# Houseplant Hovers Over Checkerboard — Z-Image Image Prompt

## Editor's note

A potted plant floats above a hand-painted checkerboard floor, its shadow proving the gap. Simple levitation, no other trick needed.

- Model: Z-Image
- Media type: Image
- Input: Text-to-image
- Categories: Surreal & Dreamscapes
- Published: 2026-08-11
- Page: https://workroom.everypixel.com/prompts/houseplant-hovers-over-checkerboard

## Prompt

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A real potted houseplant — glossy green leaves in a plain unglazed grey pot — suspended in mid-air, hovering about 30cm above a large painted floor. The floor is a physical painted checkerboard of pale grey #B0B4BA and off-white #F0F0F2 squares, roughly 8cm each, brush texture and slight paint wear visible, receding to a seamless white wall. A soft grey contact-less shadow pools on the checkers directly under the pot, proving the gap. Plant dead center of a square frame, sharp from leaf tip to pot base, f/8. Palette: off-white #F0F0F2, pale grey #B0B4BA, near-black #111114 in the leaf shadows and pot rim. Light: broad diffused softbox from above front, flat and even, no hotspots. Neutral studio, no paper, no cut-outs, no card stock.