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Art Style Type

This SREF style blends elements of Expressionism, Dark Fairytale, and Neo-Retro illustration art. It adopts Expressionism's emotionally charged colors and distorted forms, combines them with the narrative quality of fairytale illustrations, but adds the simplified lines and contrasting tones of modern neo-retro illustration. This style doesn't aim for realism, but rather conveys emotion and storytelling through strong visual impact.

Style Characteristics

The most striking characteristic of this style is the bold color contrast, primarily using orange-red tones against deep blue backgrounds to create stark visual tension. The imagery employs rough brushstrokes and simplified forms, intentionally preserving a hand-drawn quality and texture. Depth is achieved not through fine gradients of light and shadow, but through strong contrasts between color blocks. The overall atmosphere carries a mysterious, slightly melancholic quality while simultaneously feeling both modern and vintage – this tension makes the work particularly compelling.

Style-Enhancing Prompt Keywords

  • Woodcut style: Adding this term can enhance the texture and artisanal feel of the work, increasing the layering and vintage quality
  • Gothic fairytale: Using this can strengthen the mysterious atmosphere and narrative quality, adding a dark fantasy aesthetic
  • Rich colors: Adding this element further intensifies the color contrast, making the images bolder and enhancing emotional expressiveness

Recommended Application Scenarios

This style is particularly suitable for indie game visual design, alternative music album covers, modern fairytale book illustrations, literary magazine artwork, and advertising design seeking unique artistic expression. It's also excellent for contexts that express complex emotions or tell stories with deeper meanings, providing viewers with visual impact and emotional resonance.

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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

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