Decadent and aesthetic

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, large solid black areas with strong black-and-white contrast, long narrow eyes, refined slender face, tall slender proportions, 8 or more heads tall, the place drawn simply, with one sheet of flower-and-sparkle pattern screentone pasted behind the figure; the flowers are part of the tone pattern, not drawn one by one, dark ominous mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man and woman gaze at a small blank envelope in an old house hallway. Ear-length hair for him and shoulder-length hair for her, plain jackets. Show both complete figures from head to feet, a door frame and the distant hall.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, large solid black areas with strong black-and-white contrast, long narrow eyes, refined slender face, tall slender proportions, 8 or more heads tall, the place drawn simply, with one sheet of flower-and-sparkle pattern screentone pasted behind the figure; the flowers are part of the tone pattern, not drawn one by one, dark ominous mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult woman stands on an old house veranda holding a small empty tray in one hand. Shoulder-length hair, a plain long jacket, trousers and flat shoes. Show her complete figure from head to feet, a post and garden boundary.