Wax Seal on a Handwritten Letter
FluxWax Seal on a Handwritten Letter is a Flux.1 dev prompt that pairs the finished seal with the tools that made it. Warm lamp light and a dark desk give the scene a formal, old-world feel.
Last tested: July 2026 with Flux Flux.1 dev
Part of the Flux prompt library · see more photorealistic prompts .
Prompt
A folded cream letter sealed with a deep red wax seal stamped with a simple crest, a brass seal stamp and a stick of sealing wax beside it, a fountain pen resting on the paper, on a dark walnut desk, warm side light from a desk lamp, shallow depth of field, photorealistic
Settings
- Model
- Flux Flux.1 dev
- Aspect ratio
- 4:5
- Steps
- 28
- CFG scale
- 3.5
How to use this prompt
The seal is the subject, but the tools tell the story. The brass stamp and the stick of wax beside the letter show how the seal was made; without them the image is just a closed envelope. Keep the crest simple — a single initial or a small emblem — because a complex design renders as a smudge. Warm side light from a desk lamp rakes across the wax and shows its texture; flat light makes it look like a sticker. The fountain pen resting on the paper suggests the letter was just written, which gives the scene a moment in time.
Variations to try
- Macro shot of just the wax seal and the stamp
- The letter open with the pen mid-sentence, the seal not yet applied
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What to do next
For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Wax Seal on a Handwritten Letter",
"prompt": "A folded cream letter sealed with a deep red wax seal stamped with a simple crest, a brass seal stamp and a stick of sealing wax beside it, a fountain pen resting on the paper, on a dark walnut desk, warm side light from a desk lamp, shallow depth of field, photorealistic",
"model": "Flux",
"model_version": "Flux.1 dev",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "4:5",
"steps": 28,
"cfg": 3.5
},
"style_tags": [
"photorealistic",
"vintage"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"invitations",
"branding"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/flux/wax-seal-letter/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
