>>58952519they're just traces of the 3D model now
>Did Ken Sugimori quit?no, but he probably doesn't do all the key art anymore, it's hard to tell since I think the tcg hasn't done cards with just the main key art of mons on a background since like gen 5, or cards with just the main key art of humans since gen 8
https://pkmncards.com/artist/ken-sugimori/?sort=date&ord=auto&display=imageshe did design liko and roy for the anime though, so he's still around
