Lee Gruber

@leegruber.bsky.social

Traditionally drawn Illustration • Story • Surface Design BeckaLeeGruber.com

Inspired by colonial art, which happens to contain kids casually holding pet squirrels, which feels… risky. Photoshopped my bottles onto @lillarogers.bsky.social photo. Shelf is brutal. Everything is shouting. Very little gets heard. Maybe the answer isn’t louder. Just a little stranger. 🤓

Three brown glass bottles of flavored seltzer arranged side by side. The center bottle has a green “Fresh Lime” label with illustrated limes; the others are “Blood Orange” in orange and “Cherry Vanilla” in red. The labels have ornate, folk-art inspired shapes, and the bottles are decorated with small, sketch-like drawings of animals and objects.Red background with a stylized “Cherry Vanilla Seltzer” label. The label features illustrated cherries with leaves and a blossom, decorative ornate borders, and the text “est. 1808” and “Made in Williamsburg Massachusetts.” Small hand-drawn doodles—a dog, a person, a ribbon, and a fish—surround the label.Green background with a stylized “Fresh Lime Seltzer” label. The label features illustrated limes with leaves and blossoms, ornate decorative borders, and the text “est. 1808” and “Made in Williamsburg Massachusetts.” Small hand-drawn doodles—a deer, bird, house, carrot, stars, squirrel, and abstract figures—surround the label.Grocery store beverage shelf with rows of bottled drinks and price tags. In the middle row, several brown glass bottles labeled “Fresh Lime Seltzer” with green illustrated labels stand among other brands.