of blue tones, photographic, realist, dream-like setting.
7. sref 2000000005
Characteristics: Dystopian Sci-Fi setting, dark green tones, dark mood, 3D art.
8. sref 712507816
Characteristics: Fluid orange lines, surreal, minimalist designs.
9. sref 4001972546
Characteristics: Photography, sci-fi, strong use of gray tones, mist, smoke.
10. sref 4158384349
Characteristics: Strong use of pastel blue and purple, photography, stylized.
What ideas do you have for these styles? How would you use them?
Keep in mind Midjourney already knows how to use these styles, and as we have seen, it would make it easier for you to keep an aesthetic in multiple images. Hope this helps!
If you want to learn more codes, this is for you: The Big Book of Midjourney Reference Styles (sref codes)
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