AI · Prompt
Minimalist Hand-Painted Midjourney Style Reference (sref 811417151)
Midjourney style reference code for textured, minimalist hand-painted brand illustrations
This Midjourney prompt technique pairs an image subject with the style reference code 811417151 and a style weight parameter of 500. It produces textured, rough-brush minimalist artwork using a limited palette of bold red, black, and cream. It is especially useful for reimagining recognizable brand logos, portraits, and editorial icons in a cohesive artisanal style.
The prompt
Prompt: [SUBJECT] --sref 811417151 --sw 500
Example from this tweet: Tesla logo --sref 811417151 --p --sw 500
Quoted tweet's version: [PROMPT] --sref 811417151 --sw 500 (by @umesh_ai)
Results shown: McDonald's arches, Apple logo, Tesla T with hand-lettered TSLA, Nike swoosh — all as rough-brush, flat red shapes on cream backgrounds. Quoted tweet also shows four minimalist hand-painted male portraits in the same style.
What it's for
- Reimagine familiar brand logos as hand-painted minimalist artwork
- Generate matching editorial portraits in a textured gouache or linocut aesthetic
- Create unified graphic assets for presentation decks or social media mockups
Key points
- Uses Midjourney style reference code --sref 811417151
- Applies --sw 500 to heavily weight the stylized brush texture
- Outputs a consistent color scheme of bold red, dark ink, and cream paper
- Works reliably on both simple geometric logos and figurative portrait subjects
- Can be paired with personal style tuning flags (--p)
Pricing
Free. Prompt code is free; requires an active Midjourney subscription to run
Details
- Type
- Prompt
- Category
- AI
- Topic
- AI Prompts
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- Web
- For
- Designers, brand strategists, and AI image creators using Midjourney
- Tags
- midjourney, prompts, sref, branding, illustration, minimalism
Why it was saved
- @gizakdag: A concrete style-reference code (sref 811417151, --sw 500) demonstrated on recognizable logos — reusable for brand-identity mockups, avatars and illustration sets.
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