Dark Reflection – July 2024 Wallpaper

Welcome back to ChickenMaker.Net, home of your favorite MS Paint Chicken Art. (Please let me know if there's any competition I should be harassing)

For this month's wallpaper we've accepted a theme of metaphorical reflection, which is why I drew mirrored copies of the same chicken, one a bright and colorful happy facade and the other monochrome so it's dark and brooding.

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Splash BG

The whole world is really just a splash of color to give your life context.

Suddenly Cowboy

What if you used to be a normal barnyard fowl, but then in a sudden rain of black sparks you gained a cowboy hat and revolver. Could you step up? Could you just suddenly be a cowboy?
 

Anything is a Chicken

With my well-honed mind any random set of shapes and blobs is a chicken... Though that top right one is quite the stretch. It might actually not be a chicken no matter how I twist my head.

Maybe I should have locked in on that having a schedule idea, even if I don't strictly stick to it.

Full of Energy

Wake up, ready for the day. 

Next up is breakfast. Lay your own eggs, I don't care.

Live a life full of energy!

Firework

Happy America everyone. 

I've honestly done this exact thing too many times. Nothing else feels like a better 4th of July picture though.

Blocky – June 2024 Wallpaper

I hate fake pixels. That is to say if you're going for that old video game look you should just actually make all of your pixels the same size and draw them on a grid. they shouldn't get bigger or scale or skew...

This is kind of that through. This is a chicken make of inconsistently sized blocks in a way that kind of upsets me. His blue sky world is being eroded by the purple-black darkness. It's not a metaphor. This is just moving into more of a weird horror video space.

This month's wallpaper is brought to you, as always, by my Patreon. Thanks you for your support.

Head in the Clouds

Sometimes my imagination is just a wild place to be. You shouldn't do it all the time, but there's nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds for while.

Anyways it's cute so it's fine.

Popping

Coming right at you like an exploding balloon we got a chicken from out of this world. Alien? Robot? Cartoon man? No, of course not. It was purely metaphorical.

Mountain Vacation

I had a nice vacation in the American West. Mountains are beautiful, but it feels weird not to see the horizon when I look out in the distance.

I assumed I would have more time doing nothing and would naturally have the chance to make a chicken, but I was mistaken. Satisfying vacation, but I should have made this post on Thursday if I'm trying to have a schedule...

Blocky Chicken

 

That's one blocky bird. Rising strongly in the desert heat this chicken is ready... To pass out.

Blue Float

Chicken on a patch of blue.

This is what art is all about. This would look great on a dish towel.

 

Shine Dark Bird

The pink light flickered around the bird standing tall in the night. 

Maybe this is just the reveal of a new villain? Or just a dark and brooding friend.

Strange Smell

As you enter the room you're struck by a strange smell. Is it something in the trash? Spilled cleaning supplies? The dinner you were invited to?

 Really no way to know.

Zap

Zap Lightning, the fastest chicken in the world. After a terrible bug zapper accident Zap found himself with the ability to move like lightning and cook tasty bugs in an instant.

I told the Patreon folks already, but this month I'm going to be posting every Monday and Thursday and try out maintaining a regular schedule. 

You may have noticed that's it's Tuesday. I scheduled this wrong and forgot to check, but the rest of the month should be smoother.

Awaken – May 2024 Wallpaper

Everyone has seen the old cartoons. We know what the rooster's job is. It's to wake you up at the crack of dawn with a powerful crow, but what makes it awaken? It's still night, but the rooster's eye is wide open.

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Nightly Chicken

Emerging from the darkness we have our nightly chicken.

Well, these aren't really nightly, but this one certainly shows up at night. It's scarier that way.
 

Armor

I used to do quite a bit of classic fantasy chickens, but it's been a while. Anyways here's a big with one of those beak helmets. It's a bit awkward to get on when you already have a beak.

Ominous

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Is this silence ominous enough?

Little Birdy

A little birdy told me your secret, so you may as well just admit it so I can use it to blackmail you later. Feel free to let me know if you stole money from a shady businessman or stabbed a man in cold blood.

I don't really want to know about anything more mundane or illicit.

Really?

You might say, "This is supposed to be a chicken? Really?"

And to that I say "I'm kind of settled into this way of stylizing things, but yeah. Almost everything on this site is supposed to be a chicken."

Hopefully the conversation ends there, because I don't have many more follow-up comments.

Colored Lines

This one is sad. You can tell from the eyebrows that chickens don't have.

With a Hat

Start the month off with a hat. It's got a good shape with a blown up brim.

Also there's a chicken

Egg Ghost

The egg yolk took shape as the fowl spirit was roused and a ghastly sizzle came up from the frying pan.

This was simply the daily breakfast experience when you were a ghost hunting farmer. 

