Not sure about you, but watched a video from RetroNC about sprite-making and i think he makes some good points on the topic. you may wanna check the link im putting below:-
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MdDXt11B60&t=479s
I was wondering about something. is pokemon SDK for pokemon studio a good devkit? i mean, it has RPG maker XP implemented onto the program for a clear purpose.