An artwork submitted to Clint Jones's (Pwnisher) "Moving Meditations" 3D render challenge in 2022.
Done completely in blender, with free textures from Poliigon.com
Final render - Blender Eevee render with compositing nodes.
Blender Cycles render
The character is a simple low-poly model with a nodal setup instancing cubes on random points with relative rotation corresponding to a noise texture.
3D scene Layout