This whimsical warrior is very well done and quite the knight of a maiden’s dreams for rescue from monsters. The cloth is very realistic and perfect … folds are not easy to convey for some artists [I come to mind here] and I really admire people who can make cloth look real. The colors used are wonderful and the purple gives a majestic knightly edge while the green harmonizes well with the fur.
This warrior is the hero on his way to save the day … I can hear the Might Mouse theme playing in my head now! LOL
Warrior Mouse by Kyle Gentry
Advertising artwork in our historic past was quite well done … it rivaled art gallery and museum quality [though I cannot imagine it was ever considered in the same category at the time] and thus it has become very collectible. This wonderfully rendered knight on the fruit crate label really had nothing to do with the fruit inside though it was an advertising ploy to get people to remember the name of the fruit growers … but today it is a fantasy memory of days gone and grist for the imagination.
When I was a child, my aunt and uncle drove to Iowa from Atlanta Georgia and they brought crates of Georgia peaches with them for us. I do not remember what the label looked like but I remember the splinters I got from carrying the crates, the smell of peaches that clung to them long after all the peaches had been removed and how my grandmother used those sturdy wooden crates for other things around the house.
For my part, I just love to look at how well done it was and how it has stood the test of time with classic lines and art techniques. I create functional text labels for products at work … nothing artistic about them at all … just good label / product identification [medical equipment] that will help doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners know at a glance what equipment is in the package or box and important things needed to know immediately at first glance [single use only, prescription required, no latex, sterile, etc]. 50 to 100 years from now, no one is going to look at it and think how lovely it is or admire the classic lines … and it certainly is not fruits and vegetables advertising … but the artists who did those labels have endeared themselves to us for generations … the art brought so much pleasure to us then because it was associated with good products like fresh fruits [my grandmother did not grow peaches, pears, plums, grapes or apples in her truck garden] and now because it was so decorative and well done … it is still giving us food for happiness so many years later.
Royal Arms Fruit Crate Label by Sheryl Graham
