Retro Travel Poster Coastline
Stable DiffusionRetro Travel Poster Coastline is an SDXL prompt that renders a mid-century travel poster of cliffs and a lighthouse in flat vintage colour. It suits wall art and nostalgic Pinterest pins.
Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more vintage prompts .
Prompt
A retro travel poster of a rugged coastline with cliffs and a lighthouse, bold flat shapes, limited vintage palette of teal, coral and cream, stylised waves and a low sun, grainy screen-print texture, a blank banner across the bottom with no lettering, mid-century travel poster illustration
Negative prompt
photorealistic, 3d, text, words, watermark, signature, modern, glossy
Settings
- Model
- Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
- Aspect ratio
- 2:3
- Steps
- 30
- CFG scale
- 7
- Sampler
- DPM++ 2M Karras
How to use this prompt
The mid-century travel poster look is a flat-design problem, so the prompt bans "photorealistic" and "3d" in the negative and names "bold flat shapes" and a "limited vintage palette" up front — that combination is what keeps SDXL graphic rather than painterly. Naming the exact palette (teal, coral, cream) matters because "vintage colours" alone drifts muddy; the specific trio is the era's signature. The "grainy screen-print texture" is the detail that sells it as a printed poster rather than a digital illustration. The blank banner is a text trap avoided — a real poster carries a destination name that would garble, so the prompt leaves the banner empty for your own lettering.
Variations to try
- Mountain version — swap the coast for alpine peaks and a chalet
- Desert version — dunes and a setting sun in ochre and rust
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What to do next
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Retro Travel Poster Coastline",
"prompt": "A retro travel poster of a rugged coastline with cliffs and a lighthouse, bold flat shapes, limited vintage palette of teal, coral and cream, stylised waves and a low sun, grainy screen-print texture, a blank banner across the bottom with no lettering, mid-century travel poster illustration",
"negative_prompt": "photorealistic, 3d, text, words, watermark, signature, modern, glossy",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "2:3",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 7,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"vintage",
"flat-design"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wall-art",
"pinterest-pins"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/retro-travel-poster/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
