Stable Diffusion · SDXL 1.0

Surreal Portrait with a Swarm of Butterflies for a Head

Tested: 2026-08-10

3:4 · 576 × 768

The prompt

Prompt

A surreal portrait of a figure in a formal grey suit, the head dissolved into a swarm of monarch butterflies in mid-flight, butterflies spreading outward and upward from the collar, each butterfly individually rendered with orange-and-black wing detail, soft studio lighting from the left, a plain dark grey background, the suit crisp and photorealistic while the head region is pure organic chaos, shoulders visible, no text, no letters

Negative prompt

This entry was tested with a negative prompt as well. It goes in the separate negative field, not appended to the prompt above.

Negative prompt

blurry, low quality, deformed hands, extra limbs, text, watermark, signature, multiple people, bright background, patterned background, cartoon, anime, deformed butterflies, merged wings, missing wings

How to use this prompt

1
Open the generator that matches the model and version above, and start a new image rather than editing an existing one.
2
Set the output to 3:4 and apply the settings shown in the parameters panel — together those produced the 576 × 768 image on this page.
3
Paste the prompt exactly as written. Changing the wording changes the image, so copy it before you edit.
4
Paste the negative prompt into the separate negative field; this entry was tested with one.
5
Generate, then change one thing at a time. The result will not be pixel-identical to the image on this page, because no seed is recorded for it.

Stable Diffusion exposes the sampler, step count, and CFG scale as separate settings, and this entry uses all three. If you are trying to reproduce this image, match the sampler name exactly and keep the step count and CFG as recorded — they are part of the recipe, not decoration.

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