Chicken Pic 1

cows, chickens and outer space

and the silence of the farm animals

UPDATED: 2/28

My fascination with outer space, alien life forms and how much time they spend laughing at us has only gained in strength over the years. I really wonder what E.T. thinks about our technological inventions like the toaster.

But I’m not going into detail about the topic.

Truth-be-told, I had a nice President’s Day weekend and stayed indoors modeling some farm animals and putting them in interesting positions. Overall, the experience got me thinking about aliens and the great beyond, and if a chicken actually dreams of greater things.

cow, chicken, space

These cow and chicken models are pretty basic. Their texture was painted in photoshop. I’d like to do a series of cows with different patterns and colors. Maybe line them up and tip them over in an animation.

Or maybe send them far, far away.

cow, chicken, space 2

UPDATE:

Over the weekend, I started working on new designs for the cow, so I can eventually have an army of unique looking cows. This is the JesusChrist design, in honor of my friend by the same username. I also improved the rig with a few Stretch-To bones and some IK bones for the legs.

The JesusChrist Cow

The spaceship needs quite a bit of work, as does the landscape. And the chicken needs a complete overhaul.

The JesusChrist Cow

About Danny Kneip

Catheads.net has been a personal hobby for over 12 years, whereby I am free to work on my design and coding skills for the technical aspects of the site, and then play with Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender for all the creative content.