Carved-line flamboyance

Black-and-white Japanese manga. flamboyant carved-face style: bundles of parallel lines like contour lines drawn across the cheeks, forehead and nose bridge, carving the planes of the face; full, outlined lips filled dark even on men; hair as hard, pattern-like masses; shadows as dense bundles of diagonal hatching. Clear outer lines vary in weight. Long, refined facial structure, narrow eyes with small irises, bodies about eight heads tall. Backgrounds use hatched planes and few contours. A flamboyant, tense picture. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult male and female stage-costume worker discuss a jacket collar beside a mirror. He has short hair and she has high-tied hair; plain shirts and jackets. A chest-up view shows both faces and only the mirror edge.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. flamboyant carved-face style: bundles of parallel lines like contour lines drawn across the cheeks, forehead and nose bridge, carving the planes of the face; full, outlined lips filled dark even on men; hair as hard, pattern-like masses; shadows as dense bundles of diagonal hatching. Clear outer lines vary in weight. Long, refined facial structure, narrow eyes with small irises, bodies about eight heads tall. Backgrounds use hatched planes and few contours. A flamboyant, tense picture. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult male costume worker walks through a theatre corridor and looks to the side. Short hair, a long jacket, trousers and leather shoes. A low oblique view includes his complete figure and feet, with the edge of a corridor door.