Repriced on NFTShowroom to reflect it's new found fame. A couple of months ago this image was the first ever to be picked from all NFTShowroom art by the Hivelist store to reproduce market items on the hivelist store site.
This Rasta Panda is one chilled out dude,and super cute to boot.He used to spend his time in the Bamboo Forest tokin on a joint or two,necking the odd beer and chewing his bamboo shoots.But once his face hit the hivelist store goodies everything changed.He was dragged from relative obscurity to becoming the most famous Panda on the block chain
People now bring their kids to get autographs and sit on his knee for selfies in the once quiet Bamboo Forest.
Paparazzi stalk his every move (which to tell the truth are not many)
He even has to wear shades and a dreadlock wig when he ventures into the city from the Bamboo Forest for his beers and to visit his dealer,in case he is recognised and mobbed by Hivers and their friends- and especially by kids!
But the Rasta Panda has found fame to be a two-edged sword.
His once quiet bamboo glade is regularly visited by cute panda girls eager to make some magic with him(which to be honest is pretty boring and very rarely magic due to his super chilled lifestyle options)
He can now afford a far better class of weed and drinks expensive bottled craft beers instead of the bargain basement canned shit he used to suck on-thanks to the massive royalties he receives regularly from the good dudes at the Hivelist Community Store(did I mention he looks great on a laptop case too?)
This has lead to him becoming even more chilled out(if that was even possible)and to him putting on some weight due to his beer intake and the better weed makes him super hungry too-(those bamboo shoots are pretty high in sugar)
He still spends most of his time as you see him in the image above in all his former glory-chewing bamboo shoots, tokin on a joint or two and necking the odd beer.
Pandas are solitary creatures and he is pretty happy with his own company, apart from round mating season,which thankfully for his heart only lasts a couple of months. Because of his extra ordinary one nighters he is not the ideal panda to have much lead left in the tank for when the real deal comes around.
He loves kids which is lucky cos round this time of year with Santa being in managed isolation due to covid 19 requirements he is the next best thing for a Santa selfie look alike once he is in a Santa hat-a big (and getting bigger)cuddly softie who would never cash in on his new found fame by charging for photos or the odd beer (weed anyone?) for the parents.
Unfortunately I am a bit more market orientated.Buy this image while you can still afford it and a couple of copies still remain for sale- and while he still looks thin (well relatively)and cute(remember what fame did to Elvis)
Would make a great gift for World Wildlife Foundation contributors or for those kids that live too far away to get to the Bamboo Forest.
Have a Cool Yule everybody! Stay safe (whatever that means to you)and keep on being the busy bees you fellow hivers are-what a great community.
Finally thanks to everyone who invested in my work and to all the amazing artists out here who make this community what it has become,and the behind the sceners who put it all and hold it all together.
Cheers artxmike
P.S.Check these links out if you need some different Xmas goodiies🤡
https://hivelist.store/product/rasta-panda-by-artxmike-short-sleeve-unisex-t-shirt/
https://hivelist.store/product/rasta-panda-by-artxmike-framed-matte-paper-poster/