Polish Chicken Inspiration

It has become routine for me to scroll through Instagram, looking for inspiration. And suddenly, two hours have whizzed past.

So I decided to give Instagram a break and dive head first into google image search, and oh boy! Another rabbit hole that quickly sucked a couple of hours from my day. A lot of time is required to find that next idea. I guess this is part of the process.

I stumbled upon a chicken with the funkiest hairstyle I've ever seen! Technically it's called a crest, but damn these are the coolest chickens I’ve seen. They are called polish chickens. And they have astonishing crests that cover their whole heads, coming in different shapes and sizes. My question is, do these chickens suffer the same fate as our conventional supermarket chickens? I hope not. They are too beautiful.

A photo of a glorious polish Chicken showing off an amazing crest.

I guess life is short to have a boring hairstyle.

Especially for Chickens.

The Image that inspired my next art piece.

My Initial thought was how could I make it seem that these chickens go through a preparation process and demonstrate it in a colourful and amusing painting, and as the thought passed my mind, I tried to jot down a quick sketch, as you can see below. The quick timelapse of the creation of this painting.

Watch how I created my latest artwork. From having a little creative block, I eventually saw something that inspired me, and who would have thought it would have been a chicken?

An image of preliminary sketch and a more detailed version in ink.
A photograph of the finished painting a round canvas.

What do you think?

I’m happy with how it turned out, how the crest fills out the canvas and the colour balances well with the texture of the feathers. I can spend a few minutes of my morning just staring at it.

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