# A paper town asks what you love

> A girl at a warmly lit window exchanges a handwritten question with a smiling orange starburst character. Paper airplanes cross a night town; other frames show a newspaper boat, a heart surrounded by everyday objects, and the girl holding a note.

- Kind: Video
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/agent.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Claude Opus 5.5
- Built with: Plain JavaScript
- Style: Illustrated; paper collage, storybook, torn edges, hand lettering, textured illustration, whimsical, cutout characters
- Length and format: 28 sec, 1:1 (1280x1280 source)
- Playback: a muted visual reference. The original soundtrack is available only at the source.
- Shared by @kevin_t_ngo in X, Sep 22, 2026: https://x.com/kevin_t_ngo/status/2102437977435893771
- Prompt fidelity: Unavailable in this entry. The recreation brief is written by Reference.

## Before you start

Guidance from Reference, separate from the creator's instructions.

1. Read the reference and inspect the project, installed libraries, and available agent skills before writing code. Reuse suitable tools already present.
2. Prefer the creator-reported libraries and skills when they fit the task. Explain what useful additions help with, and install missing project dependencies or relevant skills from official sources when the environment and the user's existing permissions allow it. Respect the project's package manager and setup rules; do not ask again for routine setup already authorized.
3. Distinguish tools used by the creator from your own recommendations. A listed tool is not automatically required, and an empty tools or requirements list means the setup is unknown, not that nothing is needed.
4. Ask concise questions when missing inputs or choices materially affect the result: paid services, credentials, the user's assets, or a different production approach. Use existing answers and permissions; continue independent work while waiting.
5. If a useful library, skill, or service cannot be installed or used, explain an available alternative and its expected effect on quality, features, or effort. Get the user's choice before a material compromise; otherwise state the fallback and continue. Never silently simplify the result or claim to have used a tool you did not use.

## Recreating this video

This is a visual reference. No original creator prompt is available. The following brief was written by Reference after inspecting the work.

Build flat shapes with uneven cream torn-paper borders, brushed fills, and contrasting surface patterns such as notebook lines, newsprint, and loose scribbles. Alternate an environment-rich establishing composition with oversized prop close-ups and centered tableaux on uncluttered colored backgrounds. For a new subject, replace the starburst character, town, and symbolic objects while retaining the material treatment, warm-window contrast, and handwritten message device.

1. Open the live work or source and inspect the frame images below.
2. Adapt its layout, hierarchy, palette, and interaction patterns to the user's own content and brand.
3. Compare the result against the reference. Use your own assets and credit the original creator.

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

A paper-collage story pairs a child at a window with a coral, star-shaped character, torn edges, painted fills and simple expressive faces.

- Color: Bright yellow, teal, coral, pink, and cream contrast with deep navy and turquoise backgrounds.
- Type: Casual hand-drawn lettering, including the question “what do you love?” and the word “music.”
- Framing: The child is framed by pink curtains against yellow. Close-ups of ruled notes alternate with isolated music and planet motifs on teal or navy backgrounds.
- Structure: A child writes on paper; the coral character holds a question, appears beside musical notes and planets, and is surrounded by interests inside a pink heart. The window and handwritten question return.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 1.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 4.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 7.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 10.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 14.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 17.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 20.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 23.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 26.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-what-do-you-love-animation/f9.webp

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/kevin_t_ngo/status/2102437977435893771
- Original post: https://x.com/kevin_t_ngo/status/2102437977435893771