Epic stormy sea scene with a glowing undead warrior leaping from a cursed ship.

Dark fantasy ship with emerald glow sailing through stormy seas

Viking warship on a stormy sea with green flames around the prow and a dark, glowing figurehead.

Fantasy dragon-headed ship with green flames and a armored warrior aboard during a stormy night.

Dark Viking longship burning on a stormy sea with a ghostly figure on deck.

A dark fantasy scene of a ghostly warrior on a cursed ship emitting green glow and lightning.

Epic stormy sea scene with a glowing undead warrior leaping

By @CaylaCatz · Apr 16, 2026

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QT: ghost ship of ancient civilizations @ghostboy Hope you like it! Much harder than I thought. It kept wanting to give me a viking ship.

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A dramatic fantasy illustration of a cursed ship battling turbulent seas under lightning-filled skies, illuminated by a neon-green magical aura. An undead warrior lunges from the vessel, while glowing green accents trace the hull and rigging, creating a vivid, otherworldly mood for dark fantasy and epic nautical adventure keywords.

A gothic fantasy scene features an ancient dragon-headed ship illuminated by emerald green energy, with a tattered sail and lightning in a stormy sky. The digital artwork blends dark maritime mood with supernatural glow, perfect for fans of dark fantasy, mythic sea voyages, and epic nautical art.

A dramatic fantasy scene of a Viking ship battling raging seas under lightning, with a crew rowing and a hero standing at the bow. Green ethereal flames wrap the ornate prow, while a skeletal dragon-like figurehead and a black sail add a mystical, dark-fantasy mood. The image blends epic maritime warfare with supernatural energy and stormy atmosphere.

Comments (93)

@panos · Apr 17, 2026
Oh, no, I was not talking to that ghost-y Centurion (or whatever) guy. I was talking to my Big Cousin. I want him to see the long-term effects of green-glowing vodka. (I guess we're on the same page on this with that vampire gf of his. THAT's a first!) Romans do indeed drink wine. Greeks drink ouzo. Modern Greeks that is, as it was made aroun mid-19th century
@CaylaCatz · Apr 17, 2026
another cousin??? how many do you have? And he's Roman! Don't they drink wine or ouzo?
@CaylaCatz · Apr 17, 2026
No wonder he's haunting you! He thinks it's unfair he never got to taste ouzo!
@CaylaCatz · Apr 16, 2026
omg! I tried & tried & tried. I even googled specialty words for the ship, prow, the back and the sail. And it kept doing a viking ship anyways. Finally I used a starter image from the web and did img-to-img. Then I got really close. The first image is close but the spiral is usually towards the mast rather than away. Still much better than the viking ships I was getting. A great site that showed different roman ships that can help you find what you are looking for. https://naval-encyclopedia.com/antique-ships/roman-ships Also not as good but Wiki has this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Models_of_ancient_Roman_ships and this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graffito_depicting_large_merchant_ship_House_of_the_Ship_Europa_Pompeii.jpg . img-to-img will change whatever image you use but it will use it as a starting point so it's better. I did a blog if you don't know how to use img-to-img. It's easy. https://budgetpixel.com/blog/using-imgtoimg-to-create-a-new-image
@CaylaCatz · Apr 16, 2026
Well! Don't you think krakens are upset at the way humans first invade their territory and then murder them??? Of course, their ghosts may rise up for revenge. Luckily, I can't see ghosts so I just ignore them and I tell my ship's crew to ignore them too. Every pirate knows you don't want to give them any power by actually believing in them, do you? Fear gives them strength!
@DavidP · Apr 18, 2026
Worth a try. img2img make start image 1 the first and start image 2 the third. This prompt may work "Replace the prow on the ship in start image 1 with the prow of the ship in start image 2. Keep the rest of start image 1 as-is, idencitcal, no changes". For cost of 45 in sd-4-5 it's worth a try 😀
@CaylaCatz · Apr 16, 2026
QT: ghost ship of ancient civilizations. Join if you want. @antares @aqualemonade @archangeltara @base451121 @Belinda @Biscuit @CaylaCatz @charlypalermo @Cheinia @ChildNerd @chris70 @DavidP @dirty_biker @dovonko @elkanthe @elysian @EternaSky @fantasydesignink @germancowboy @gman @gummiefish @humtum8182 @IndoAIArtist @justrob @King @kirito @mim86 @nametaker @NickWolf @NielsCarlsen @notyourcleo @PabloArtStation @panos @paulie @pocahontas @Sealine @SkarletFever @sonny001 @southamericanmyth @sr92@standartis @strixowl-47 @suga2309 @TesaranJ @TheBard @thedreamcatcher @To4kawa @Troxley @TTRPG_Player @underman @Unleashed @winter_witch . Let me know if you don't want to be tagged. but also let Eternasky know on his QT Blog https://budgetpixel.com/blog/enjoy-creating-and-join-the-qt-masterlist and dirty_biker too on one of his QTs as they both keep QT ongoing lists used by everyone.
@CaylaCatz · Apr 17, 2026
Good luck! I think a reference image helps because some images (like Viking long ships) are so drummed into the AI, it's hard to get it to stop thinking about it.
@CaylaCatz · Apr 19, 2026
I'll try that. Probably in a bit as there are a few QTs I want to do and they are already a couple of days old which is eons in real time.
@CaylaCatz · Apr 16, 2026
thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed them. Yeah, I probably shouldn't have included the middle two but I love how the prows turned out with the hand and snake.