Showa-era shojo

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, coarse halftone dots like old printing, large eyes: irises filled with black or tone with two or three white highlight shapes, eyelashes as a few thick black strokes, tall slender proportions, 8 or more heads tall, the place drawn simply, with one sheet of flower-and-sparkle pattern screentone pasted behind the figure; the flowers are part of the tone pattern, not drawn one by one, nostalgic vintage mood like an old printed page. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult female craft supply shop worker stands holding a plain closed box in both hands in front of her chest. One distant craft supply shop entrance. Shoulder-length hair. A plain long-sleeved shirt, a short waist apron, an ankle-length skirt and flat low shoes. Show the complete figure from head to feet.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. dip-pen lines with crisp tapered ends and strong thick-to-thin variation, coarse halftone dots like old printing, large eyes: irises filled with black or tone with two or three white highlight shapes, eyelashes as a few thick black strokes, tall slender proportions, 8 or more heads tall, the place drawn simply, with one sheet of flower-and-sparkle pattern screentone pasted behind the figure; the flowers are part of the tone pattern, not drawn one by one, nostalgic vintage mood like an old printed page. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult male bookshop worker stands holding a plain paper bag in both hands in front of his waist. One distant bookshop entrance. Short hair. A plain long-sleeved shirt, long trousers and flat low shoes. Show the complete figure from head to feet.