Thick Contrast

The thick strong line and stark contrast of black and white come together with the illusory form of fowl's face.

Dark Flower

Observe the shadowed figure of a chicken on the pale purple splash of a 'flower,' then just bloom into the best version of you.

I feel like I maybe write a lot of bad self-help motivational poster quotes on here.

Red & Blue – June 2023 Wallpaper

Red, Blue... These are colors, as many among us already know. Together they make Purple, but each stands strongly on their own.Whether they're on different teams facing off against each other or are the two players fighting side by side we can always rely on the red one and the blue one.

Anyways something something, thank you for visiting Chicken Maker today and any day. A special thanks to the handful of you supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/ChickenMaker or https://ko-fi.com/chickenmaker

Worn Down

Worn down and exhausted. Not even sure what's going on around you at this point. Is this a hard life or is a good life? Or is it a doodle? Some would argue doodle, but I take a firm answer that this is at least at the level of an art.

Orange Shade

As light came through the darkness the bird's striking figure was the only thing that could be seen.

Continuing the monochrome series.

Face Over Shade

 

This face is very heavily shaded. The outline on the other side are perhaps not heavy enough to provide any sense of balance in the piece.

Deep Holler (Remake)

Here we have a rare remake for one of my older pieces, titled Deep Holler. The changes are mostly just correcting proportions, cleaner linework and adjusting the framing. The microphone was an addition from the requestor, but it gives a bit more depth to the whole image. The soundwave/spiral  has a slightly warped/stretched quality, which I think gives it more impact compared to the precise ones in the original. Anyways, like I said on the original, it's not that deep.

I would often like to circle back since I think I've improved a lot over the years, but it's hard to know what a good thing to remake it since looking back on the site is just a combination of nostalgia and grimacing at my older pieces. I didn't have to think for this one though because this was a special request from one of my Patreon supporters. Thank you to Michael for the request.

It wasn't exactly part of the remake request, more just a step in the process, but I have a version with the elements in separate colors which I like the look of.

The Target

The assassin saw a photo of the target, one "M. Rooster." The accusations against it were vague, but the assassin wasn't particularly moral, given their profession. The client asked for the body to be delivered and rumor had it M Rooster was going to be cooked and eaten. Truly terrifying, even to the assassin.

Kill

This piece is a true return to form, with the reemergence of the "Gritty Sharpness" Style, last seen in early 2017. The clear and decisive messaging is impossible to ignore. "Kill" resonates with so many people on a deep level.

Colorful Sharpness

Colorful Sharpness is not to be confused with Colorful Grit or Gritty Sharpness.

Cool Sunglasses are non-optional

Very Much Alive

To those spreading the rumor of my death:
I'm sorry to tell you this, but I'm very much alive.
I'm feeling much better now in fact.
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Back from sick leave. :)

Gritty Blueness

I'm not really happy with this one. I think I need to undergo some sort of remedial Gritty Sharpness training. It is after all my signature style. Also I was going to claim that this was the first gritty blueness, but that's not even true.

Gritty Tired

Sleep. It's a dear old friend that one might ignore and resist at night and reluctantly cut short in the morning. It really is important though, so I'll talk to you all later.

This is my first Gritty Sharpness-type piece in a while. I still like this black and white heavily shadowed stylized design.

Chicken Heroics Expansion In Progress

I have started on quite a few follow-ups to Chicken Heroics and finished... Almost nothing. I have 3 or 4 half written things on this hard drive. Clearly the issue is that I'm not telling you guys. Once I say I'm doing it I feel like I need to finish. This short expansion is focused on magic, because my explanation of magic in the core book was like a paragraph. Also because Roosters and Rituals seemed like a good title. I can flesh it out to a 4-8 page booklet no problem. Make up some new rules. Add some new spells. It'll be sitting pretty.

Chicken in One Click

Long ago on this site I drew a whale that I called "Chicken in Two Clicks." Well, here's a chicken drawn in one, and as a bonus it even looks like one. I covered up a lot of mistakes with the Gritty Sharpness shading...Now, I won't tell you it's my bst work, but it isn't bad. With I'd done more with those tail-feathers, but I couldn't exactly do any touch-ups without defeating the purpose.

Digital Pilot

Wearing the helmet perceptions of reality are faint as it fills your senses with the input from the system.

This is, I believe, the most detail I have tried to render using my "Gritty Sharpness" style of black and white cel-shading-esque art. How did it work?

New Grit

This is the New Grit. It's roughly the same as the old grit but it will never really compare. It's not a knock-off or anything but it doesn't have any real impact.

Gritty Martial Artist

The battles had been going for so long now. His talons were stained with blood and it was hard to even think he had the right to stand in the light of the world anymore. In that moment he realized that something else was coming.

This is the return of what has been called my signature style, the Gritty Sharpness. I don't use it very often because, well, black and white feels kind of lazy.

Small Gritty

Here is a small instance of the traditional "Gritty Sharpness" style that this site is well known for. That's definitely not an exaggeration.

Smokin' & Gamblin'

You can tell this guy's the ruffled tough guy type because of 3 factors.
1) The Crinkled Cigarette; They don't make you cool!
2) The Cards; He's almost definitely not playing Magic The Gathering or something. He's a rough tough gambling man!
3) The Gritty Sharpness; I don't think I did a gritty nerdness, but it sounds familiar so maybe I did.