Austere stipple

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, stippling only in the shadow areas, realistic facial structure, shading done with solid black and flat tone rather than painterly rendering, 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, quiet wistful mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man and woman look up from a small box without lettering in an old storeroom. Short hair and shoulder-length hair, plain jackets. Show faces and hands chest-up, a post and shelf edge.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, stippling only in the shadow areas, realistic facial structure, shading done with solid black and flat tone rather than painterly rendering, 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, quiet wistful mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man stands holding a small key at an old storeroom entrance. Short hair, a plain jacket, trousers and leather shoes. Show his complete figure from head to feet, the doorway and ground.