Devil in the Dark

I call this one Devil in the Dark. The evil he has in his heart comes right out through the normal darkness of the soul. Everyone had darkness within themselves but true evil shines far brighter than the darkness.  I probably should have represented EVIL with something other than a chicken but then it'd never fit on this site. It has red eyes so its evil should be clear to anyoen who sees it.

Run

This piece is entitled "Run" I made it during school one day. It's suppsoed to be like one of those super speedy afterimage things. I think it came out rather nicely but there isn't really much I can say about it. It took a while and I wanted to 'real' one to be more solid so I gave him a black outline.

A True Samurai

As I said while reviewing the guest piece that guy was wearing a samurai hat. A short while ago I made a Blind Samurai chicken. In all honesty I've never actually watched a Zatoichi film all the way through but I've seen them enough to know that they're awesome.  I'm not 100% certain why I put the head band over his eyes, but it's an easy way to tell he's blind so why not.

Guest Chicken, from Cory Marinecz

This is the first time I've gotten any 'fan' work so I suppose I should be flattered but it's so awful that I can't bring myself to it.  Included with the image was the following quote "This is a sad chicken with a top hat and an identity crisis. :(" And being as this is a first I've decided to crush it with a 5 paragraph essay! The problems are the lack of structure, the contrasting colors and the lack of passion by the artist.

The structure is a complete mess. The porportions are terrible. The feet are poorly structured. However the artist's lack of technical efficiency can be forgiven by his inexperience in the field. Despite this some attributes are simply unacceptable. The "top hat" isn't a top hat at all. What is seen in this image is a tophat. What this is wearing appears to be something like one of those samurai basket hats.

The contrasting colors used in the image are awful. When I consulted him he told me that it was to represent the identifty crisis the chicken was suffering from. This might have been acceptable if he'd at least used duller less vibrant colors, but looking good comes before procuring a message. Of course the orange bit just looks awkward. Everyone knows it should be red after all.

Finally his lack of passion for the suject is simply obvious. This was obvious from his analysis, which seemed like a tacked on after thought. He knew it wouldn't be clear without it and yet it is just a jotted down set of jibberish. The fact that he saved it as a JPEG in paint, which is known for it's quality loss when using JPEG, shows that he just didn't care at all. 

In conclusion the work of Cory Marinecz lacks in many qualities, from his technical ability and his color selection to his lack of passion bringing down the work.  If he'd had more firey passion for his work, a stronger stylistic sense, or more technical skills the work could have stood as a fine example of what this site is all about. Unfortunately this one will never find itself so inclined, not even at the level of Two Days Too Late, during the creation of which I completely lacked any passion or style. 

celebratory photoshop chicken

As I'm sure you can all see this blog has recieved it's first comment and I am fairly certain I've heard that for every 1000 fans something it is only likely to get 1 comment. As such I have posted a celebratory photoshop chicken. However as I know this fellow I cannot use him to justify my celebration. I need a comment from someone I've never spoken to in real life. Still it is a time of celebration. 

Consumerism

This is a piece of social commentary. Consumerism tends to take anything and feel like it can just stamp it on anything. Of course on its face this is simply a mockery of Tony Hawk's various product lines. The meaning however can be derived from that. Just because people like chickens doesn't mean that they want it plastered on their shirt or skateboard.

P.S. Don't ever expect any other social commentary from me. Oh, and click the picture to see the un-shrunken version

Tourism

I'm on a trip. This is someone else's computer. I tried to be a tourist in beautiful Florida, but it's dark and dreary