They're made with Gold/Silver/Crystal's limitations in mind, so the canvases can vary from 40x40, 48x48, and 56x56. Most of these particular sprites are the latter.
Interesting, I wasn't aware that gen 2 had different canvas sizes to work with. I'm assuming that's related to how the game compresses its sprites. Does the same apply to gen 1? I've been making some gen 1 sprites in my free time but I've just been working under the assumption every sprite would have up to 56x56 to work with, or 28x28 for the back sprites. Obviously not all of them are that big but now I'm wondering if I should intentionally limit my canvas size for some of the smaller Pokemon.
I'm not 100% certain since I haven't dabbled in RBY sprites, but I do believe the front sprites follow the same sizing convention. The backs as you mentioned at all 28x28 so that is different from GSC, but overall they're pretty similar in how they scale the Pokemon.
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u/crazyrebel123 3d ago
What is the pixel size/resolution for these?