Chicken Maker

Hotline Chicken

2013-06-17T16:28:00.000-04:00

I recently played the hyper-violent game Hotline Miami. It's about a murderer with a rubber mask. Now, as the game progresses you unlock all sorts of masks, but the default on with no abilities is a chicken.

Claim Jump: Print and Play Board Game

2013-06-15T22:07:00.000-04:00

I am posting up my new game. It is called Claim Jump. It was designed for a Print and Play contest over on Board Game Geek with the requirement that it was the size of a postcard. So it is, with the front and back included here.

Now I know what you're thinking, but just look at Green. I wouldn't leave the game sad and chicken-less. Don't think I can justify the General Chicken tag on it though.

How To Draw a Chicken

2013-06-13T12:05:00.002-04:00

I changed video capture programs and finally succeeded in making a new chicken video. I had a headset on so I figured I may as well just talk right through what I was doing. Expect more drawing videos in the future because well... It's not really anything on top of already drawing it. YouTube Video Link!

It is the Gray One by the way. This picture does have a title. It is a pretty generic chicken though. No cowboy hat or anything. Wanted to be straight forward on the first video in a while.

Poultry-Geist

2013-06-11T20:36:00.001-04:00

The Poultry-Geist is a truly mischievous spirit, often knocking over expensive vases with his unworldly powers and playing of shelves.

This pun is so good. I'm sad to say I didn't come up with it. A friend said it to me and I was struck by my foolishness.

Beach Goer

2013-06-06T19:11:00.002-04:00

This chicken got some trunks on and went to the beach...

I haven't really got anything else to say.

Shakespeare

2013-06-06T18:59:00.002-04:00

To bawk or not to bawk. That is the cluck.
No, that made no sense at all. This is definitely Shakespeare. I tried really hard. Gave him a ruffle thing, and a nice slick-back. Kinda looked at his eyebrows in an old drawing.

Challenge Complete!

Hi

2013-06-06T01:32:00.001-04:00

Hello Nathan. I noticed you're hitting up all my stuff. I'm pretty pumped about it. Tell all your friends. Stick around and be a regular if you like it. We could always use more of those.

This is the sort of thing that will make no sense out of context or in the future for someone else's archive binge I suppose. It's a perfectly good "Hi" though.

Anime Hen

2013-06-05T22:52:00.002-04:00

This is a lady from an anime. That's not really accurate per say. I mean it's just a lady chicken with an anime eye, but I was looking at that lady from Captain Harlock whose name I can never remember so I suppose it's based on that. I mean I even put the skull and crossbones on the shoulder.

Challenge Complete

Chicken Soup

2013-06-05T22:31:00.000-04:00

This is some chicken broth with the little green bits and a few globs of what may be chicken. I couldn't say for sure. All I can say for sure is...

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

EDIT: By special request now with sparkles and a moustache

I always suspected Windows 7 paint was good for something.

Two Star General of the Chicken Forces

2013-06-04T22:43:00.000-04:00

I've really been letting the challenges pile up. Let's go at them seriously!

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

Books Crayon Coloring

2013-06-02T01:00:00.001-04:00

As I suggested in the comments this picture should be colored using crayons. The stars didn't come out so well but otherwise it's quite good I think.

Books

2013-06-01T00:26:00.000-04:00

I sold 11 copies of Chicken Heroics, exceeding my sales goal by 1. I'm thrilled about it. So I did one more piece of art that would fit in it... Not that it's actually in it at all. Well, whatever I'm bound to do more with it at some point. Maybe this will slide in at that point. It's a chicken mage with three spell books floating around him. I mean that sort of thing is magic 101, right?

Forsaken Sword

2013-05-31T14:51:00.004-04:00

The rooster left the blade behind. He had fought his battles and with that there was no need for him to hold it any longer. He'd never been able to swing it anyways, since he didn't have hands and it was way too big.

The Bomb!

