Sharp-eyed and fired up

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, a few flat halftone screentones in key areas, narrow upturned eye shape, pointed chin, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, behind the figure plain white with hand-ruled focus lines or speed lines; the place only as distant flat shapes, fiery intense mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: A boy and girl fall silent over a blank scrap of paper in an archive at dusk. Short hair and a short bob, plain tops. Show both complete figures from head to feet and a shelf edge.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, a few flat halftone screentones in key areas, narrow upturned eye shape, pointed chin, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, behind the figure plain white with hand-ruled focus lines or speed lines; the place only as distant flat shapes, fiery intense mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: A boy holding a small blank scrap of paper looks back at an old building entrance. Short hair, a plain top, trousers and trainers. Show his whole figure from head to feet and the doorway edge.