Vaporwave SREF Style Guide for Midjourney
Vaporwave SREF code
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How to Use This Vaporwave 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 Vaporwave SREF style
This Vaporwave aesthetic is instantly recognizable by its heavy reliance on saturated neon colors, particularly magenta, cyan, and deep purples, evoking a sense of 1980s nostalgia filtered through a futuristic lens. Images generated in this style often feature dramatic, contrasting rim lighting, glossy surfaces, and stylized, sometimes melancholic, scenes. When crafting a prompt for Midjourney, emphasizing color grading (like duotone or tritone) and specific lighting conditions helps capture this distinct look perfectly, resulting in vibrant and highly atmospheric outputs.
Vaporwave Prompt Ideas
- A lone figure standing on a neon-lit city street looking at a giant, setting sun, Vaporwave aesthetic, high saturation, magenta and cyan lighting
- Close-up portrait of a futuristic model with glowing cybernetic markings, bathed in pink and blue gel lighting, highly detailed skin texture, Vaporwave
- An ornate still life arrangement featuring tropical fruit and a polished obsidian teapot, rendered in extreme neon colors, glossy reflections, Vaporwave illustration
- Isometric view of a retro 80s arcade cabinet overgrown with glowing tropical plants, vibrant purple fog, detailed 3D render