Heavy layered tone

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, two or three layers of halftone screentone, highlights scraped out to white with a cutter, deeply chiseled facial structure, thick eyebrows, sturdy solid build, the place drawn in detail with ruled lines in perspective, shadows as solid black and flat tone, the figure kept clear against it, dark ominous mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man and woman discuss a small wooden box on a workshop table. Short hair for him, a short bob for her, plain jackets. Show both complete figures from head to feet, a small table and shelf edge.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, two or three layers of halftone screentone, highlights scraped out to white with a cutter, deeply chiseled facial structure, thick eyebrows, sturdy solid build, the place drawn in detail with ruled lines in perspective, shadows as solid black and flat tone, the figure kept clear against it, dark ominous mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man stands holding a small box without lettering in one hand at a workshop doorway. Short hair, a plain top, trousers and sturdy shoes. Show his complete figure from head to feet, the door frame and ground.