>>40917188>>40917417Mind you, there's reason to differentiate between sprites and artwork or concept art.
What differentiates early artwork is, that it's obviously done in watercolor - physically on paper which gives it a certain charm not seen much anymore, as most art design has been done digitally for quite a while now.
o) less colorful with lots of monochromatic Pokemon designs.
o) Lots of "angry eyes" and spikes/spiky silhouettes