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Vintage Compass Rose Illustration

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Vintage Compass Rose Illustration is an SDXL 1.0 prompt that uses sepia ink and parchment to age the piece. Eight points and a rope border give it the feel of an old map.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more vintage prompts .

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A vintage compass rose with eight points, rope border, and sea monster in sepia ink.
Vintage Compass Rose Illustration — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 1:1

Prompt 

A detailed vintage compass rose with eight points, the cardinal directions marked with ornate letters, a decorative border of rope and anchor motifs, hand-drawn in sepia ink on aged parchment, fine crosshatching and stippling, a small ship and a sea monster in the corners, flat illustration

Negative prompt 

blurry, low quality, deformed, text, watermark, modern, digital, 3d, photo

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
1:1
Steps
30
CFG scale
6.5
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

The eight points are the structure. A compass rose with four points is a simple cross; eight points with the cardinal directions marked give it the complexity of a real navigational tool. The rope and anchor border and the small ship and sea monster in the corners are the decorative elements that say this is from an old map, not a modern diagram. Sepia ink on aged parchment gives the piece its age; black ink on white paper would read as a modern tattoo flash. Keep the crosshatching and stippling fine and even; heavy lines would make it look like a woodcut, not an engraving.

Variations to try

  • A simpler four-point compass with just the cardinal directions
  • A more elaborate version with a full map border and a legend
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Vintage Compass Rose Illustration",
  "prompt": "A detailed vintage compass rose with eight points, the cardinal directions marked with ornate letters, a decorative border of rope and anchor motifs, hand-drawn in sepia ink on aged parchment, fine crosshatching and stippling, a small ship and a sea monster in the corners, flat illustration",
  "negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, deformed, text, watermark, modern, digital, 3d, photo",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 6.5,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "vintage",
    "line-art"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "tattoo-design",
    "wall-art"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/compass-rose/"
}

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