Style 2 a.k.a "Triangle Chip"

Style 2 Chip a.k.a "Triangle Chip" debut on February 23rd, 2017 in Why I Hated Art Class. Its codename "Triangle Chip" is in reference to the triangle-shaped arms.

Design
Style 2 Chip is very similar to Style 1 and 1.5 but is drawn with a black outline rather than completely lineless like in the previous styles. This version corrects the placement of the brown ear, removes the cheek "fluff" & black inner-ears, and has black paw pads instead of dark brown.

Inspiration & Development
This style was inspired mainly by Chipflake wanting to experiment with completely hand-drawn talksprites. The previous two designs were "puppet" inspired - using an unmoving body and pre-drawn limbs and a head that were moved with the rotation tool. By re-drawing each emotion/pose individually it created more work initially but allowed Chipflake to draw any pose or expression without the limitations of using set drawings.

Each emotion/pose was drawn in Photoshop CS6 using the Brush tool & Paint Bucket Tool for colouring.

The drawing style itself does not have any specific inspirations.

Retirement
Food Is Gross was the final video to feature this art style.

It was retired as Chipflake felt that it no longer reflected their artistic ability and wanted to experiment with placing the character in the middle of the screen as seen in The Lengths We Go to for Beauty.

This style was followed by Style 3 a.k.a "Pointy Chip".