Sleepy Forest Animals Napping
FluxSleepy 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 · see more whimsical prompts .
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
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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": [
"whimsical",
"watercolor"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"childrens-book"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/flux/sleepy-forest-animals-naptime/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
