# Pencil shaving staircase

> A red pencil sits in a brass-toned sharpener on a wooden desk. A pale shaving forms a tiny staircase, with its red-painted edge linking the architectural illusion to the original pencil.

- Kind: Video
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/agent.txt
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/prompt.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: MiniMax H3
- Built with: ComfyUI
- Services: Topaz
- Style: Generative; surreal, macro, miniature, photoreal, warm-lit
- 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/2107464400256815117
- Prompt fidelity: Partial. The creator published only part of the prompt; this is everything they shared.

## 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 ruffle of the shaving a step with a thin red edge
```

## What it looks like

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

A vintage pencil sharpener sits on a tabletop, with a pale shaving curling down from it like a small staircase.

- Color: Muted olive green and brass sharpener, cream shaving with a vivid red edge, deep red pencil, dark background, tan tabletop.
- Type: Stylized 3D illustration with simple, slightly retro forms and soft shading.
- Framing: The sharpener is centered against a dark backdrop; the red pencil extends to the right, and the stepped shaving descends below the sharpener.
- Structure: The sharpener has a slanted rectangular body, visible blade and screw, and a dark pedestal base. The shaving forms stacked horizontal steps edged in red.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 0.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 2.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 4.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 5.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 7.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 9.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 10.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 12.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 14.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/video-pencil-shaving-staircase-3452ef/f9.webp

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2107464400256815117
- Original post: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2107464400256815117
- Discovery collection: https://beatapi.io/prompts/minimax-h3/minimax-h3-open-weights-generated-locally-sharpened-a-pencil-it-815117-010105126