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Chickenpie studio comic: Just a quick one.

ArtOct 21, 2026

The five-minute task

Illustrated website handover workshop.

MakingOct 21, 2026

Your website isn't finished. It's just online.

People compare ready-made website kits with a custom workbench; packed files and a small shelf chicken complete the editorial workshop scene.

MakingOct 13, 2026

Wix, Squarespace or build it yourself in 2026? Think past the first year.

Mr Chicken lines up a spoon behind a calamansi as though putting, beside a plate of rice on a golf clubhouse terrace.

GolfOct 04, 2026

The Round Is Over. Your Spoon Is Still Putting.

Chickenpie considers a cut paper letter and receipt in a Filipino print studio.

MakingOct 03, 2026

Design trends October 2026: warmth needs proof

Mr Chicken watches a fuel receipt take up the breathing room at a transport stop.

ArtOct 02, 2026

The Fare Went Up. The Breathing Room Didn’t.

Mr Chicken stares in surprise as his golf ball splashes into a coffee mug beside the practice green.

GolfOct 02, 2026

The Little Shot That Does Not Need an Audience

Mr Chicken holds a racket beside a self-appointed tennis coach watching television in a Filipino sala.

ArtOct 02, 2026

Alex Eala Made TIME. The Sala Made a Coaching Staff.

Episode 27 cover: Henrietta and Chester arriving at Tita Puring's morning-glory-covered gate in Cabanatuan as she waits in the doorway

ArchiveSep 17, 2026

Episode 27: Tita Puring's House

Chickenpie illustration of Mr. Chicken, small and in the background, glancing at a glowing glass snow-globe dome on a desk containing a miniature jeepney terminal diorama

MakingSep 16, 2026

The Snow-Globe Trick That Makes Gemini Build a Whole Tiny World

Mr. Chicken sitting at a small desk coding on a laptop with an offline cloud icon on screen, in a brick-walled room

MakingSep 15, 2026

BiNeuron promises a local AI coding assistant with no cloud bill. Here's what "local" actually costs you.

Neighbors crowd around a TV outside a sari-sari store watching a 109-78 Gilas Pilipinas scoreboard, a barangay tanod pointing excitedly, with a small Chickenpie chicken watching from the side

ArtSep 13, 2026

Gilas Won By 31. The Barangay Tanod Is Now a Basketball Analyst.

Cartoon Chickenpie chicken in a life vest watching a Philippine Coast Guard plane get hit by China Coast Guard flares over the West Philippine Sea, small fishing boats and a coast guard vessel in the scene

ArtSep 12, 2026

China Sent Flares Over Our Plane. We're Billing Them for the Fireworks Show.

Split illustration of a sterile AI-printing desk versus a warm hand-lettered craft desk, with Mr. Chicken standing at the boundary between them

MakingSep 12, 2026

91% of Designers Use AI Now. That's Exactly Why Your Hand Matters More.

A cartoon chicken watches a stalled jeepney with its hood up in EDSA traffic at dusk, driver turning up a portable radio, sari-sari stall glowing beside them

ArtSep 11, 2026

Hope Is Not a Vibe. It's a Skill We Never Stopped Practicing.

Cartoon disgraced official in a barong escorted in handcuffs down government steps by agents, press scrum with cameras and microphones, Mr. Chicken watching from the edge of the crowd with a press notepad

ArtSep 11, 2026

The Untouchable Got Touched

Stack of glossy purple ube-glazed mini donuts topped with toasted coconut on a rustic wooden table

FoodSep 11, 2026

Three Ingredients, One Box of Cake Mix, and the Purple Donut That Made My Titas Suspicious

Chester Cluck at a kitchen table at night, holding a phone receiver, calamansi peel beside him, jeepney silhouette through the window

ArchiveSep 10, 2026

Episode 26: The Call to Cabanatuan

Cartoon Chickenpie mascot as a small incidental clerk in a crowded Philippine government office press conference at an Anti-Poverty Office desk, boxing gym poster on the wall, jeepney visible outside

ArtSep 09, 2026

Pacman vs. Poverty. Twelve Rounds, No Scorecards.

