¶ Flux Schnell
Flux is a different kind of AI model. It doesn't use negative prompts or prompt weighting. The guidance scale is locked at 1. And it runs with fewer steps.
Flux does wonders rendering text. It can create art in a variety of styles. Most importantly, Flux can render more imaginative concepts that other models struggle with.
Flux works well with natural language prompts. That means you can describe your desired artwork as if you were talking to a human, rather than using keywords and short phrases separated by commas. If you have a favorite prompt-builder chat app, give it a whirl with Flux.
¶ Flux Techniques
Since Flux is not like other models we offer at MonAI, I'm going to discuss some techniques which are unique to Flux.
¶ Text
Flux renders text with nearly perfect accuracy. You can even specify font or style, color, and effects with some accuracy. Here are a few examples:
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Prompt: A lush Spring garden from a low perspective, with tulips and daffodils. The artwork is overlaid with large "Springtime" text in a bold serif font with decorative scrolls. The style of the artwork should be fun and bright, with pastel colors, in a graphic illustration style with vector graphics.  |
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Prompt: A captivating movie poster titled "Sail Away" with a subtitle "A sweeping journey" in a handwritten font. The poster shows an ocean scene with a small red sailboat riding on giant waves, with cloudy skies in the background. The atmosphere should be frightening and expansive, in a hand-drawn children's illustration style.  |
Prompt: A captivating movie poster titled 'Sail Away' with a subtitle 'A sweeping journey' in a red handwritten font. The poster shows an ocean scene with a small red sailboat riding on giant waves, with cloudy skies. The atmosphere should be frightening and expansive, in a hand-drawn children's illustration style.  |
| The text you want to see should appear in quotation marks. ‘Single quotes’ and “double quotes” seem to work equally well. If you see a typo, you may want to try the render again with a different seed, and if that doesn't work, try a less complicated request. There are several great examples of text being incorporated into artwork in the Flux Examples area below. |
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¶ Depth Layering
Flux allows for greater control over the layers of depth in an image. Here's an example prompt with a foreground, middle, and background:
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Prompt: In the foreground, a polar bear holding a fishing pole in his paw, standing on the ice at the edge of the water. Far behind it, a fish jumps out of the water. In the background, an enormous iceberg rises from the water.  *Another method of Depth Layering appears below |
¶ Artists and Art Movements
It is not as easy to capture an artistic style with Flux as it is with SDXL. Here are a few techniques and their results.
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1  Prompt: Create an artwork of a penguin looking up toward the sky. The penguin is standing on the ice in a glacial wilderness, with a snowy mountain range behind him and the swirling vibrant lights of the Aurora borealis above. |
2  Prompt: Create an artwork of a penguin looking up toward the sky. The penguin is standing on the ice in a glacial wilderness, with a snowy mountain range behind him and the swirling vibrant lights of the Aurora borealis above. In the style of Claude Monet. |
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3  Prompt: Create an artwork of a penguin looking up toward the sky. The penguin is standing on the ice in a glacial wilderness, with a snowy mountain range behind him and the swirling vibrant lights of the Aurora borealis above. Impressionist Style. |
4  Prompt: Create an artwork of a penguin looking up toward the sky. The penguin is standing on the ice in a glacial wilderness, with a snowy mountain range behind him and the swirling vibrant lights of the Aurora borealis above. The artwork should be in the Impressionist style with the pastel tones and visible brush strokes of Claude Monet. |
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The seed and other parameters are the same in these renders. The only difference is the highlighted text. Without an artist reference, Flux will usually default to a photorealistic style, as shown in image (1). To say “In the style of Claude Monet” or simply “Claude Monet” has virtually no effect (2). “Impressionist Style” creates visible brushstrokes (3). Some recommend the technique shown in image (4), where an an artist's name and/or an artistic movement is referenced along with a description of what is desired from that reference. You can also reference a particular painting by name in the same manner. However, referencing the “Impressionist Style” art movement had a much stronger affect with less effort. These are a few examples of modern art movements interpreted by Flux Schnell. |
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 Impressionist Style |
 Cubist Style |
 Cubo-Futurism Style
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 Art Deco
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 Rococo Style |
 Abstract Expressionist Style |
 Fauvism Style |
 Neo Expressionist Style |
¶ Lens Details for Better Photos
Flux responds well to photographic technical details such as camera lens and f-stop.
