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 trail guide has one foot on a rock and his wooden staff planted on the ground in a captured stepping pose. A mountain path with rocks, trees, a stone bridge, distant mountains and the ground. Short hair. A plain long-sleeved tunic, a belt at the waist, long trousers and flat short boots. 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, 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 traveler holds a coil of rope in both hands in front of her chest, one foot forward in a captured pose. A riverside resting place with a tree, stacked wooden boxes, a small tent, a path leading to the opposite bank and the ground. Shoulder-length hair. A plain long-sleeved tunic, a belt at the waist, long trousers and flat short boots. Show the complete figure from head to feet.