Creeping stippled fear

Black-and-white Japanese manga. thin even clean lines, 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, dark ominous mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man and woman discuss a small wooden box without lettering on a village lane in daylight. Short hair and a short bob, plain casual clothes. Show both complete figures from head to feet, the lane and a house wall edge.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. thin even clean lines, 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, dark ominous mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult woman holds a small empty basket in one hand outside a house gate in daylight. A short bob, plain top, long skirt and flat shoes. Show her complete figure from head to feet, a gatepost and ground.