Please enjoy these four seconds of quality animation. The chicken encounters a blooming blue flower.
Bang
The barrel of the gun pressed against the back of the anxious bird's head. Was this truly the end? Was there no hope? The lights go dark and the scene fades. All you hear is a bang. The credits roll. Tune in next week.
But probably not actually? I don't think this will get any sort of follow up.
Full Body
Tall Bird
Simple Monocolor Character
Stroke Of Color
Rabbit Eggs
Brown
Recipe: Frozen Nuggets
Thunderstruck
Minimalist – March 2021 Wallpaper
Countless lines coil through the piece precisely, but with a random and noisy flow. While I started with a minimalist concept the only part of this design that can be called such a thing is the color scheme. Honestly I was just tired of the dark phone backgrounds I released before so I made one that I would want to use for the next however many months. Making things that you like is a good enough path.
Thank you, as always, to my Patreon supporters. Without your steadfast support we wouldn't have these regular wallpapers.
Inverted Grids
We start with a standard chicken then we do... something. This time the something was making 4 of it and inverting half of them, then splitting those into quarters and randomly inverting those. You may notice the colors aren't all just inverted and that's because doing that was boring and I didn't like that. Shocking, I know.
Strong Stance
We take a strong stance on several issues here at Chicken Maker... I can't think of any at the moment, but we definitely have them. I think I've rambled about saving your art as a PNG a few times?
Anyways I wanted to do something a little different than usual with this one so I tried to do something full bodied. That feet looks weird to me but I used a photo reference and that's about right. Always need balance realism and style. I'm inclined to make them... smoother.
A Dozen Years of Chicken Maker
Well, another year and another thrilling review in green. (Happy St. Patrick's Day) Let's look back at a few of my favorites from this year.
Before we start special note for Punch and Bird GB. I like them quite a bit but they're already green since they used the classic Gameboy color palette.
Thief (sticker) |
I forgot these were a thing I was making. I like them and should probably knock out as couple more to complete the "set" I actually said I felt good about this project in last year's anniversary post so... that's a bit embarrassing.
Meet Princess |
Sunrise |
To be perfectly clear, once it's in green, this is even less how the sunrise works.
Break – Wallpaper |
Floating Ghost
This is all blue, but I'm not making a thing of it this time. It's just the one mono-blue piece. It was going to be gray, but as you know... ghosts are blue probably. It was also going to be just a vague aesthetic thing, but the wavy bottom is obviously a ghost.
Thick Lines
Yes Scribble
I actually like this sort of scribbly style but it takes longer than I think it does every time, since I don't want to actually just scribble.
Flowing Cloth
Monsters - February 2021 Wallpaper
The monsters gather outside of their castle, meeting to decide the fate of the nearby towns. We went with several classic horror monsters, Frankenstein, Vampire, Wolfman. Or I guess it should be Frankenstein's Monster, Nosferatu and... still just Wolfman. Classic horror designs.
Old Computer
Getting a new computer is exciting. Brand new and not yet bogged down by everything you will slowly put back on it. But the old computer carries a lot on it. Random photos I saved. Video clips I downloaded. Half done things I've long forgotten about. While they're too immaterial to even call memories those traces blow away.
Now the room I'm likely to actually stick my computer once I decide my new one is actually working has bright sunshine and gaudy orange walls but that really impression I was looking for with this piece. Also my old computer doesn't have a vague chicken color aesthetic and a ghost in it. It's just black.
Elegance
Hieroglypics
I've aimed for this before, but I'm never really happy with it. Hieroglyphics are an interesting and very distinctive style. This isn't really accurate to that but it captures the spirit of being carved in stone at least.
Human Face
A classic monster archetype is a random animal with a human face. More general birds with faces like the Korean Inmyeonjo or Egyprian Ba-Bird are classics, but there isn't a chicken with a human face. The demon Braxis is often a human with the head of a rooster and snakes for legs is a decent opposite though.
Anyways I started drawing that in the new wallpaper but I don't like looking at it so no. Still, it's more or less what it is so I thought I should share it.
Rings - January 2021 Wallpaper
Various floating geometric rings form a fascinating environment of fowl forms. Various smaller chickens traverse the mysterious structures to show their unique existences.
Thank you to my Patreon supporters, without whom these regular wallpapers would not be made, and sorry this January release was delayed until now.
Big Smile
Yeah
Working at Job!
Looking at Internet!
Failing to Unicycle!
Eating Lunch!
Playing on Phone!
These are things we all do!
Textured
Reverse Shadow
Miner
After the accident the chicken was trapped alone in the depths of the caverns. Finding a vest and helmet the chicken began a search for a way out.
Exploring the endless darkness of the underground can only be safely done when wearing a dayglow orange vest.Tech Lines
Glowing RGB lines and shadows are the most fundamental aspect of modern technology. At the highest level the colors never stop shifting.
My current computer doesn't do this at all. Maybe I should go in on it next time?
Lamp
I did a weekly challenge thing and the theme was lamp so I drew one and applied some light chicken blemishes to match the site's aesthetic. This is not how lighting works, like at all, but I like the cone of light aesthetic.
I own one desk lamp with a pullcord, but it's honestly an oddity compares to the little twist knob or button you push in.
Kart Racing
Shining Hero
Generally speaking I don't have good lighting on these since I like flat colors, but I do generally at least keep everything around the same brightness. For this one I wanted the Shining Hero to be a vibrant figure shining through the dark environment! It might look more like 2 disparate parts though?
Flat Beak
I think I hate this.
I'm not sure what else to say on this one. I tried to get outside of my comfort zone but I don't like it. I'll be getting back to my normal repetitive designs.
No Eyes
I'm in no mood for drawing eyes, so I didn't. Who knows what strange cartoon anime eyes I would have put in there in the first place? The lack of eyes all together is much more stand out than usual.
Still MS Paint
I had somewhat forgotten the wonder that is MS Paint's curve tool so today's chicken was made almost entirely with it. Observe the extremely rare 1px outline, uncommon under the chicken maker brand. After all I mostly just use the 4x4 "round" brush.
Falling Flames
This was meant to be something like a fading firework but the falling colored lights feel more like a sort of ghost fire. Not the normal way to ring in the new year, but it will have to do.
Let's all try to have a good year, okay?