Styles
#1704
Miami Vice style reference and prompts
Explore the “Miami Vice” reference with tactile surfaces, geometric forms, and dense detail. View the images, copy the style or example prompt, and discover related styles on Looksift.
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Reference details
- Reference ID
- 1704
- Category
- Flat illustration
Reference prompts
Style prompt
The illustration mixes retro cinematic staging with the slightly worn grain of printed color. Broad flat planes of turquoise, cyan, cream, rose, magenta, and vermilion are separated by dark silhouettes and small cool highlights. The forms have clean readable edges, but faces and surfaces retain painterly simplification and subtle scuffing. Warm low light gives the pink field a sunset glow while cooler blue shadows preserve volume. Vertical dark shapes interrupt long horizontal bands, establishing a rhythm between upright forms and receding flat layers. Saturated accents remain concentrated within a larger pastel range, so the palette feels bright without becoming uniformly loud. The composition favors confident spacing and clear focal silhouettes over dense detail. The overall effect is nostalgic, sleek, and sun-warmed, with graphic color contrast and tactile print grain working together.Full example prompt
A square, retro cinematic illustration shows two men walking past a red car on a tropical street beneath a pink-violet sky. The background is lined with pale turquoise and cream low-rise façades, their flat roofs and shaded windows receding toward the right. Tall palm trees rise behind and above the buildings, with dark fronds spreading into the upper-left corner and across the center. The broad street and sidewalk occupy the lower portion, their warm yellow-gray surface catching a soft glow. A long dark red car sits behind the men on the left, its chrome trim and window line catching small cool highlights. The man at left wears a light blue open-neck shirt and dark trousers; he walks forward with one arm hanging loosely and his gaze directed ahead. Beside him, a second man in a pale jacket, light shirt, and bright blue trousers steps in the same direction. He is slightly farther back, but the two create a paired vertical rhythm against the long horizontal car. Their faces and clothes are painted with simplified, firm strokes rather than sharply photographic detail. The buildings' cool cyan edges and the palm silhouettes frame the figures without overwhelming them. Fine grain and subtle scuffs sit over the saturated color, giving the image the worn surface of an old printed poster. Light appears low and warm from the left, tinting the façades and pavement, while the subjects retain cooler blue shadows. The sky shifts from deep magenta at the top to lighter rose near the horizon. The overall composition is relaxed and stylish, balancing pastel tropical color, a strong red vehicle, dark palm forms, and two casual walking figures in a nostalgic street scene.