Matte-black stepped box tower in ultra-wide frame

Matte-black stepped box tower in ultra-wide frame

On the right third of a ultra-wide, horizontally oriented frame, a stack of three matte-black boxes forms a simple stepped tower that emerges from the dark, each box slightly offset to create a dynamic yet orderly silhouette. Soft, cool side light from the left skims across the front edges, catching the top-left corners of each box and tracing thin bands of highlight that subtly shift from #050505 at the brightest points to #141414 along the faces before dissolving into black. The boxes read as dense, soft-touch cardboard with just enough fine texture visible in the highlights to suggest a tactile feel, while their bases sink into a shared oval of shadow that grounds the cluster on an invisible surface. The left sixty percent of the frame is reserved as quiet negative space, a smooth expanse of near-black that transitions through a gentle diagonal gradient, darker in the lower left and slightly lighter toward the central area. A faint, almost ghostlike diagonal separation line in slightly lighter black cuts from the lower left toward the upper center, hinting at a subtle structural plane without breaking the calm. Atmospheric falloff slightly softens the back edges of the topmost box, giving the impression that it is receding into velvet darkness. All faces of the boxes remain perfectly clean with no printed labels, barcodes, or any readable text.

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