>>58174457I mean if you're using the non-Sugimori sprites like Charizard's as an example of what it would match with, then yeah. Actual Sugimori sprites were initially a lot of the kaiju sprites like Lapras, but he began to incorporate visual effects like dithering to his shading as development went on, resulting in Pokémon like RG Mewtwo being a later Sugimori sprite vs Lapras being an earlier one. There were four sprite artists in all. For Gold and Silver, Sugimori had his hands on basically everything because that pixel dithering effect appears consistently and there aren't any weird perspective or posing issues. Compare Spaceworld Houndoom to the final version and you'll see what I mean. It's the same pose but Sugimori made it look good.
WIP Abomasnow has great pixel art (though the final one clearly incorporates that pixel dithering on the body), but it looks totally out of place. The face, the off-center pose, the shading, it's all so weird. The eyes somehow make it look cuter.