Chickenpie illustration of Mr. Chicken arranging objects into a knolling grid on a desk

MakingSep 09, 2026

The Knolling Flat-Lay Prompt That Makes Gemini Actually Follow a Grid

CHKN flat-vector illustration: Mr. Chicken in a navy hoodie at a home-office desk searching a laptop media library, hard drives and notebook beside him

MakingSep 08, 2026

Clipto just raised $15M to be your computer's memory. It's good. It's not there yet.

A flat-vector cartoon of a grand Malacanang-style palace hall being emptied by movers carrying chairs and a chandelier past a cardboard box labeled BUDGET 2027, while Mr. Chicken, small and off to one side, counts a thinning stack of peso bills.

ArtSep 07, 2026

The Palace Lost 64% of Its Budget. The Meetings Continue.

Mr. Chicken at a desk pointing at a laptop screen showing a colorful AI-generated image, with reference photos stacked nearby

MakingSep 07, 2026

6 AI Art Tool Tips That Stop Your Marketing Images From Screaming "AI"

Retro-print illustration of a weekend Quezon City courthouse bail window with a price list reading Grave Threats P120,000 per count, a queue of clerks, and a small Chickenpie mascot watching from the side holding a receipt

ArtSep 06, 2026

The Assassination Threat Had a Price Tag. It Was P360,000.

Mr. Chicken at a Philippine golf resort pro shop counter, wide-eyed at a bag of mismatched rental golf clubs handed over by a staffer

GolfSep 06, 2026

The Clubs You Borrow Teach You More Than the Ones You Own

A flat-vector cartoon of a glamorous pageant auditorium in chaos — delegate chickens in gowns drag luggage past a flight board reading MUMBAI CANCELLED / BANGKOK BOARDING while an unclaimed crown sits spotlit on the stage floor. Mr. Chicken, small in the mid-ground, holds a boarding pass and watches.

ArtSep 05, 2026

India's Out. We're Still In.

Mr. Chicken looking up at a design studio corkboard wall covered with pinned quote-card icons and a rolling ladder

MakingSep 05, 2026

Five Design Quotes From This Month That Actually Mean Something

Cartoon Mr. Chicken buying taho near a crowded Baclaran forex kiosk with an exchange rate board reading 62.50, jeepneys and a long queue in the background

ArtSep 04, 2026

The Peso Broke a Record. Nobody Threw Confetti.

Cast-iron skillet of glossy chicken adobo meatballs topped with basil and parmesan, steam rising, on a rustic wooden table

FoodSep 04, 2026

One Pan, One Skillet, and the Adobo Meatballs That Made My Roommate Ask for the Recipe

Cartoon chicken in a barong vest sitting quietly in the back row of an empty Philippine Senate hearing room, one chair covered in mold, binders piled on a table, spilled popcorn on the floor

ArtSep 03, 2026

Day 21 of the Impeachment Trial. The Senate Chairs Have Started to Mold.

ArtSep 02, 2026

Moretti's Never Had a Bad Day

CHKN flat-vector illustration: palace hall birthday party with a spotlit karaoke mic, press photographers, FLOOD CONTROL folders ignored under a chair, Mr. Chicken holding a songbook

ArtSep 01, 2026

The President Sang. Malacañang Had to Explain It.

CHKN flat-vector illustration: a white SUV nosed into a small Antipolo pares eatery, tanod and neighbors watching, Mr. Chicken at the roadside holding an egg

ArtAug 31, 2026

Niño Muhlach Never Took a Day Off. Sunday, His Car Did It For Him.

Chickenpie mascot Mr. Chicken pointing at a glowing screen showing chaotic color swatches organizing into labeled design system tokens

MakingAug 31, 2026

Stop Hardcoding Colors: Build a Real Design System with Figma Variables

Empty Philippine House of Representatives chamber with a janitor polishing a nameplate and a tiny cartoon chicken watching from the shadows

ArtAug 30, 2026

They Expelled the Congressman. Cavite Just Refilled the Chair.

