Luminous Botanical Noir

--sref 1244750489
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This style combines dramatic chiaroscuro lighting with delicate botanical elements, creating images where flowers and plants seem to glow against deep, velvety black backgrounds. The palette favors rich jewel tones—emerald, sapphire, and burgundy—rendered with an almost bioluminescent quality. Textures appear simultaneously organic and painterly, with visible brushwork that suggests classical Dutch still life paintings translated through a contemporary dark fantasy lens.

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Example Prompts

Showcases the style's signature glowing botanical aesthetic with deep shadows

Midjourney
a single peony flower with dewdrops, dramatic side lighting, dark background --sref 1244750489 --v 7

Demonstrates how the style handles portraiture with botanical elements

Midjourney
portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair, looking down, renaissance mood --sref 1244750489 --v 7 --ar 2:3

Explores the fantasy and bioluminescent qualities of this style reference

Midjourney
enchanted forest mushrooms glowing in darkness, fairy tale atmosphere, intricate details --sref 1244750489 --v 7 --ar 16:9

How to Use This SREF Code

In Midjourney

/imagine your prompt here --sref 1244750489

Combine with other parameters

/imagine your prompt --sref 1244750489 --sw 100 --ar 16:9 --v 7

The --sw (style weight) parameter controls how strongly the style reference is applied. Values range from 0 to 1000, with 100 as default.

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