This art is digital hand drawn, done using Adobe photoshop. This is the 2nd art or stage under the "Solana Accelerate Illustrations Series- SAIS ". The Solana Accelerate Illustrations Series-SAIS shows 5 stages of how technology has changed over time, highlighting the shift from slow beginnings to the fast innovations we see today in finance. In my creative process, i added a speed sign to show the advancement of every era in terms of speed and tech advancement, graded in percentage. Added texts and other signs to show the mood and expression of every characters. "The Early Internet Era— Connection, but not freedom" In the past, The Starting Line era of banking was slow and stressful. People had to wait in long lines, pay high fees and do everything on paper without any machines. The starting line is the first stage of this series- SAIS and Accelerate is 20% fast. The second piece moves into the early Internet era, where online banking and electronic transactions begins to emerge, but bank still controls everything leading to restriction and inefficiency. The lock on the piece Symbolize centralized intermediary control restricting users from accessing online banking. This happened to me few years back. Accelerate : 40% faster & advanced than the first stage.