Dark fantasy

Black-and-white Japanese manga. Few sharp fine contours. Hollow cheeks, angular jaws and eyes sunk in shadow without highlights. Gaunt bodies about seven heads tall. Lit figure surfaces are white planes; shadow sides and hair are dark flat halftone. Background depth uses dark plain halftone planes and few contours. A heavy, cold picture. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult male and female traveller pause before an underground stone gate to check their route. He has short hair and she has tied-back hair; simple cloaks. Show them chest-up with the gate edge and stone wall behind.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. Few sharp fine contours. Hollow cheeks, angular jaws and eyes sunk in shadow without highlights. Gaunt bodies about seven heads tall. Lit figure surfaces are white planes; shadow sides and hair are dark flat halftone. Background depth uses dark plain halftone planes and few contours. A heavy, cold picture. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult woman traveller walks cautiously across an old bridge. Tied-back hair, a simple cloak, tunic, trousers and boots. Show her whole figure from head to feet, the bridge railing and a distant tower.