Vintage 1920s Circus Poster
MidjourneyVintage 1920s Circus Poster is a tested Midjourney v7 prompt for poster work. It runs at Midjourney v7 · Aspect ratio 2:3 · Stylize 200, 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 · see more vintage prompts .
Prompt
1920s circus poster style illustration, a ringmaster silhouette in top hat with arms raised at the center ring, bold hard-edged spotlight beams radiating behind him, striped big-top canopy framing the upper edge, limited palette of aged cream, deep crimson, mustard gold and ink black, flat lithograph shapes with visible ink grain, ornate border of stars and scallops, worn paper texture, blank banner space at the top --no text, lettering, watermark --ar 2:3 --stylize 200
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 2:3
- Stylize
- 200
How to use this prompt
The silhouette treatment is the trick — give the ringmaster a face and Midjourney drifts toward painterly realism, but a flat black shape against hard-edged beams keeps the whole image lithograph-flat. "Aged cream" as the base tone does the antique work better than any "old poster" phrase. Circus posters were built around lettering, so --no text is load-bearing here; the "blank banner space at the top" leaves you room to set your own headline in a real period typeface afterward. If the beams come back as soft glow, re-ask for "hard-edged radiating spotlight wedges".
Variations to try
- Trapeze version — "a trapeze artist silhouette mid-swing between two crossed spotlight beams, palette unchanged"
- Softer palette — "the same composition in faded teal, coral and cream" for a nursery-safe print
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What to do next
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Open this prompt in the Midjourney builder, pre-filled, and change one layer at a time.
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Vintage 1920s Circus Poster",
"prompt": "1920s circus poster style illustration, a ringmaster silhouette in top hat with arms raised at the center ring, bold hard-edged spotlight beams radiating behind him, striped big-top canopy framing the upper edge, limited palette of aged cream, deep crimson, mustard gold and ink black, flat lithograph shapes with visible ink grain, ornate border of stars and scallops, worn paper texture, blank banner space at the top --no text, lettering, watermark --ar 2:3 --stylize 200",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "2:3",
"stylize": 200
},
"style_tags": [
"vintage",
"art-deco"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"poster",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/vintage-circus-poster/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
