Nautical Knot Diagram

Stable Diffusion

By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 Aug 9, 2026

An SDXL prompt for a bowline knot diagram in clean line art — thin even ink showing the standing part, the looped working end and the eye, with crossing-point gaps for over-and-under, rigging manual style on white.

Last tested: August 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

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

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Clean ink diagram of a bowline knot with looped working end and over-under crossing gaps on white — Nautical Knot Diagram — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 1:1

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Prompt

A clean line drawing of a bowline knot diagram on plain white paper, thin even black ink showing the standing part, the working end looped around the standing part and through the eye, the rope crossing points rendered as gaps to indicate over-and-under, a small arrow at the working end, precise rigging manual style, no shading, no color fill, no gradients, no rope texture, generous white margin, no text, no letters, no labels

Negative prompt

shading, color fill, gradients, rope texture, 3d, photorealistic, text, words, watermark, signature, blurry, frayed rope

Settings

Model: Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio: 1:1
Steps: 30
CFG scale: 7
Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

"Bowline knot" is the named knot that gives SDXL a specific structure; a generic "rope knot" produces an amorphous tangle. "Rope crossing points rendered as gaps to indicate over-and-under" is the single most important phrase — without it SDXL draws the rope as a flat ribbon with no depth, and the knot becomes unreadable. The gap is the technical-illustration convention that shows which strand passes over and which under. The negative prompt's "rope texture" and "frayed rope" bans keep the linework clean; SDXL adds fibre detail by default. "Rigging manual style" anchors the technical lineage. The arrow at the working end is the one directional cue that makes the diagram instructional.

Variations to try

Redraw as a clove hitch with two half-hitches around a spar
Redraw as a figure-eight on a bight with the loop highlighted

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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON

{
  "title": "Nautical Knot Diagram",
  "prompt": "A clean line drawing of a bowline knot diagram on plain white paper, thin even black ink showing the standing part, the working end looped around the standing part and through the eye, the rope crossing points rendered as gaps to indicate over-and-under, a small arrow at the working end, precise rigging manual style, no shading, no color fill, no gradients, no rope texture, generous white margin, no text, no letters, no labels",
  "negative_prompt": "shading, color fill, gradients, rope texture, 3d, photorealistic, text, words, watermark, signature, blurry, frayed rope",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 7,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "line-art",
    "minimalist"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "illustration",
    "wall-art"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/nautical-knot-diagram/"
}

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