Anime & manga

Anime illustration, clean cel shading and crisp linework. A pilot pulling her helmet off after a hard landing, hair in disarray with one strand fallen across the eye, a hard-edged cel shadow under the jaw and along the neck. Flight suit collar open, hangar lighting from above, expression tired rather than triumphant.

Anime illustration, clean cel shading and crisp linework. A cedar forest at the height of summer, shafts of light cutting through the canopy as hard-edged beams with dust and pollen suspended in them, one small figure standing at the base of a vast trunk for scale. Saturated greens, lens flare drawn as overlapping shapes.

Anime illustration, clean cel shading and crisp linework. A competitive swimmer in a racing cap and goggles surfacing at the moment of the breath, mouth open, a sheet of water peeling off the shoulders and breaking into beads across the face. Chlorine-blue light from below, hard specular highlights drawn as shapes rather than gradients.

Anime illustration, clean cel shading and crisp linework. An empty classroom at dusk, desks in rows, orange light coming through the windows as hard-edged parallelograms across the floor and up the far wall. A curtain lifted by the breeze, chalk dust suspended in the light, the corridor beyond the door left dark.