High Fantasy Book Cover — Dragon Throne
FluxA Flux.1 dev prompt for a high fantasy book cover — a colossal dragon coiled around a shattered throne on a cliff-top ruin, a lone armoured figure at the base, in cinematic oil-painting style with charcoal, emerald, and gold and an empty top band for the title.
Last tested: August 2026 with Flux Flux.1 dev
Part of the Flux prompt library · see more cinematic prompts .
Prompt
A high fantasy book cover illustration, a colossal dragon curled around a shattered stone throne on a cliff-top ruin, dramatic storm clouds lit from below by emerald fire, a lone armoured figure standing small at the base of the cliff, epic scale composition with the dragon dominating the upper two thirds, a narrow empty band at the very top reserved for the title, no text, no letters, no title, cinematic oil-painting style with visible brushwork, deep palette of charcoal black, emerald green, and molten gold
Settings
- Model
- Flux Flux.1 dev
- Aspect ratio
- 2:3
How to use this prompt
Epic scale is the hardest thing to hold in a fantasy cover because the model wants to move the figure to the centre. "A lone armoured figure standing small at the base" and "the dragon dominating the upper two thirds" are the two phrases that keep the scale relationship — skip either and Flux will render a medium-shot of a knight with a dragon in the background, which is a poster, not a cover. The shattered throne is what gives the dragon a reason to be there, and "shattered" matters because an intact throne changes the story from "ruin" to "reign." The narrow empty band at the top is the title reservation,
Variations to try
- Swap the dragon for a phoenix rising from the throne for a fire-themed fantasy cover
- Recolour to ice blue and silver for a winter fantasy palette while keeping the cinematic oil style
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What to do next
For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "High Fantasy Book Cover — Dragon Throne",
"prompt": "A high fantasy book cover illustration, a colossal dragon curled around a shattered stone throne on a cliff-top ruin, dramatic storm clouds lit from below by emerald fire, a lone armoured figure standing small at the base of the cliff, epic scale composition with the dragon dominating the upper two thirds, a narrow empty band at the very top reserved for the title, no text, no letters, no title, cinematic oil-painting style with visible brushwork, deep palette of charcoal black, emerald green, and molten gold",
"model": "Flux",
"model_version": "Flux.1 dev",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "2:3"
},
"style_tags": [
"cinematic",
"fantasy"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"book-covers",
"illustration"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/flux/high-fantasy-book-cover/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
