Dream of Freedom

This shirt makes me a saaad paaaaandah

to be fair, they aren’t the smartest animals. they have a hard enough time trying to even figure out what to mate with, let alone realize they’re even in a zoo. i don’t think they would mind

cool shirt though, for real. and i still think pandas are cool, despite their lack of intelligence

is that Panda holding several shivs?

Thanks BuckwildWill. The panda stands synonymously for different animals not only to be held in zoos (where the conditions are good in many cases) but for mere human profit and/or attraction.

Neil, if those were shivs he’d be probably free already ;)
They’re just some sticks to draw on the floor with.

And of course, thank you RIPT for printing one of my designs again! :D

This one is very, very nice! but very, very sad too :( Poor pandas, I wish they all could Kung Fu fight like the one in the movie, they would kickass their way out of Zoos :D

Awesome style Kurzi! congrats on the print. RIPT, this one looks great :)

Thank you very much for your kind words D4N13L!

Cute,love pandas :)

that’s kinda depressing.

This is just awesome! you never cease to amaze me with your artistic abilities, and the concept is great. Nice work here, I hope it sells well

Nice concept, and nice work on it.

I love how you can really see the detail in the background graphic.

I love this shirt!!

I know this is kind of off topic, but I’m new to this site and was wondering if ript has an end of the month grab bag like teefury does. There have been lots of cool shirts in the past month that I would like to get.

Very well done, Kurzi Shortriver. I love the bars-turned-trees images on the floor. I am anti-zoos as well. I could be wrong, but in the case of the pandas, I’m pretty sure there are efforts to increase the population of these critters by working with them in man made facilities, which I applaud.

Hey, thank you so much for all your nice comments!
And thanks The JCW for the praise on my work in general. Means a lot from you.

Redeye, I share your opinion on that point.
The design, although I chose the panda as a motif is aimed at animal keeping in general, where the main interest i just profit without caring for the interest of the animals.
I think the zoos are the lesser evil in this case, with some taking pretty good care of their inhabitants. But I personally wouldn’t support them though.

I’m really glad you like the shirt and left such great feedback!

awesome congrats buddy!!!

Um… Aren’t zoo’s the main reason the panda population is thriving as well as it is. Last I heard they were pretty darn close to being extinct, and many zoos around the world are enlisting breeding programs to keep them reproducing. I think it would be really wonderful if we could all live in your world where pandas are thriving and zoos do not exist but….. I don’t really see that happening anytime soon, And to feel the need to taint a place that is teaching Our younger generations to respect animals and nature just seems kinda lame. And I don’t work for a zoo, I’m not a hippie or a hipster. I just felt like I wanted to say something. The artwork is thought provoking, and I suppose that is what it’s all about in the end.