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Claymation Forest Clearing Scene

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Claymation Forest Clearing Scene is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for illustration work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 16:9 · Steps 30 · CFG scale 6.5 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more 3d render prompts .

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A claymation-style forest clearing with thumbprint clay texture
Claymation Forest Clearing Scene — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 16:9

Prompt 

claymation-style forest clearing, hand-sculpted clay trees with visible thumbprint texture in the bark, toadstools with slightly uneven hand-rolled caps, a small clay deer standing beside a felt-textured pond, moss made of pressed green crumbs, warm miniature stop-motion set lighting, shallow depth of field, matte soft-touch surfaces

Negative prompt 

photorealistic, real forest, smooth cgi, glossy plastic, sharp machined edges, text, watermark, blurry, lowres

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
16:9
Steps
30
CFG scale
6.5
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

The handmade read lives in the imperfection words — "thumbprint texture", "slightly uneven hand-rolled caps", "pressed green crumbs" — each one gives SDXL permission to be lumpy where a plain "clay style" prompt slides back toward smooth CGI. That is also why "smooth cgi" and "sharp machined edges" sit in the negatives: they catch the two most common ways the illusion fails. "Stop-motion set lighting" pulls in the warm, slightly theatrical key light of a miniature stage and pairs naturally with the shallow depth of field. Keep cfg modest at 6.5; higher guidance irons the charming wobble out of the sculpts.

Variations to try

  • Night shoot — "the same clay clearing at night, a felt campfire with cellophane flames, clay fox curled beside it, deep blue set lighting"
  • Seasons swap — "the same clearing in clay autumn, orange crumb leaves on the ground, tiny clay mushrooms in a fairy ring"
3d render whimsical illustration

What to do next

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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Claymation Forest Clearing Scene",
  "prompt": "claymation-style forest clearing, hand-sculpted clay trees with visible thumbprint texture in the bark, toadstools with slightly uneven hand-rolled caps, a small clay deer standing beside a felt-textured pond, moss made of pressed green crumbs, warm miniature stop-motion set lighting, shallow depth of field, matte soft-touch surfaces",
  "negative_prompt": "photorealistic, real forest, smooth cgi, glossy plastic, sharp machined edges, text, watermark, blurry, lowres",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 6.5,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "3d-render",
    "whimsical"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "illustration"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/claymation-forest-scene/"
}

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