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SREF codes

Redblock ChiaroscuroTested!

Redblock Chiaroscuro style, Midjourney V8.2, render 1 of 4
Redblock Chiaroscuro style, Midjourney V8.2, render 2 of 4
Redblock Chiaroscuro style, Midjourney V8.2, render 3 of 4
Redblock Chiaroscuro style, Midjourney V8.2, render 4 of 4

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Observations

Across all four images, the style uses bold ink-like outlines, dense crosshatched shading, and a limited red, black, and cream palette with strong contrast. It combines retro poster composition and distressed print texture with fantastical figures, monumental landscapes, oversized sun discs, and East Asian-inspired architectural and typographic motifs.

Look terms

Colours

Earlier versions

Same code, different picture. Midjourney changed how it reads SREF codes after V6.1, so V8.2 turns this code into a new style. The old one still works: add  or .

Applications

Similar styles

Woodblock print style (Techniques), Midjourney V8.2
Techniques
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Maneki-neko style (Titles), Midjourney V8.2
Manuscriptalism style (SREF codes), Midjourney V8.2
SREF codes
Fujiroto style (SREF codes), Midjourney V8.2
SREF codes
Jamini Roy style (Painters), Midjourney V8.2
Painters