Hot Air Balloon Over a Valley
Stable DiffusionHot Air Balloon Over a Valley is an SDXL 1.0 prompt that uses flat shapes and a limited palette to render a classic scene. A patchwork valley and a winding river give the balloon a sense of height.
Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more flat design prompts .
Prompt
A hot air balloon with a striped envelope in red, yellow, and blue floating over a patchwork valley of fields and a winding river, a small wicker basket below, soft morning light, distant hills on the horizon, flat illustration with clean shapes and a limited palette
Negative prompt
blurry, low quality, deformed, text, watermark, photorealistic, 3d, gradient
Settings
- Model
- Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
- Aspect ratio
- 2:3
- Steps
- 30
- CFG scale
- 6.5
- Sampler
- DPM++ 2M Karras
How to use this prompt
The valley is what gives the balloon height. A balloon against a plain sky is just a shape; a patchwork of fields and a winding river below give the viewer a sense of altitude. The striped envelope in red, yellow, and blue is the classic balloon pattern — name the colours so the model renders them. Flat illustration with clean shapes and a limited palette keeps the image graphic and readable; gradients and photorealism would make it a photo, not a poster. Keep the basket small and simple; a detailed basket would pull focus from the balloon.
Variations to try
- A night version with the balloon glowing from the burner
- A fleet of balloons at a festival, all different colours
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What to do next
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Open this prompt in the Stable Diffusion builder, pre-filled, and change one layer at a time.
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Hot Air Balloon Over a Valley",
"prompt": "A hot air balloon with a striped envelope in red, yellow, and blue floating over a patchwork valley of fields and a winding river, a small wicker basket below, soft morning light, distant hills on the horizon, flat illustration with clean shapes and a limited palette",
"negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, deformed, text, watermark, photorealistic, 3d, gradient",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "2:3",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 6.5,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"flat-design",
"whimsical"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wall-art",
"childrens-book"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/hot-air-balloon/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
