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Sleepy Forest Animals Napping

Flux
By Varun Sharma Tested with Flux Flux.1 dev

Sleepy Forest Animals Napping is a tested Flux Flux.1 dev prompt for childrens book work. It runs at Flux Flux.1 dev · Aspect ratio 3:2 · Steps 28 · CFG scale 3.5, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Flux Flux.1 dev

Part of the Flux prompt library.

Watercolor storybook illustration of a hedgehog, squirrel, and owl asleep together inside a mossy hollow log
Sleepy Forest Animals Napping — Flux Flux.1 dev, Aspect ratio 3:2

Prompt

A hedgehog, a red squirrel, and a little owl curled up asleep together inside a mossy hollow log, eyes closed, soft pastel palette, dappled warm light, tiny mushrooms and ferns around the log, gentle watercolor storybook illustration, cozy and peaceful, no people

Settings

Model
Flux Flux.1 dev
Aspect ratio
3:2
Steps
28
CFG scale
3.5

How to use this prompt

The single phrase that makes this work is 'eyes closed, curled up asleep together' — without it Flux wakes the animals and has them stare at the camera, which kills the naptime mood. The hollow log is doing real compositional work: it frames and physically groups the three animals so they read as one cozy pile rather than three separate portraits. Cap the cast at three named animals; add more and the scale goes haywire and the owl ends up bigger than the hedgehog. Keep the light soft, warm and single-source so the pastel palette stays gentle instead of flattening out into a flat, evenly-lit sticker.

Variations to try

  • Winter version — set the sleeping trio in a snug snow-covered burrow with a soft blue-and-white palette and a tiny knitted blanket
  • Swap the cast for a fox kit, a rabbit, and a dormouse curled in a flower-lined nest, keeping the same soft watercolor look
storybook watercolor childrens book nursery decor

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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
  "title": "Sleepy Forest Animals Napping",
  "prompt": "A hedgehog, a red squirrel, and a little owl curled up asleep together inside a mossy hollow log, eyes closed, soft pastel palette, dappled warm light, tiny mushrooms and ferns around the log, gentle watercolor storybook illustration, cozy and peaceful, no people",
  "model": "Flux",
  "model_version": "Flux.1 dev",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "3:2",
    "steps": 28,
    "cfg": 3.5
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "storybook",
    "watercolor"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "childrens-book",
    "nursery-decor"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/flux/sleepy-forest-animals-naptime/"
}

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