30 Midjourney Styles to Spark Your Creativity

Last Update: Nov 25, 2023

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Whether you like it or not, Midjourney is the biggest wave to hit the art world that we’ve seen in our lifetimes. I love building art with Midjourney. It allows me to be creative without spending hours building it or having the natural talent to make it.

I don’t claim to be an artist or try to pawn these works off as my own. I’m just having fun creating cool stuff and sharing it. If you also love doing this stuff, here are some cool art styles to try out. I’ve included the prompts used to generate them. I’ve broken them up into traditional and non-traditional styles.

Traditional Styles

These are some common styles that have been around way longer than Midjourney. Many of these styles are being revived with the rise of Midjourney.

Art Nouveau

Midjourney Prompt:

Create a visually stunning Art Nouveau-inspired poster featuring a sinuous, nature-themed design. Incorporate intricate, flowing lines and ornate details. Use soft, pastel colors and depict a harmonious blend of organic elements like vines, flowers, and elegant female figures. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Art Deco

Midjourney Prompt:

Design a luxurious Art Deco-style cocktail lounge scene from the 1920s. Emphasize sleek, geometric shapes, and use bold, contrasting colors such as black, gold, and deep red. Showcase opulent furnishings, sunburst motifs, and stylized architecture –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Minimalism

Midjourney Prompt:

Compose a minimalist artwork that evokes a sense of calm and simplicity. Create a monochromatic image with a single focal point, emphasizing clean lines and negative space. Use muted colors and focus on the beauty of everyday objects or landscapes through simplicity. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Bauhaus

Midjourney Prompt:

Craft a Bauhaus-inspired poster that celebrates the union of art and functionality. Incorporate bold primary colors and geometric shapes. Design a modernist building or furniture piece with a clear emphasis on form following function. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Gothic

Midjourney Prompt:

Capture the eerie and majestic atmosphere of a Gothic cathedral at twilight. Use dramatic lighting to emphasize the intricate stone carvings, pointed arches, and towering spires. Create an image that conveys a sense of mystery and grandeur. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Geometric

Midjourney Prompt:

Design a geometric pattern that plays with symmetry and repetition. Experiment with a limited color palette and explore how various shapes and angles can create intricate and visually captivating compositions. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Classicism

Midjourney Prompt:

Recreate a classical Greek or Roman sculpture in a digital format. Pay meticulous attention to the human form, proportions, and drapery. Use soft, warm lighting to highlight the sculpture’s elegance and grace –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Baroque

Midjourney Prompt:

Compose a Baroque-style painting featuring dynamic movement and dramatic lighting. Create a scene with swirling forms, elaborate ornamentation, and rich, contrasting colors. Emphasize the emotional intensity and theatricality of the subject. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Avant-garde

Midjourney Prompt:

Push the boundaries of artistic expression with an avant-garde piece that challenges conventional norms. Experiment with unconventional materials, abstract shapes, and non-linear compositions to create a thought-provoking and boundary-pushing artwork. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Ukiyo-E

Midjourney Prompt:

Craft a traditional Japanese Ukiyo-E woodblock print that captures the beauty of nature or the everyday life of the Edo period. Utilize bold outlines, vibrant colors, and fine details to depict scenes of landscapes, kabuki actors, or courtesans in a timeless style. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Non Traditional Art Styles

These styles are a little different from the traditional styles and many of them are spawned by Midjourney and other generative AI tools. Check these out.

Techno-Organic

Midjourney Prompt:

Create a stunning Techno-Organic sculpture that seamlessly blends natural elements like vines, leaves, or flowers with futuristic technology. Imagine a robotic tree with circuit board branches or a metal sculpture covered in organic growth. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Cybernetic Surrealism

Midjourney Prompt:

Craft a Cybernetic Surrealism-inspired digital artwork that transports viewers to a dreamlike world where surreal and cybernetic elements collide. Think of a scene where melting clocks meet neon-lit skyscrapers, creating a surreal cyberpunk dreamscape. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Digital Expressionism

Midjourney Prompt:

Explore the world of Digital Expressionism by creating an emotionally charged digital painting that delves into the complex relationship between humans and technology. Use pixelated brushstrokes and shifting colors to convey the fusion of emotions and digital experiences. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Cryptic Minimalism

Midjourney Prompt:

