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Art Style Type

This SREF style blends elements of dark surrealism and atmospheric environmental art. It belongs to these style categories because the works transcend the boundaries of reality, creating a dreamlike yet slightly unsettling feeling through strong contrast between light and shadow and a mysterious atmosphere, while maintaining a high degree of dramatic tension and emotional impact.

Style Characteristics

The main style characteristics of these images include the dramatic contrast between deep shadows and limited light sources, creating a mysterious and surreal atmosphere. The images employ a monochromatic color scheme with blue-gray tones that enhances the dreamlike surrealism. Mist and smoke elements create a sense of haziness, while the strong contrast between light and dark makes the main subjects more prominent and dramatic. This style is impressive because it evokes a primal, transcendent emotional experience, allowing viewers to feel a sense of grandeur and mystery.

Style-Enhancing Prompt Keywords

  • volumetric lighting: Enhances the texture and dimensionality of light in the image, creating richer layers of light and shadow
  • cinematic atmosphere: Strengthens the cinematic feel and narrative quality, making scenes more dramatic and emotionally resonant
  • ethereal fog: Adds more dreamlike fog elements, enhancing the mysterious feeling and surreal atmosphere

Recommended Application Scenarios

This style is particularly suitable for horror or sci-fi movie poster design, book covers with mysterious themes, concept art, music album covers, surrealist illustrations, and game scene designs that need to create tense, mysterious, or transcendent atmospheres.

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

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Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 2143718865 in MidJourney
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Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 2136799074 in MidJourney
Example of an image generated using the prompt --sref 2136799074 in MidJourney
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