This image was done for inspiring Rebecca Kimel's workshop Unusual pets and their unusual owners. thx becka!
As soon as I saw the title of the workshop this image was born in my head, an old lady with a huge spider.
Software used: Zbrush, photoshop.

Really short story behind the image:
She was an old Knitter living beneath mountains of Amdo, one of Tibetan northeast regions.
She lived lonely life on the outskirts of a small village in which all people thought she was a witch.
Indeed, this old lady wasn't ordinary by many standards, one in particular, her calling.
She made here living by producing rare red silk known by the name Arakna.
Nothing unusual with that at first glance one would say, but, those who knew her better, knew where she got that silk from.
She kept few giant spiders in her manor as her pets, whose webbing, if properly refined, could produce this though shiny rare material.
In this image we see her absently gazing ahead, while holding one of her nasty pets.

Hope you like.