style-reference-prompt

Style Reference Prompt

What This Skill Does

Builds a Midjourney prompt that precisely captures a defined visual style or artistic reference — translating a style description, reference image context, or artistic period into the specific prompt language Midjourney responds to.

When To Use This Skill

• You have a clear visual style in mind (a photographer's aesthetic, an art movement, a film's cinematography) and need a Midjourney prompt that reliably produces that look
• You are art-directing a content series and need consistent visual style across multiple generated images
• You have a style reference image and want to generate original images in the same aesthetic without directly copying the reference
• You are producing imagery for editorial, social media, or marketing and need to describe an aesthetic with precision

What You Need To Provide

Required:

• A description of the visual style you want to achieve — can be a named photographer/artist, an art movement, a film or TV show, a decade's aesthetic, or a detailed verbal description of the look
• What the image should depict (subject matter, scene, or concept)

Optional:

• Aspect ratio or intended format (e.g., 16:9 for YouTube thumbnail, 4:5 for Instagram, square)
• Midjourney model version if you have a preference (defaults to latest)
• Any style elements to exclude (e.g., "no digital art feel," "no oversaturation")
• Whether you want multiple prompt variations to test (2–3 alternatives)
• The specific use case (social media post, magazine cover, documentary still, podcast artwork)

How the Assistant Approaches This

1. Identifies the core visual attributes of the stated style: lighting quality, color palette, texture, composition tendencies, grain or surface quality, subject-camera relationship
2. Translates those attributes into Midjourney's prompt grammar: combines subject, style descriptors, technical photography or art terms, and quality/finish parameters
3. Adds the appropriate camera, lens, or medium reference if the style implies specific photographic or artistic technique (e.g., "shot on 35mm Kodak Portra 400," "gouache on textured paper," "Leica M6 wide-open")
4. Sets aspect ratio parameter and adds --stylize value suggestion appropriate to the style (higher for painterly/artistic, lower for documentary/editorial)
5. Optionally generates 2–3 variations that explore the style from slightly different angles (different subject, same aesthetic)
6. Closes with a "Next Step" note: how many generations to run at this --s value before adjusting, whether to try the alternative prompts if the primary doesn't land, and whether character-consistency-prompt should be run if a recurring figure also needs to appear in this aesthetic