Golfer silhouetted at sunrise walking down a palm-lined fairway toward a clubhouse with mountains in the distance

GolfAug 30, 2026

You Can Be Leading and Still Feel Lost — That's Not a Contradiction

Misty dawn view of a ravine-guarded par-3 golf hole with Taal Lake and volcano in the soft background

GolfAug 30, 2026

There's a Ravine on Hole 8 at Splendido Taal, and It Doesn't Care How You Feel About It

Cartoon commuters wade through a flooded Metro Manila street past a stalled jeepney and a collapsed unfinished river wall, as a small Chickenpie mascot stands atop the wall holding an umbrella

ArtAug 29, 2026

They Lost the Flood Control Money. They Found More to Lose.

A junior designer at a computer and a senior designer at a whiteboard drawing crossing JUNIOR and MID-LEVEL trend lines, Mr. Chicken observing from the corner of a cluttered creative agency office

MakingAug 29, 2026

The Design Industry Agreed AI Kills Junior Designers First. The Data Says Otherwise.

Government agents carry confiscated betting machines out of a Philippine cockpit arena while a rooster stands untouched on a wooden table and a small chicken character watches from the gate

ArtAug 28, 2026

297 Betting Machines Got Confiscated. The Roosters Are Still Employed.

Cartoon government spokesperson at a podium stamped FAKE NEWS, surrounded by a crowd of reporters, with a small cartoon chicken tucked in the back row of the press pool

ArtAug 27, 2026

The Meeting That Never Happened Has a Press Release Now

Crowded press briefing room with reporters and microphones surrounding a podium stacked with 'FAKE NEWS' papers, a small Chickenpie chicken watching quietly from the back of the crowd

ArtAug 27, 2026

The Impeachment Trial Has Better Ratings Than the Teleserye It Replaced

Episode 25 cover: a Quezon City apartment door and landing at night, a canvas travel bag by the doorframe, two tiny chicken figures visible through the frosted glass

ArchiveAug 27, 2026

Episode 25: E, In Person

Cartoon chicken reporter with press lanyard sketches notes at the edge of a packed Philippine Senate impeachment hearing, senators at the dais, press gallery with cameras, LIVE broadcast light overhead

ArtAug 26, 2026

The Quiet One Finally Talks. Naturally, It's For This.

Mr. Chicken at a cluttered home studio desk, working on an AI image generation interface with an uncanny AI-slop draft on one side and a clean composited image on the other

MakingAug 26, 2026

How to Art-Direct AI Images So They Stop Looking Like AI

Chickenpie-style illustration of a crafting desk with a tiny hand-cut paper diorama of a sari-sari store, Mr. Chicken watching from the edge of the frame

MakingAug 26, 2026

The Shadow Gap Trick That Turns Flat Paper Into a Diorama

Cartoon sari-sari store scene with a tita holding up a GCash QR code sign to a line of neighbors on their phones, jeepney passing behind, small Chickenpie character watching from the corner

ArtAug 25, 2026

Buy One, Take One, Open The App First

A flooded Metro Manila barangay street at dusk with a crooked 'FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT COMPLETED' plaque half-submerged on a cracked wall, a stalled jeepney, and residents wading, with Mr Chicken as a tiny distant figure in the background

ArtAug 24, 2026

The Flood Control Money Ghosted. The Floods Did Not.

Mr. Chicken at a nighttime desk poking a laptop screen showing a bouncy Lottie squeeze-toy animation

MakingAug 24, 2026

I Tried to Build a Clickable Lottie Squeeze Toy. It Took Three Tries to Feel Right.

Cartoon retro-print illustration of a packed Philippine Senate hearing room with a flooded street visible through the window, senators testifying, and a small Chickenpie chicken seated among the crowd

ArtAug 23, 2026

The Flood Control Hearing Is a Rerun. We Already Know the Ending.

