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 art is characterized by a striking, high-contrast duotone color palette, typically featuring vibrant magenta/pink and electric cyan/blue set against deep blacks. This aesthetic evokes a nostalgic, retro-futuristic atmosphere inspired by 1980s science fiction and digital media. In Midjourney, when constructing a prompt for this style, it is crucial to emphasize the intense, artificial glow of neon lighting and moody shadows to achieve the signature electric visual effect. Mastering these specific color directives is the key to capturing the desired dramatic and futuristic feeling in your Midjourney style output.
Synthwave Prompt Ideas
- Cinematic portrait of a lone traveler looking up at a giant glowing sun, heavy fog, vibrant magenta and cyan neon lighting, synthwave aesthetic
- A futuristic cityscape bathed in twilight, intricate power lines crisscrossing the frame, distant snow-capped mountains, high contrast, 1980s aesthetic
- Still life arrangement of a vintage skull and pink flowers inside glass bottles, illuminated by a glowing turquoise sign, dark background, dramatic rim lighting
- Four figures standing on a rooftop overlooking a sprawling, dense city at night, illuminated by moody pink window lights, atmospheric depth, retro-futurism