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Woodcut Barn Owl Print

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Woodcut Barn Owl Print is an SDXL 1.0 prompt for a 2:3 relief-print artwork. Specifying white negative space for the facial disc and visible gouge marks is what keeps it a woodcut rather than a smooth digital silhouette.

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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Black ink woodcut of a barn owl on cream paper with carved gouge marks in the dark fields
Woodcut Barn Owl Print — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 2:3

Prompt 

A relief woodcut print of a barn owl in three-quarter view, bold carved black ink on cream paper, white negative space forming the facial disc and chest speckles, rough gouge marks visible in the dark background fields, simplified feather masses rather than individual barbs, slight ink squash at the edges of large black areas, flat print look, no colour, no text, no signature

Negative prompt 

blurry, low quality, photorealistic, smooth gradient, soft airbrush, text, watermark, watermark signature, extra eyes, deformed beak, muddy browns

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

Asking for "a woodcut style owl" usually yields a soft digital drawing with a texture overlay. Force the print mechanics: bold black ink on cream, white negative space cutting the facial disc, rough gouge marks in the dark fields, and slight ink squash at the edges of large blacks. Those are the physical tells of relief printing on paper. Simplify feather masses — individual barbs push SDXL toward engraving or scratchboard. Ban signatures; they arrive as fake monograms in the corner every time.

Variations to try

  • Same owl as a two-colour reduction: black plus a single muted ochre block for the breast
  • Swap the owl for a hare in the same carved vocabulary, same cream paper and gouge fields
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Woodcut Barn Owl Print",
  "prompt": "A relief woodcut print of a barn owl in three-quarter view, bold carved black ink on cream paper, white negative space forming the facial disc and chest speckles, rough gouge marks visible in the dark background fields, simplified feather masses rather than individual barbs, slight ink squash at the edges of large black areas, flat print look, no colour, no text, no signature",
  "negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, photorealistic, smooth gradient, soft airbrush, text, watermark, watermark signature, extra eyes, deformed beak, muddy browns",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "2:3",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 6.5,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "line-art",
    "vintage"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "wall-art",
    "t-shirt-design"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/woodcut-barn-owl-print/"
}

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