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SREF codes

Gale Noir MangaTested!

Gale Noir Manga style, Midjourney V8.2, render 1 of 4
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Observations

This style uses highly detailed black-and-white comic drawing, with fine contour lines, ink washes, dense hatching, and stark high-contrast masses. Dramatic perspectives, windblown forms, debris, and sweeping directional marks create expressive motion and a dark, emotionally charged narrative atmosphere.

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

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Katsuhiro Otomo style (Illustrators), Midjourney V8.2
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Panelsplicework style (SREF codes), Midjourney V8.2
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Manganoglyph style (SREF codes), Midjourney V8.2
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