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Art Style Type

This SREF style blends realistic and romantic oil painting techniques with strong visual narrative elements. It presents qualities similar to concept art and movie posters, having the texture of classical oil paintings while incorporating the dynamic composition of modern illustrations. What makes this style unique is how it places elements from different eras (knights and astronauts, dragons and spaceships) under the same visual language, creating an epic feel that transcends time and space.

Style Characteristics

The main characteristics of this style include strong light-dark contrast and dramatic lighting effects that give the images dimensionality and depth. The color scheme is predominantly warm, with red particularly appearing as an accent in each piece, creating visual focal points. The brushwork is detailed yet maintains a certain roughness, giving the overall images an oil painting-like texture and weightiness. Figures and objects have clear outlines, but details are treated with a degree of softness, adding artistic quality and mystique. This style is impressive because it successfully merges classical with modern, fantasy with sci-fi elements while maintaining high visual cohesion.

Style-Enhancing Prompt Keywords

  • Epic scene: Enhances the grandeur and dramatic quality of the image, making scenes more impactful and story-driven
  • Oil painting texture: Increases the work's texture and depth, giving the image the weightiness and layering of traditional painting
  • Dramatic lighting: Emphasizes strong contrasts between light and shadow, creating more emotionally charged and tense visual effects

Recommended Application Scenarios

This style is particularly suitable for fantasy or sci-fi book cover designs, movie posters, game character concept designs, tabletop game card illustrations, and commercial illustrations that need to convey epic themes and dramatic tension. It's also excellent for creative projects that blend classical elements with modern themes, or visual works that need to represent parallel worlds, time intersections, and similar concepts.

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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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