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proof that two lines crossing can fake a thousand shades of darkness
old master trickDürer built entire shadows from pure parallel lines
no gray neededdenser crossing equals darker, ink stays pure black
pen's revengeimpossible to smudge, unlike pencil shading
contour hatchingcurving lines wrap form, faking three dimensions flat
comic backbonedefines drama in countless black-and-white panels