
Bugs is a generative NFT collection of ultra-realistic macro portraits of garden insects. Each token captures a single close-up moment — a bee in pollen, a ladybird on a dewy leaf, a dragonfly in backlit flight — rendered in the language of high-end macro photography.



Every Bugs token is built from traits that describe a photographic situation: the species in view, the surrounding environment (flower, leaf, moss, bark, water edge), the time of day and lighting, the insect's pose, the focus point and depth of field, and any surface details such as dew or pollen.

The visual style is strictly ultra-realistic macro photography. Insects must be anatomically correct for their species: the correct number of legs, accurately placed antennae, proper segmentation, believable wing structure and realistic eyes and mouthparts. Backgrounds fall away into soft bokeh, while the subject is rendered with crisp, clean detail. Each image aims to feel like a real photograph you could have taken by lying in the grass and waiting for the right moment.



# A hidden world at human scale

We live among insects without really seeing them. In the space of a single garden there may be more lives unfolding than we can count — pollinators, predators, cleaners, decomposers — each with its own textures, colours and micro-histories. Bugs is an attempt to pay attention.

Rather than stylising or anthropomorphising these creatures, the collection treats them as they are: small, exact, astonishing. The camera becomes our point of empathy. By moving close enough to see the patterning on a wing or the hairs on a leg, we are invited to notice that there is nothing "lesser" about small life. It is simply happening at another scale.

# Traits as a photographic brief

In Bugs, traits do not decorate a character; they specify a shot.

Species defines the subject — ladybird, bee, hoverfly, dragonfly, butterfly, beetle, ant and more. Environment describes where we find it: perched on a stem, resting on a petal, exploring moss, clinging to bark, visiting a water edge. Time of day and lighting determine the palette and contrast: morning haze, soft overcast, golden hour, backlit wings, deep shade.

Pose and focus traits decide whether we see a full-body profile, a frontal portrait, a wing spread in mid-flight or a side view of feeding. Surface-detail traits bring the world into contact with the insect: dew droplets, dust, pollen, tiny strands of web.

# Realism as a discipline

The style of Bugs is ultra-realistic macro photography. This is a constraint, not an afterthought. The insects must remain anatomically correct: no extra legs, no missing antennae, no melted or fantastical anatomy unless explicitly marked as a rare legendary variant. The sense of wonder comes not from bending biology, but from seeing biology clearly.

By insisting on realism, Bugs explores how generative systems can serve observation rather than escape from it. The collection is not about escaping the real world, but about kneeling down closer to it and discovering that even within a few square metres of garden, there is a universe of form, colour and movement worth looking at.



Bugs is a generative macro-photography collection focused on ultra-realistic, up-close portraits of garden insects. Each image is rendered as if shot with a professional macro lens: shallow depth of field, crisp anatomical detail, natural light and organic environments — revealing an entire hidden world living on petals, leaves, moss and bark.


Bugs

Ladybird

Honeybee

Bumblebee

Hoverfly

Ant (Worker)

Dragonfly

Damselfly

Garden Butterfly

Small Garden Moth

Shield Bug

Stag Beetle

Ground Beetle

Praying Mantis

Lacewing

Jewel Beetle

Glasswing Butterfly

Mythic Iridescent Morph

Leaf Surface

Curled Leaf Edge

Flower Petal

Flower Centre or Stamen

Grass Blade

Moss Patch

Tree Bark

Stone or Rock Surface

Garden Soil or Mulch

Water Edge or Pond Plant

Dew-Heavy Foliage

Spider Web Adjacent

Moonlit Garden Corner

Mist-Layered Meadow Edge

Impossible-but-Plausible Dream Garden

Cool Pre-Dawn

Soft Morning Light

Bright Midday

Gentle Overcast Day

Golden Hour Evening

Low Sun Late Afternoon

Blue-Hour Dusk

Calm Night with Garden Light

Storm-Break Light Moment

Horizon Glow After Rain

Soft Diffused Light

Side Light with Gentle Shadows

Backlit with Subtle Rim Light

Filtered Light Through Leaves

Direct Sun with Strong Highlights

Dappled Shade

Backlit Wing Translucency

Low-Angle Warm Light

Fog-Softened Glow

Post-Rain Sparkle

Perched and Still

Climbing Stem or Leaf

Feeding on Nectar or Pollen

Resting on Surface

Turning or Changing Direction

Grooming or Cleaning

Hovering in Mid-Air

Taking Flight with Motion Blur

Wing-Spread Display Pose

Rare Behavioural Moment (e.g. carrying prey or interacting)

Eyes in Sharp Focus, Body Softening

Head and Thorax in Focus

Full-Body Side Profile in Focus

Three-Quarter Angle Macro View

Close Cropped Head-and-Eyes Portrait

Top-Down View with Strong Depth

Diagonal Composition Across Frame

Extreme Close-Up of Key Detail (eye, wing, antenna base)

Ultra-Shallow Depth of Field, Razor Focus Plane

Technically Perfect Focus and Bokeh Balance

Clean and Dry

Light Dust or Garden Particles

Subtle Hair and Texture Highlights

Pollen-Dusted Body or Legs

Few Visible Dew Droplets

Heavily Dew-Covered

Fine Web Strands Nearby

Dew and Pollen Combined

Micro-World Composition (multiple elements in harmony)

Natural Garden Greens and Browns

Warm Sunlit Earth Tones

Cool Morning Blues and Greys

Floral Accent Colours (pinks, purples, yellows)

Moss and Lichen Tones

High-Contrast Sunlit Scene

Soft, Desaturated Overcast Mood

Golden Hour Glow with Rich Contrast

Subtle, Filmic Colour Grading

Advent Nights

Elements

Woman in Vogue

Redemption

一期一会 東京 (Tokyo Once)

Rise of the Soul

Super 7

Savanna Spirit

Girl Dinners

Inked

Vintage Interiors

Lithica

Katheros

Punk AI

Planktos

Worlds

Mama

Wonderland

Infernalis

Dust

Toys

Fjords

Maria

Strobe

Refractions

Glitch

Chairs

Trace

Sonata

Caustic

Plastica

Impact

Spectra

Remanence

Jesus

Icon

Bugs

777 Tokens

Species

Environment

Time of Day

Lighting

Pose

Focus and Lens

Surface Detail

Palette