Long before your Kindles or iPads books were printed on real paper and bound together. I know, sounds like a waste of paper, but it’s true! Here is an image of a girl from such time reading one of these old-fashioned books. She looks real focused, doesn’t she? This week’s Illustration Friday theme is “focused” so here’s my submission. It’s also available for stock use here.

I was going to wait to post this illustration, but with this week’s Illustration Friday topic being “unbalanced” I just couldn’t resist. This illustration is part of a series of illustrations I’m doing for a card company. I’ll be giving details later, so be sure to subscribe to the blog. Or subscribe to my newsletter. But for now, enjoy!

This week’s Illustration Friday topic is “Welcome”. I figured this girl looks very welcoming. So, I’m submitting it. I’ll also be putting this up on iStock if you’re interested. Man, those are some big shoes. Update 9/22/09: You can purchase the rights to use this image here.