# Paper punch circles become ladybugs

> A metal punch meets red paper on a wooden desk. Red circular scraps share the surface with glossy ladybugs, turning an ordinary stationery task into a miniature surreal scene.

- Kind: Video
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/agent.txt
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/prompt.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: MiniMax H3
- Built with: ComfyUI
- Services: Topaz
- Style: Generative; surreal, macro, photorealistic, miniature, object-transformation
- Length and format: 15 sec, 16:9 (648x360 source)
- Playback: a muted visual reference. The original soundtrack is available only at the source.
- Shared by @GlennHasABeard in X, Oct 6, 2026: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2107504470682632672
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## 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

These are the creator's published instructions, unedited.

## Prompt

```text
each round dot it punches out lands on the desk as a ladybug and walks away
```

## What it looks like

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

A dark hole punch works against a large sheet of red paper; red punched circles and small ladybugs are visible on the desk, with scraps remaining near the punch.

- Color: Bright crimson red, olive green, black, and muted beige-brown, with small white highlights.
- Type: Simple, stylized digital illustration with flat colors, bold dark outlines, and minimal detail.
- Framing: The hole punch occupies the left side, the red paper fills much of the background, and punched dots and ladybugs sit near the lower edge on the desk.
- Structure: A sequence of related views of the same desk scene, showing punched holes in the paper and round red cutouts alongside ladybugs.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 0.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 2.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 4.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 5.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 7.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 9.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 10.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 12.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 14.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-paper-punch-circles-become-ladybugs-f143ef/f9.webp

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2107504470682632672
- Original post: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2107504470682632672
- Discovery collection: https://beatapi.io/prompts/minimax-h3/minimax-h3-open-weights-generated-locally-three-holes-punched-the-632672-010105124