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Abstract Composition

Pastel blocks, spheres, and a wood curve stacked on a pedestal — a composition exercise rendered in Blender.

Abstract Composition

I made this in Blender as a composition exercise. The whole scene is simple primitives — cubes, spheres, one curved wood piece — stacked on a pedestal against a dark concrete wall.

The palette does most of the work: pastel pink, pale blue, and yellow against navy, with a single wood texture in the mix so the whole thing doesn't read as plastic. A few of the cubes have circular holes cut straight through them, which gives the shadows something to catch on.

The wall is a concrete texture with the formwork holes left visible. It keeps the background from going flat black without pulling attention away from the stack.

Close-up of the stacked shapes
Close-up of the spheres and wood curve

Process

Everything is built from simple shapes, with circular holes cut through a few of the cubes. The materials are matte across the board except the wood — one textured material is enough to sell the scale of the rest.

The render is a single still, lit softly so the pastel shapes stand out against the dark wall.