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Sea Serpent in Storm Waves

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Sea Serpent in Storm Waves is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for wall art work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 16:9 · Steps 30 · CFG scale 7 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

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A sea serpent breaching storm waves beside a sailing ship
Sea Serpent in Storm Waves — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 16:9

Prompt 

colossal sea serpent breaching towering storm waves beside a three-masted sailing ship, rain lashing the rigging, sailors bracing on the tilted deck, lightning illuminating iridescent scales, churning grey-green sea, dramatic fantasy marine painting, dark oil-painting palette with white sea foam

Negative prompt 

calm water, sunny, cartoon, blurry, low quality, deformed, extra heads, text, watermark, photorealistic

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
16:9
Steps
30
CFG scale
7
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

"Beside a three-masted sailing ship" does double duty — the ship is the scale reference and it forces a coherent horizon line in heavy seas. Lightning is the only light source that keeps "iridescent scales" from going flat grey in storm murk, so keep those two clauses paired. "Extra heads" in the negative prompt is not paranoia: serpent coils breaking multiple wave crests frequently sprout a second head where a coil meets the foam. If the ship capsizes into visual chaos, add "the ship riding up a wave face" to give SDXL a stable pose to lock onto.

Variations to try

  • Calm dread — "glassy moonlit sea, the serpent's coils barely breaking the surface around the becalmed ship, crew frozen at the rails"
  • Friendly leviathan — swap the storm for "gentle rain, the serpent swimming alongside as sailors lean over to look, soft green glow under the water"
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Sea Serpent in Storm Waves",
  "prompt": "colossal sea serpent breaching towering storm waves beside a three-masted sailing ship, rain lashing the rigging, sailors bracing on the tilted deck, lightning illuminating iridescent scales, churning grey-green sea, dramatic fantasy marine painting, dark oil-painting palette with white sea foam",
  "negative_prompt": "calm water, sunny, cartoon, blurry, low quality, deformed, extra heads, text, watermark, photorealistic",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 7,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "fantasy",
    "painterly"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "wall-art",
    "illustration"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/sea-serpent-storm/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.