<h1 id="simon-stalenhag-things-from-the-flood">Simon Stålenhag Things from the Flood</h1>YFG Simon Stålenhag – Things from the FloodStyle Inspired by the visual language of Simon Stålenhag’s Things from the Flood, this LoRA brings a moody, melancholic, near-future Scandinavian atmosphere to your generations. Expect muted skies, quiet roads, abandoned machinery, eerie suburban or rural environments, and a strong sense of isolation. It works especially well for landscapes, post-apocalyptic scenes, strange technology in everyday settings, and unsettling narrative imagery.Trigger Use <code>YFG-SimonFlood style</code> to reinforce the intended style. The trigger is not strictly required, but it can help strengthen the effect depending on the prompt.Strength Tested across a wide range:<ul><li>0.40 – 0.75 is the recommended range for most prompts</li><li>0.65 is a very solid starting point</li><li>Good results are possible up to 1.10 with the right prompt</li><li>Above that becomes less reliable</li><li>Even very low strengths around 0.10 can still leave a visible stylistic influence</li></ul><hr /><h3 id="key-characteristics">Key Characteristics</h3><ul><li>Moody environmental tone – overcast skies, wet roads, winter fields, abandoned lots, and quiet urban edges.</li><li>Near-future melancholy – strange machines, eerie structures, and advanced technology placed in otherwise ordinary landscapes.</li><li>Cold muted palette – grays, blue-greens, pale winter light, dirty snow, and subdued industrial colors.</li><li>Isolation &amp; unease – deserted scenes, lone figures, abandoned vehicles, and a quiet apocalyptic feeling.</li><li>Dark horror potential – can also lean into disturbing themes, blood, bloody ooze, and unsettling surreal imagery when prompted.</li></ul><hr /><h3 id="prompt-ideas">Prompt Ideas</h3><ul><li>“A snow-covered suburban road with an abandoned machine in the distance, YFG-SimonFlood style.”</li><li>“A lonely figure standing in an overgrown field beside a giant rusted robot, overcast sky, muted winter light.”</li><li>“A dystopian urban alley with eerie industrial structures and strange glowing architecture, melancholy Scandinavian atmosphere.”</li><li>“Two abandoned insect-like machines lying in the snow near a rural road, pale sky, quiet dread.”</li><li>“A rain-soaked road at dusk facing a towering humanoid machine with glowing eyes, post-apocalyptic realism.”</li></ul><hr /><h3 id="tips-and-tricks">Tips &amp; Tricks</h3><ol><li>Works very well with landscapes and infrastructure<ul><li>Roads, fields, forests, industrial outskirts, empty lots, apartment blocks, utility buildings, and suburban edges all fit naturally.</li></ul></li><li>Keep the mood subdued<ul><li>Terms like overcast, misty, rainy, snow-covered, abandoned, bleak, muted, and desolate help a lot.</li></ul></li><li>Use technology sparingly but meaningfully<ul><li>The style shines when strange machines or futuristic structures are inserted into otherwise grounded, realistic scenes.</li></ul></li><li>Strong for dystopian and horror themes<ul><li>If desired, the model can go darker with blood, gore-like ooze, unsettling figures, and ominous surrealism.</li></ul></li><li>Don’t over-prompt<ul><li>You usually do not need excessive style language. A grounded scene description plus the trigger word is often enough.</li></ul></li><li>Best starting point<ul><li>Try 0.65 strength first, then adjust up or down depending on how dominant you want the atmosphere to be.</li></ul></li></ol><hr /><h3 id="example-prompt-themes">Example Prompt Themes</h3>The LoRA responds especially well to themes like:<ul><li>winter urban ruins</li><li>lonely roads and fields</li><li>abandoned machinery</li><li>dystopian youth portraits</li><li>wet concrete and snow</li><li>rusted vehicles and industrial leftovers</li><li>surreal towers and quiet suburbs</li><li>post-apocalyptic Scandinavian landscapes</li></ul><hr />YFG Simon Stålenhag – Things from the Flood is ideal when you want a scene to feel quiet, cold, strange, and emotionally heavy. It captures that specific blend of ordinary landscape + unsettling futuristic intrusion that makes the source material so memorable. Start around 0.65, keep the prompt grounded, and let the LoRA bring in the eerie atmosphere.

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