Synthwave Racing Thumbnail
MidjourneySynthwave Racing Thumbnail is a tested Midjourney v7 prompt for youtube thumbnails work. It runs at Midjourney v7 · Aspect ratio 16:9 · Stylize 220, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.
Last tested: July 2026 with Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library.
Prompt
A synthwave YouTube thumbnail — a low sports car blasting toward the viewer down a glowing neon grid highway, a huge retro sun with horizontal scanlines setting on the horizon, silhouetted palm trees, purple-to-magenta gradient sky, chrome reflections and motion blur streaking past, a dark uncluttered band across the top left clear for a title overlay, 1980s outrun aesthetic, high contrast --ar 16:9 --stylize 220 --no text, letters, words, logos
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Stylize
- 220
How to use this prompt
Thumbnails live or die at 120 pixels wide, so this leans on one hero — the car charging the lens — and high contrast; keep '--stylize 220' up here because the extra saturation is what makes it readable in a crowded sidebar. The load-bearing phrase is 'dark uncluttered band across the top': without it the neon sun sprawls into your title zone and any overlaid text fights the glow. Point the car slightly off-centre so your headline has breathing room. If the grid horizon sits too high, add 'low horizon line' — Midjourney often crowds the sky and buries the signature outrun perspective that makes the road feel fast.
Variations to try
- Motorcycle version — swap the sports car for a neon-lit sport bike at a tighter action angle, same title band
- Night city version — replace the sunset with a distant neon skyline and rain-slick road reflections
What to do next
Adapt it →
Open this prompt in the Midjourney builder, pre-filled, and change one layer at a time.
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Browse the full Midjourney prompt library — every entry tested with its settings.
For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Synthwave Racing Thumbnail",
"prompt": "A synthwave YouTube thumbnail — a low sports car blasting toward the viewer down a glowing neon grid highway, a huge retro sun with horizontal scanlines setting on the horizon, silhouetted palm trees, purple-to-magenta gradient sky, chrome reflections and motion blur streaking past, a dark uncluttered band across the top left clear for a title overlay, 1980s outrun aesthetic, high contrast --ar 16:9 --stylize 220 --no text, letters, words, logos",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"stylize": 220
},
"style_tags": [
"synthwave",
"neon"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"youtube-thumbnails",
"gaming"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/synthwave-racing-thumbnail/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