Design a visually striking Cryptic Minimalism artwork that appears simple at first glance but hides intricate cryptographic symbols or codes within its clean lines and shapes. Challenge viewers to decipher the hidden messages. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Bioluminescent Abstraction

Midjourney Prompt:

Produce a Bioluminescent Abstraction artwork that harnesses light-emitting materials to craft an abstract composition reminiscent of bioluminescent organisms. Create a piece that emits a soft glow in the dark, evoking a sense of wonder. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Nanotechnology Nouveau

Midjourney Prompt:

Imagine an ornate Nanotechnology Nouveau sculpture that combines the delicate, organic forms of Art Nouveau with the precision and intricacy of nanoscale structures. Craft a piece that blurs the line between art and science. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Quantum Dreamscape

Midjourney Prompt:

Dive into the world of quantum physics and create a Quantum Dreamscape artwork that explores the mysterious and surreal aspects of quantum phenomena. Envision a scene with floating particles, entangled objects, and shimmering wave functions. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Synthetic Naturalism

Midjourney Prompt:

Challenge the definition of ‘natural’ by crafting a Synthetic Naturalism painting that incorporates synthetic materials like plastics and tech waste into a traditional landscape. Create a lifelike depiction of nature that raises questions about the environment. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Circuitry Sculpturalism

Midjourney Prompt:

Sculpt a three-dimensional masterpiece in the style of Circuitry Sculpturalism, celebrating the aesthetic beauty of electronic components. Imagine a futuristic artifact or alien relic made entirely of circuit boards, wires, and microchips. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Glitch Pop Art

Midjourney Prompt:

Put a digital twist on a famous pop culture icon by creating a Glitch Pop Art piece that distorts and pixelates it. Think of taking a classic artwork or familiar image and giving it a glitchy, malfunctioning appearance to challenge viewers’ perceptions. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Cosmic Surrealism

Midjourney Prompt:

Compose a Cosmic Surrealism artwork that transports viewers to a dreamlike cosmic realm. Imagine celestial bodies, surreal landscapes, and bizarre extraterrestrial creatures in a single captivating scene. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Retro-Futurism

Midjourney Prompt:

Design a Retro-Futurism-inspired poster that captures the essence of a ‘futuristic’ world as envisioned in the 1950s. Incorporate sleek rocket ships, hovercars, and shiny chrome cityscapes. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Steampunk Fantasy

Midjourney Prompt:

Create a Steampunk Fantasy illustration featuring an adventurous character navigating a fantastical, steam-powered world filled with airships, clockwork creatures, and Victorian attire. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Bio-Cybernetic Fusion

Midjourney Prompt:

Craft an artwork that explores the concept of Bio-Cybernetic Fusion. Depict a unique creature or being with a blend of organic and cybernetic features, showcasing the seamless integration of both. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Pixelated Realism

Midjourney Prompt:

Produce a Pixelated Realism piece that portrays a familiar scene or object with pixel-perfect precision. Embrace the limitations of pixel art while creating a highly detailed and realistic image. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Time-Lapse Impressionism

Midjourney Prompt:

Experiment with Time-Lapse Impressionism to depict the changing seasons in a single artwork. Paint a landscape that transitions from spring to winter, showcasing the passage of time. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Neo-Cubism

Midjourney Prompt:

Create a Neo-Cubist artwork that reimagines a well-known object or person through fragmented perspectives and geometric shapes. Push the boundaries of perception with your interpretation. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Psychedelic Surrealism

Midjourney Prompt:

Dive into the world of Psychedelic Surrealism by crafting an artwork that transports viewers into a surreal, kaleidoscopic dreamscape filled with vivid colors, strange creatures, and swirling patterns. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Retro Anime Aesthetics

Midjourney Prompt:

Design a Retro Anime Aesthetics poster that captures the nostalgia of ’80s and ’90s anime. Create dynamic characters, intense action scenes, and a retro color palette reminiscent of the era. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Post-Apocalyptic Realism

Midjourney Prompt:

Design a Retro Anime Aesthetics poster that captures the nostalgia of ’80s and ’90s anime. Create dynamic characters, intense action scenes, and a retro color palette reminiscent of the era. –v 5.2 –ar 16:9 –stylize 900

Conclusion

These are some of my favorite styles, and I have plenty more to share. So bookmark this website and come back for more.

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– Jeremy

Published: Nov 25, 2023 by Jeremy Morgan. Contact me before republishing this content.