MakingAug 22, 2026

Three Design Trends Are Actually Real This Week. Two Are Cope.

Cartoon senator in a barong holds up a plastic wrapper like courtroom evidence at a senate hearing while press cameras flash; Mr. Chicken sits small in the gallery watching, a forgotten budget ledger visible behind the podium

ArtAug 20, 2026

The Floods Found a New Suspect. It's Your Junk Food Wrapper.

Cartoon Chickenpie chicken watches from the Senate visitor's gallery as two senators shake hands under a spotlight while a budget binder sits closed and untouched

ArtAug 18, 2026

Congress Has Now Formally Complimented SB19 Twice

Chickenpie mascot in a yellow raincoat watches a flooded Manila alley with a submerged tricycle, a boy pushing a basin through floodwater, and a sari-sari store shuttered with a hand-painted CLOSED-BAHA sign, retro halftone poster style

ArtAug 17, 2026

The Flood Money Learned to Swim

Retro print illustration of a long queue of government cars outside Malacanang Palace gates at dusk, a giant '2028' control-tower sign looming over the traffic, a small Chickenpie chicken cartoon standing by the gate taking notes

ArtAug 16, 2026

The Succession Is Already Loading

A smartphone on a small tripod filming a quiet Philippine golf course fairway at mid-morning

GolfAug 16, 2026

LeBron James Just Bought a Golf Channel. What He's Actually Selling Is Attention.

Filipino workers in ponchos and tsinelas queue in a frost-covered courthouse hallway turned freezer, waiting for the P85 wage hike to thaw, with a small Chickenpie chicken watching from the edge of the frame

ArtAug 15, 2026

Frozen: The P85 Wage Hike, On Ice For P10 Billion

Mr Chicken in a paint-splattered apron studying a design studio wall where a glossy AI-perfect poster peels back to reveal a hand-drawn, grain-textured sketch underneath

MakingAug 15, 2026

Everyone's Buying "Imperfect." Almost No One's Earning It.

Bulldozers clear a Tarlac cornfield behind a barbed-wire fence marked PAX SILICA ZONE RESTRICTED, cranes and a half-built server hall rising beyond it, Mr. Chicken watching small in the corner

ArtAug 14, 2026

1,600 Hectares, Zero Philippine Law

A split-open ube cheese pandesal roll on a wooden board, revealing purple ube halaya swirl and melted cheese pull, steam rising

FoodAug 14, 2026

Ube Cheese Pandesal: The Purple Bread That's Winning the Internet, Twenty Years After It Won My Lola's Kitchen

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CHICKENPIE / THE STUDIO

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What the studio can help with

Brand identity

Give a business a recognisable face and a visual system that holds together.

Logo & visual identity
Packaging & print
Brand guidelines

Talk about your brand

Web design & development

Turn the story of a business into a clear, expressive website people can use.

Page structure & design
Responsive development
Purposeful interactions

Talk about your website

Illustration

Make an idea, a character or a point of view visible through drawings with personality.

Character design
Caricatures
Editorial artwork

Talk about an illustration

Selected work

2 projects

Black-and-white rounded illustration of a stocky chicken wrapping soap and an artist chicken checking a botanical label in a leafy workshop.

Illustrated cover

1/10

Sabonitas

2024 / SabonitasBranding & identity

A complete brand identity and web presence for Sabonitas - an artisanal soap company crafting homemade organic soap bars with natural ingredients. The brand embodies a philosophy of simplicity, effectiveness, and environmental kindness.

Open case study

Black-and-white rounded illustration of chicken guests reading a No Entry menu in a curved cocktail-club booth, with a chicken bartender behind the bar.

Illustrated cover

1/8

No Entry — The Menu

2026 / No Entry Cocktail ClubEditorial & menu design

An ingredient-led menu magazine for No Entry Cocktail Club, pairing cream cocktail studies with vivid red food pages and removable papers for everyday service.

Open case study

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