Synthwave SREF Style Guide for Midjourney
Synthwave SREF code
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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 is a visually arresting digital art style characterized by vibrant neon color palettes, heavy use of deep blues, pinks, and purples, evoking a strong sense of 1980s futurism and nostalgia. Images frequently feature high contrast, sharp geometry, dramatic lighting, and hyper-detailed textures, evident in the stylized clouds and portraits here. Mastering this look in **Midjourney** requires a precise **prompt** emphasizing saturated lighting and retro-futuristic themes to capture this unique, moody, and energetic aesthetic.
Synthwave Prompt Ideas
- A solitary figure overlooking a neon-drenched landscape under a large stylized moon, hyper-detailed textured clouds, high saturation, Synthwave style, cinematic lighting
- Close up portrait of a mysterious character with glowing spiral eyes, strong chiaroscuro lighting, highly detailed texture mapping, vivid blue and magenta color grading, graphic novel illustration, Synthwave
- A chrome classic sports car driving down a grid highway towards a distant, glowing cityscape at twilight, deep purple sky, sharp geometric shadows, Synthwave aesthetic, 1980s nostalgia
- A still life arrangement of exotic fruit and stylized ceramic mugs on a white tiled floor, reflecting intense cyan and magenta neon light, moody atmosphere, Synthwave illustration