Synthwave Beach Sunset
FluxSynthwave Beach Sunset is a tested Flux Flux.1 dev prompt for wallpaper work. It runs at Flux Flux.1 dev · Aspect ratio 16:9 · 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.
Prompt
A synthwave beach at sunset — flat black palm-tree silhouettes against a glowing purple-to-orange gradient sky crossed by a neon magenta perspective grid, a large horizontally banded retro sun sinking into the ocean horizon, its light mirrored on wet reflective sand, chrome and magenta highlights, 1980s outrun aesthetic, no people
Settings
- Model
- Flux Flux.1 dev
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Steps
- 28
- CFG scale
- 3.5
How to use this prompt
Two elements define synthwave, and Flux skips both unless you name them: the banded, horizontally-striped retro sun, and the neon perspective grid converging to the horizon. Ask for 'striped sun' and 'magenta grid' explicitly or you get a generic orange sunset. The wet, reflective sand is your force multiplier — it mirrors the sun and grid, doubling the neon and making it read as a wallpaper. Hold the palette to the purple-magenta-orange triad; a fourth hue muddies the glow. Keep the palms as flat black silhouettes, not detailed trees, so they stay graphic against the gradient sky and don't compete with the sun.
Variations to try
- City skyline version — replace the palms with a distant neon skyline mirrored in the wet sand
- Daytime vaporwave twist — swap the sunset for a pastel pink-and-cyan sky with soft chrome clouds
What to do next
For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Synthwave Beach Sunset",
"prompt": "A synthwave beach at sunset — flat black palm-tree silhouettes against a glowing purple-to-orange gradient sky crossed by a neon magenta perspective grid, a large horizontally banded retro sun sinking into the ocean horizon, its light mirrored on wet reflective sand, chrome and magenta highlights, 1980s outrun aesthetic, no people",
"model": "Flux",
"model_version": "Flux.1 dev",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"steps": 28,
"cfg": 3.5
},
"style_tags": [
"synthwave",
"retro-futurism"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wallpaper",
"gaming"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/flux/synthwave-beach-sunset/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
