Back Swing

Here I have a new chicken I'm calling Backswing. I call him that because in the back I swing in a second much larger version of the same chicken. At least I assume that's why. Really I just name that mostly at random when I finish. Back Swing seems pretty appropriate though. I think I did a much better job on the effect this time than last time I tried it, which was quite a while ago.  also I just like the way the initial, front type, chicken looks. It took me a while to decide on his coloration. I decided on the red in the end though.

M.

Here we have the letter M. It's made of two chicken styled pointy bits. I think it looks pretty good, though the combs probably could have used a bit of flare. Sorry this one's so short but I've strangely enough already run out of things to say about this one.

Projects Page

Well, today seems to be an active day for this site. At any rate as I said I decided to get my Projects in order. And I decided to do it with a project page and a new link in my sidebar. How do the three chickens look? I set it up with a nice paint spray-can fade.

Dual Chicken - Epilogue

And now, after putting it off forever i post up the epilogue for Dual Chicken. This project is finished now. I doubt I'll ever come back to it, but I had a lot of fun with it and I really improved my chicken work as it went.

Boring Part
News Report:
Following the destruction of the AFEM headquarters the Dual Chicken vanished and mutant incidents seem to have declined. Still, a new taskforce has been formed to maintain the defense against them. The mass genocide of the mutations and questionable methods employed by AFEM will be avoided if possible. Former Detective R. Martin refused to comment, saying "I'm done with all that. I'm going to be a farmer or something."

Exciting Part

Relief

Today's piece isn't anything new. It's just a simple black chicken against a blue background. The Chicken feels pretty sharp. I think that's the way it ought to be.


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BLAM!

On a site note my various projects should be in order soon.

Pixel Crest

Well, I decided that I should try working with individual pixels, since it's been a while since I last did that. Midway I decided it ought to be a crest. Satisfied with my work I zoomed out and saw the small piece in the upper left. After a bit of consideration I decided to include an enlarged version when I posted it.

Dot Chicken

This chicken was put together on top of an arrangement of black dots. It was inspired by the fact that someone said Lite-Brite. I saw that and said to myself, "Lite-Brite? My friend had one of those." Then I put together a series of black dots like where the pegs would have gone. After that I used the "Paint Bucket" tool in MS Paint and just took a whack at it until it looked about right. I particularly like how the feet came out.

On an unrelated note my 'B' key is sticking. 

Focal Point

The focal point of this picture is emphasized by the neon outlines of the features.  The neon outlines bring the image into a much shaper focus than if they had been placed directly on the dark background. The background itself, of course, makes using a black outline impossible, as it would blend directly into the background. The image shows high energy while at the same time maintaining a sense of distortion brought about by the inverted construction.

Farm Sentai Chickenger

 

Today I've got a new original Power Ranger. He is the Brown Chicken Ranger. I styled him after the good old Power Rangers that were on TV when I was a kid, and are strangely enough being re-shown this year. Now I imagine he is the kind of Ranger that shows up half through the series and is way stronger than everyone else.  I mean that or the leader, but the leader's red. You can't mess up the formula like that after all.

His mighty Chicken Zord transforms into a powerful weapon, giving the Mega-Zord of his series a new finishing move so the show can pick up a bit of unpredictability. You know, so you can wonder what move they'll use to finish off the giant monster.  For that matter the Chicken Zord is probably strong enough to make a kill on its own. You know, like the Dragon Zord was.

The title is a reference to the Japanese Original, Super Sentai, which titles it's shows as follows: Noun Sentai Something-ger (for example the original power rangers was made using footage from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, which translates, roughly, to Dinosaur Squadron Beast-ranger) I mean Power Rangers: Subtitle just doesn't have as much force. Also gratuitous English is cool in Japan(perhaps you noticed the English word Super) sort of like how French is sexy in America.

Curvature

Ahem. This piece, known as Curvature, is based on the effects of perception. While the image at a glance appears to be of a rather basic chicken on further observation it it obvious that the strokes used in the creation are not where one would initially suspect. The unique stroke placement gives an appearance that isn't immediately noticeable, but lets it stand out among the various pieces.