The Best Midjourney prompts for Surreal Art

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Mar 20, 2025

It’s time for a weird journey to the unconscious mind with our trusted guide Midjourney. Let’s get ready for dreamlike imagery, illogical juxtapositions, and a rejection of traditional rationality:

Balloon Car
Cloud Sanctuary
Snake Horse
Head of God
Man on Fire
Hands of the Colossus
FOUR sref codes with surreal styles

Let’s get mad.

So, let’s be clear. Midjourney specializes in surreal images. It’s what it does best. Adding the token “Surreal” it’s my little cheat code for giving Midjourney the hint to get crazy.

Balloon Car

Surreal car made of pink balloons, covered by pink balloons, photography, hyperrealistic, surreal structure, blue sky with clean white clouds --chaos 20 --ar 3:4 --style raw

Ok. This one takes a few tries, but I finally got it.

Cloud Sanctuary

Surrealism, serene sanctuary floating among the clouds. Walls made of interactive displays, showing both art and the ethereal views of the skies. The living spaces would shift shape and form according to needs or whims, and the entire home would be powered by renewable energy, maybe even drawing on the very clouds around it --ar 3:4 --style raw

Snake Horse

A fantastical creature with the head of a horse and the body of a snake, standing on a grassy field, in the style of surrealism, The creature is detailed, with the unique features of each animal blended seamlessly into the whole. The scene is vivid, naturally showing the creature on a lush green grassy field under a blue sky, photorealistic, no cartoon effect --ar 3:4

Head of God

Surreal giant head of sand with red nebula inside, in the style of Clyde Caldwell, illustration, dark background, hyper realistic --ar 3:4 --quality 2

Man on Fire

A surreal photo portrait of a formally dressed man with a galaxy instead of face, in the style of Storm Thorgerson. Relaxed pose, epic lights, Realistic with detailed textures --chaos 30 --ar 3:4 --style raw

Office Lily

Surreal and imaginative scene where a gigantic lily flower is blossoming in the middle of a modern, digital workspace. The flower's petals are intertwined with the the modern furniture --ar 3:4

Hands of the Colossus

Surreal photography of a man walking between three giant hands with long fingers, against the background of an endless sky, in the style of Jean Giraud, Moebius, Ghibli Studio, pastel colors, purple pink blue color scheme, muted colors, grainy texture --ar 3:4 --style raw