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Prompt: Black and white portrait of a beautiful blonde woman, sitting at the window, holding a cup of steaming coffee in both hands. The sunlight in her hair provides a warm glow. Shot with a macro lens (f/2.8, 50mm)  |
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Flux Examples
 Prompt: chic mad scientist with short whispy pointy white hair, eye goggles, lab coat. he has a crazed excited expression as though he has just made a great and surprising discovery. he is in a lab full of glass vials with colorful liquids, as well as gauges, meters and tools. he is holding a flask with smoke rising from it. comic book style, Richard Corben |
 Prompt: cute ginger kitten with long whiskers and green eyes, standing in the shadows of a downtown alley, standing with his back against a brick wall, neon lights and low fog in the background, photography studio style, hyper realistic, ultra detailed |
 Prompt: The word "Nature" made of woven vines and roots with a male hiker climb up it. |
 Prompt: enigmatic, shadowy figure emerging from a dark forest, His face is obscured, with only two glowing red eyes piercing through the blackness. His armor is made of fragmented, spectral shards that float around him, giving him an ethereal presence. He wields a dark scythe, forged from the essence of nightmares. The background is a surreal, dreamlike forest of twisted trees, each detail emphasizing his connection to the realm of the unseen and the unknowable. |
 Prompt: Create cocktail artwork with tropical vibes. Layer 1 (Foreground): Focus on a margarita in a glass with a lime slice on the rim. The glass is on a table. Behind it, part of a beach chair can be seen. Layer 2 (Middle Ground): a beautiful woman wearing a swimsuit is walking from the beach. Layer 3 (Background): A tropical seashore with a palm tree. The art style should be fun, in a graphic illustration style, with vector graphics. |
 Prompt: The word "LOVE" made out of small pink and red flowers on a white background. A yellow butterfly is landing on the "V" |
 Prompt: a winter scene, berry branches with red birds, snowy landscape in the background, leafless trees with snow on the branches, minimalist graphic illustration, beautiful, amazing depth, pop art style |
 Prompt: beautiful woman with pale skin and white hair, (sparkles on her cheeks), (small snowflakes in her hair), winter scene in the background, |
 Prompt: mad scientist with short whispy pointy white hair with burned tips, eye goggles, lab coat. he has a crazed exhilarated expression as though he has just made a great and surprising discovery. he is in a lab full of glass vials with colorful liquids, as well as gauges, meters and tools. graphic illustration |
 Prompt: dark horror Assassin, black shadow over his face, Dark gothic Style, he wears a black crown of long ornamental spikes over a dirty black hood, he wears a black old scarf, he wears a grunge and dirt black robe, photography studio style, hyper realistic, ultra detailed |
 Prompt: beautiful wolf howling at the moon, (cute) Halloween art, (graphic illustration style:1.2), (Tony Allain:1.3) |
 Prompt: The word "Dinner" made of meat laying on a plate with with garnish. a knife and fork lay next to it. beside the plate there is a glass of red wine. a flower bouquet is the centerpiece on the table. |
 Prompt: a glass elephant with light refraction standing on a table by the window. sunlight streams through the winder, illuminating the elephant. the elephant's trunk is raised. it's ears are fanned out. |
 Prompt: The word "Love" spelled out with stars connected with lines. The text looks like a constellation in the night sky. In the foreground, two cats sit at the top of a grassy field, side by side, looking up at the stars. Storybook illustration style. |