Midjourney and Nijijourney --style Comparison (raw, expressive, scenic, cute etc.)

The --style parameter (not to be confused with --stylize) is used to turn on specific fine-tunes of Midjourney models. These fine tunes alter the style.

Midjourney V4

Midjourney V4 went through multiple iterations.

You can use --style 4a, --style 4b and --style 4c to check them out.

• --style 4b and 4c are quite similar; --style 4a is different
• --style 4c is just the same as the base model.

A valiant knight, clad in gleaming armor, stands at the precipice of destiny. Donato Giancola's masterful strokes breathe life into this heroic figure --v 4 --style 4a

8-bit pixel art, cozy cafe --v 4 --style 4a

Midjourney V5.1 & V5.2

The --raw style is available for Midjourney V5.1 and V5.2.

This style is meant to reduce the effect of the default Midjourney style.

Here are some prompts where you can see the difference:

anchored machine, stylized circuit board, albatross, craig mullins --seed 802477 --v 5.1

anchored machine, stylized circuit board, albatross, craig mullins --seed 802477 --v 5.1 --style raw

anchored machine, stylized circuit board, albatross, craig mullins --seed 802477 --v 5.1 

anchored machine, stylized circuit board, albatross, craig mullins --seed 802477 --v 5.1 --style raw

Since I'm controlling the seed the images are very similar. You can tell that the default style will increase contrast and level of detail, and the raw style looks simpler, less polished...literally more 'raw'.

Nijijourney

Nijijourney had a special event where they released a new style every week. Here are these styles:

• Niji V5 --style original - April 3, 2023: The original default style
• Niji V5 --style expressive - April 10, 2023: Dramatic and aesthetic images
• Niji V5 --style cute - April 17, 2023: Cute, simpler images
• Niji V5 --style scenic - April 24, 2023: Images that focus on the environment
• Niji V5 Default style - May 27, 2023: A new version of the default style, with improved aesthetics.