This is my illustration of one of the characters from the story "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings". Our lit professor assigned us to do a creative project as one of his final requirements for the semester. So, I decided to do this and finally try my hand at photo manipulation. It turned out well for my first photo manipulation, I think.
She's part of a circus freakshow that came into town one day. People paid to come see her and hear the story of how she got turned into a spider by her parents as a young child because she often misbehaved.