Red Line

A red streak of light can leave a strange impression.

Letterbox

Pointlessly letterboxed silhouette, like an early 90s video game cutscene.

About the same resolution too.

Yeehaw!

Wearing a hat. Being in the desert. As the cattle drive started up again everyone was truly unsure where this dang bird had come from. Who even made hats in this tiny bird size? 

Splash of Bird

Enjoy a nice splash of bird to brighten your darkest nights. Welcome back.

Small Witch

Not a particularly large witch.

When in doubt I really need to refocus on the heart and soul of this site, "Chickens in Funny Hats"

Coin

It all came down to this. The final moment, leaving everything to chance. So as this coin spins through the air you have to wonder in anticipation... Is the bird side heads or tails?

Bummed

Sometimes you need to have a good cry.

Then you can get back to living your life.

Light Up The Stage

Look at me!

If I say so then today I'm the one in the spotlight.

hose

Western cartoon style chicken with nice long rubber hose legs. The chicken's disinterested eyes are less a sign a sign of annoyance and more just the ones the animator is using by default.

Going with a more vertical chicken than usual, because chickens can be leggy or stout and I don't mix it up enough.

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.

Step

 In the dreamlike space of the internet even the most convoluted things can be experienced. A single steps sending ripples through the air as you let your mind wander and your spirit explore.

Pumpkin – October 2024 Wallpaper

 

Another Halloween has come and as we creep into the night we can see the candles flicker in the withering jack-o-lanterns. In the darkness, where only bird beaked squid-like beasts lurk the shining visage of a chicken is all that the safe boys and girls need to see.

As always this month's wallpaper is brought to you by my Patreon supporters. Thanks you for your support.

Spooky Ghost

A sheet is quite the costume when there's a real ghost underneath.

This is a chicken though so rather than a sheet this is probably just a pillowcase. Or maybe even a handkerchief. 

Swept Comb

Truly, what is art? Through a handful of lines and colors we commit a concept to paper so far removed from the reality that it's hard to convince anyone they're the same thing at all.

But you all agree that this is a chicken, even though birds don't have eyebrows at all, while this one is a striking example of them.
 

Dork

The chicken kept being called a dork, simply because he was a loser scientist wearing glasses. The insults led to more and more conniving, but despite the dork's dream of being a mad scientist he could never actually come up with a proper evil scheme.
 

Overflowing

A record scratch. Dramatic camera angle of something boring. Slap transition to this chicken, overflowing with splashes of color.

smol

You see, this chicken is very smol. Tiny. Wee little thing. Not a baby chick, just an exceptionally petite fully grown fowl.

Prance

Just do a little prance, it's the fanciest dance.

Of course prancing is entirely distinct from the actual chicken dance.

Sprayed

 There's no turning back. There's only going forward. That's why I never undid anything as this piece continued coming together. Each wonton stroke of the MS Paint Spray Can brought us closer to this.

I wanted to clean up the strays, but I stopped myself. Only going forward.

Neon Lines – September 2024 Wallpaper

New vertical wallpaper because I'm tired of the one on my phone, and I'm certainly not using someone else's. With crossed wings and golden horns I'd say this is some kind of devil chicken? Using that vague neon effect I'm always fond of, even if it is a bit cheap.

This shining horned devil neon chicken maybe has too much going on, but it's not like it's a cyborg zombie president or something.

Thank you as always to my supporters on Patreon and Ko-Fi.

Polished Knife

A masterpiece of Slasher movie poster design. The killer is reflected in the polished kitchen knife.

Shining Brown

This could be your last chance to truly experience what it means to shine brightly for everyone to see.

Hopefully not, because I can shine at least twice this bright. Not even burning from both ends yet.

Stepping In

Today's piece is an art.

The chicken is stepping in and stepping up.

Vs. Bat

Martial Fowl

Versus

Big Bat

They're in the Big Bat's home turn, but the Martial Fowl seems ready to go, even upside-down and a bit dazed from the blood rushing to his head.

Badge

Just a chicken on a circle. Need to get this month's chickens going and I like this kind of simple design.

Fox Behind

The chicken stalks the worm, unaware of the fox behind. You're all up to date on you classic Chinese proverbs, right?

In a chicken-based fantasy adventure it really only makes sense to use foxes as the equivalent of dragons. They even come in a variety of colors.

Shining Eyes – June 2024 Wallpaper

In search of a creepy horror movie vibe I ended up in a more minimalist design than I originally intended. The shining yellow eyes of the demon chicken emerge from behind the slowly opening red doors.

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

Big Air 2

There were questions about the flightless bird's fate, so let's continue her adventure.

The last chicken the airborne hen would encounter on her journey through the sky was a ravishing rooster parachuting down from a tragic accident. Their encounter just moment as she pierced through the cloud and their eyes met. From there it was a path to the stars.

Synchronized

As the orange does up the yellow goes down, in an endless synchronized spin. Within the narrow vision this achievement is the only thing between the shining birds and the endless darkness.
 

Big Air

Boom! The explosion blew the flightless bird into the sky. As the fowl passed a cloud it felt a satisfaction. Some of the biggest air a chicken had ever gotten.

 

Egg-like Eyes

As the two eggs sizzled in skillet the cook was deep in though, thinking of the mother hen that laid this eggs, never once considering they would become part of a nutritious breakfast.

Don't Fade Away

It's sad to look at a site or comic you used to visit all the time and see that same last post from six years ago. The content eventually sputters out and without a word it eventually just stops one day. I'm just feeling a bit nostalgic and I went to a few sites I used to visit that left without any fanfare, just a final post that obviously wasn't intended to be one. 

I'm not shutting down this website any time soon, but when I inevitably do... No fading away. I'm leaving dramatically. Probably on April Fools, just in case I regret my decision.

Guest Chicken

Enjoy this lovely guest chicken from one of my coworkers. It has most of the important chicken details, like beak, eye, cool leather jacket, and comb.

As it was done with a dry erase marker instead of MS Paint I'm not even sure where to start on my critique. Lacks a wattle, but a great attempt. Kind of like the eye shape

Golden Glow

As usual the perfectly fried chicken basked in a golden glow... But why was this one still moving and not even plucked?

Cliff End

Sometimes you have your back to a cliff. Will you face the blades or will you jump at the fraction of a chance? Actually getting stabbed might be safer than jumping off a cliff... Just don't give up.

Fishing

The chicken has been fishing for hours. Why hadn't it managed to catch a fish yet? There wasn't even a bite. 

It certainly didn't help that the chicken had eaten all the worms.

Wave

Squiggly waves bring joy to the masses.

No questions will be accepted on this topic.
 

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.

Thank you for your support.

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.