Guidance and prompts for using Style Reference code
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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.

Art Style Type

This SREF style masterfully blends traditional East Asian ink wash painting with modern watercolor techniques. It draws from Chinese traditional painting principles, combining the transparency of ink with the luminosity of mineral and vegetable pigments to create a distinctly Eastern artistic expression. The style incorporates both the philosophical depth of traditional landscape painting and the expressive simplicity of contemporary illustration, forming a unique aesthetic system that bridges past and present.

Style Characteristics

The most striking characteristic of these images is their perfect expression of transparency and light, achieved through ink diffusion and watercolor bleeding effects that create a dreamlike atmosphere. The color palette is restrained yet precise, favoring soft tones and strategic use of negative space to create an ethereal quality. Lines are minimal yet expressive, capturing the essence rather than details of subjects. The compositions demonstrate traditional Eastern painting principles of contrast between dry and wet elements, variations in density, and balanced coordination between sparse and detailed areas, creating harmony and dynamic visual flow.

Style-Enhancing Prompt Keywords

  • Eastern Atmosphere: Pairing with this word enhances the traditional East Asian aesthetic elements, imbuing works with greater poetic quality and philosophical depth
  • Negative Space: Using this word reinforces the strategic use of emptiness, giving the artwork more breathing room and embodying the Eastern aesthetic principle of "creating something from nothing"
  • Bleeding Colors: Adding this element highlights the unique quality of ink and watercolor fusion, enhancing the fluidity and dreamlike quality of color transitions

Recommended Application Scenarios

This style is particularly suitable for creative contexts that blend traditional and modern elements, such as poetic illustrations, atmospheric storybooks, cultural-themed game art, and heritage-inspired poster designs. It excellently conveys Eastern cultural elements while maintaining contemporary appeal, making it ideal for projects requiring serenity, elegance, and transcendence, as well as visual designs aimed at evoking emotional connections to East Asian cultural heritage.

More Tips


You can explore further by combining the following command:

  • --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

Other Reference Code

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Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 20240629 in MidJourney
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Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 20240629 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 20240629 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 1226649558 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 1226649558 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 1226649558 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 1226649558 in MidJourney
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Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 223025199 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 223025199 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 223025199 in MidJourney

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