Blueprint

The world is made to match the plans that are laid, but between the idea and the reality things never quite match up. Able to instantly recall these half realized plans the goggle-clad fowl saw a path for escape. Otherwise he was bound to be someone's dinner before too long.

This may be more on the "string of nonsense" end but I think I need to get back to wandering rambles so that's good.

Twisted Aura

The psychic detective didn't know what to do. For many years he had relied on his unique gift to solve countless crimes, but this time was different. The twisted aura of the bird was worse than any serial killer. But it couldn't have been responsible for the recent string of violent robberies, unless–!

Flat Shades

Nothing too deep here.

Spring Circles

It's springtime so enjoy some pastel colors. 

No Fear

The bird walked through the desolate plain without fear. It's easy to ignore all threats when one doesn't have any thoughts. Even the terrifying serpent was frustrated by the chicken's nonchalance.

Do It

Here we go everybody. Sometimes you just need to Do It. (In this case "it" is posting a chicken.)

Barnyard

We don't need to be limited to just chickens. I can draw the whole range of barnyard critters, from chicken to pig. Maybe even duck? Cow is a bit large but I've done it before.

Of course you've already seen through this April Fool's jape. We need to include a chicken or it isn't Chicken Maker at all.

Spring Bunny – March 2024 Wallpaper

Welcome back for another adorable Spring season. What more can you want than bunnies and sunshine? Probably just this round bird, I assume. Today's piece even has a smiling sun.

Happy Easter and thank you to my supporters on Patreon and Ko-Fi.

TMNC

There's no green turtle for reason, but there can be a green chicken, because he isn't green

Space Bird – February 2024 Wallpaper

SciFi is fun. The Space Bird is the hero of a generation. After reaching the moon he managed to fight off the alien invaders, and make even more strange, squid-like friends.

Thank you, as always, to my Patreon and Ko-Fi supporters. Without your support I'd probably still do this, but not nearly as much.

15 Years of Chicken Maker

Fifteen feels like possibly too many years of Chicken Maker, but we'll just keep it rolling.

This year I didn't do much that I would call particularly interesting. I didn't make a lovely pamphlet. I didn't follow through on making a GameBoy game. Just kind of coasting by and making fun chickens when they cross my mind. I guess I also played with TikTok for a bit. I did post more than 100 chickens though, despite feeling like I don't post enough.

Green version of the tiktok border I made last time I made those.

Anyways it's St. Patrick's Day so let's get into our anniversary Green Chickens. These are some of my favorites from the past year.

Lime green is not an Artisanal color. Very processed 

Even blocked out in green the chicken is obvious

Even now, it's a bird.

I left off the mirrored element, but the Little Hat is cute.

The powerful aura of potentially spoiled leftovers

Honestly when the Spiral is green this is rather zombies.

Special Mention to the Digital Gridz wallpaper for already being green.

Love you all. Gimme a dollar on Patreon or Ko-fi

Wisps

 The wispy ghosts float around the bird in the dead of night. Were they his friends? His foes? A horrible vengeful occurrence? They do seem rather worm-like...

Glasses

It's a chicken with Glasses. Is he a nerd? Perhaps an earnest business man with a business plan? A scientist, preparing for a natural disaster?

Probably not. Just your standard glasses bird.

Dragon Quest Monster

Sadly Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and the main artist for the Dragon Quest video game franchise, has passed away. He was truly one of the most iconic artists of our time and I have so many fond memories of the things he created. 

While we reminisce here's a picture of Bantamweight, a chicken monster from Dragon Quest IV. 

Scrawl on the Wall

It's just a little scrawl on wall. Could be any rude thing in that bathroom stall, but instead it's a friendly bird. What a great day.

Another Chicken

I was sick, and I've recovered. Then I continued to not post for a week. Now we're back with another chicken to start the month off.

Pretty standard Chicken Maker experience.

Sick and Soup

Everyone, I've been sick for days and all I've eaten is crackers and chicken noodle soup. 

Just lightly pity me.

Caped Traveler

Off on another adventure. Or perhaps just a bit chilly and eccentric. I don't know that I could pull off a cape personally, but it's certainly dramatic.

Valentine Heart

I love you all. Hope you had a wonderful day with your beloved.

I'm single though so I'm eating instant noodles.

Bloody Sword

The two birds locked eyes. That cruel smart chicken's glasses clinked as he strutted forward, not even giving the vagabond of a bird a second glance, but as their paths crossed the blade was drawn. As his head left his body Glasses never know which of his various crimes had been avenged in this instant.

Perhaps Chicken Maker has been lacking in excitement of late. I probably need to play more violent video games or something to keep the creative juices flowing and the thrills of our sporadic chicken art coming. Of course this isn't gory. I aim for a firm T rating on this website. This is just nice clean bloodshed.