# 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 is 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](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Topic: [AI Prompts](https://xiry.app/topics/ai/ai-prompts.md)
- 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, 11 February 2025](https://x.com/gizakdag/status/1889350344095789096): 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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Updated 11 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/minimalist-hand-painted-midjourney-style-reference-sref-8114

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