2013-05-31T13:53:00.003-04:00

Maybe you aren't aware but this site is the bomb! To clarify this point I drew a bomb. Then I drew a chicken on said bomb. Then I put said bomb on this website. Now you know this site is the bomb. Just hasn't exploded yet.

Ninja Leap

2013-05-29T12:41:00.000-04:00

Bounding from the building the Ninja threw himself through the air. What macabre task did he act on tonight?

Little Guy

2013-05-25T15:04:00.003-04:00

This little guy is the culmination of all of my skills and abilities up to this point. I mean check him out. For real. Check him out.

Work of Confusion

2013-05-23T13:25:00.002-04:00

This is not a work of art, but one of confusion.

Cluckthuloid

2013-05-20T15:09:00.001-04:00

Well a few days ago I did an archive binge and I found that something I made isn't on this site. Well, that's hardly any fun.

A priest twisted by his dark desires and the force that he contracted to gain them. His body was forfeit from the start. As soon as he made the choice he had lost his right to remain a normal chicken. He was a cluckthuloid now, twisted by Cluckthulu's unworldly influence.

Cluckthulu obviously being a chicken version of Cthulhu though really he's more of a Yog Soggoth than a Cthulhu but that's not nearly as popular and recognizably a thing. He definitely won't be taken out by a boat or any of that nonsense. Well this guy might be though. He's not boat proof at all.

Smokin' & Gamblin'

2013-05-18T19:45:00.000-04:00

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.

Number 1 Best

2013-05-16T16:13:00.001-04:00

This is not the number 1 best chicken, nor did I choose one, but I did update the Best of Chicken Maker on the sidebar, and if anyone has any feedback or opinions on it, like your favorite not being on the list, I'll be glad to hear you out on it.

Oh, you want to know about this lady? She won the beauty contest of course. Her nice orange-brown coloration and pretty eyes pretty much secured the crown.

Also I updated the project page for the first time in a year and a half.

Games Page

2013-05-16T15:14:00.001-04:00

I do some amateur tabletop game design so I figured I ought to have a page for it on here, especially since I've kind of decided to brand anything I actually release beyond the "I got this game I tossed together in a folder" phase under my ChickenMaker™ brand/logo. And since I'm calling it Chicken Maker obviously it needs to be on ChickenMaker.net. Right now the page includes just the three games I randomly posted on here, but other stuff like Chicken Heroics and a not at all chicken-based card game I'm working on will show up on there at some point.

Here's the banner and the sidebar button. And I suppose also a link, though it's right in the sidebar.

Chicken Heroics is Out!

2013-05-16T14:04:00.002-04:00

Chicken Heroics is now out. This is our first for sale project, so I hope some of you will take an interest in it, though I'll admit it's rather niche, being a Tabletop RPG and all. A PDF version of the book is now available on DriveThruRPG (linked here) for the very reasonable price of $3. I suppose I should aim for some absurd number of sales... Let's go for 10 copies!

Experience a new and unique fantasy RPG setting in a world without elves, orcs, and dwarves! Or Humans for that matter.

Hatch a character and enter a world of fowl adventure!

Battle the Cult of Cluckthulu!

Confront a Tyrannosaurus!

You may be a chicken, but you aren't a coward!

With this project finished up I will probably get a proper start on some others I've had on the back burner.

Interesting Shades

2013-05-15T22:32:00.003-04:00

This chicken is some very interesting shades, like pink and cyan. This, I had decided, is because of its strange and macabre psychic powers. Brain powers make things weird colors, right?

Dark Tower

2013-05-13T00:17:00.001-04:00

A chicken looks up upon the dark spire. Horrible legend surrounds it, but there is no choice. The chicken is compelled to enter, like a bird to the slaughter. What dark and macabre secrets await?

This was actually originally in the Chicken Heroics book that really is coming out very soon now, but I ended up not using it there and I figure it's still a good picture I can re-purpose for more generic things.

Cute Chick

2013-05-12T20:46:00.003-04:00

I drew a cute little Baby Chick. Happy Mother's Day.