Layered tone, hot-blooded

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, narrow upturned eye shape, pointed chin, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, the place drawn in detail with ruled lines in perspective, shadows as solid black and flat tone, the figure kept clear against it, fiery intense mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult male museum worker reaches one arm toward a slipping small box in a captured pose. A museum archive room with a desk, closed cabinets, shelving, a window and the floor. Short hair. A plain collared long-sleeved shirt, long trousers and flat low shoes. A chest-up view with the face and hands visible.

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, narrow upturned eye shape, pointed chin, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, the place drawn in detail with ruled lines in perspective, shadows as solid black and flat tone, the figure kept clear against it, fiery intense mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult female archivist holds a door handle with one hand, one foot forward in a captured pose. A museum exhibition room with glass cabinets, a bench, windows and an aisle leading back. Shoulder-length hair. A plain collared long-sleeved shirt, long trousers and flat low shoes. Show the complete figure from head to feet.