Synthwave SREF Style Guide for Midjourney
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How to Use This Synthwave SREF Code
Step 1: Find Your Style
Browse our extensive styles list and find the perfect style reference for your project.
Step 2: Copy the Code
Click the "Copy" button to get the SREF code. It's as simple as --sref XXXXX.
Step 3: Create Your Prompt
Combine your prompt with the SREF code. Don't forget the aspect ratio! e.g., --ar 16:9
What is Synthwave SREF style
Synthwave captures the nostalgic essence of 1980s sci-fi soundtracks and digital aesthetics. It is characterized by a vivid, high-contrast color scheme dominated by neon pinks, electric blues, and deep purples, often set against dark backdrops. Key visual motifs include glowing wireframe grids, digital sunsets, and low-polygon landscapes that suggest an idealized, retro-futuristic vision. When crafting a **prompt** in **Midjourney** for this aesthetic, emphasizing these specific color palettes and geometric elements is crucial to achieving the signature atmospheric and captivating **style**.
Synthwave Prompt Ideas
- A lone DeLorean driving into a giant digital sun over a wireframe ocean, neon grid floor, heavy magenta and cyan glow, 1980s VHS aesthetic
- Dramatic portrait of a young man with glowing green highlights, illuminated by harsh neon grid lines, volumetric fog, Synthwave album cover art
- A still life of floating chrome spheres and glowing pink crystals on a black, reflective surface, intense rim lighting, retro-futurism
- Vast, low-poly mountain range under a starry night sky, glowing wireframe landscape beneath a giant pixelated setting sun, cinematic composition