User:Tiddlywinks/Template:PokeArt/doc

This template designates art of an individual Pokémon.

This template replaces Template:Sugimoriart and Template:dwart.

Parameters

Unnamed

• 1: the Pokémon's National Pokédex number (0001, 1008, etc)
• 2: the Pokémon's species name (Bulbasaur, Miraidon, etc)
• 3: the game(s) during which this art was released (like Scarlet and Violet, matching a game artwork category)
• 4: the company for whom the artwork was created; accepted values are below
  • gf, GF: images created for Game Freak (usually images for the core series games)
  • tpc, TPC: images created for The Pokémon Company (internally referred to by TPC as corporate art)
• 5: the person who designed this art
• 6: a reliable source that backs up the artist credit

Named

• cat: an override for the categories added by this

Examples

Since the categories from {{sugimoriart}} and {{dwart}} cannot be suppressed, I will not call them directly here. If you wish to see them for comparison, edit this section and preview them without the "pre" tags.

Genesect

• GF old

{{Sugimoriart|649|Genesect|Black 2 and White 2|s||2|Black 2 and White 2|gl=Black and White}}

• GF new

{{User:Tiddlywinks/Template:PokeArt|0649|Genesect|Black 2 and White 2|gf|cat=}}

This is artwork of #0649 Genesect, released in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, created for Game Freak.

• TPC old

{{dwart|649|Genesect|B2W2}}

• TPC new

{{User:Tiddlywinks/Template:PokeArt|0649|Genesect|Black 2 and White 2|tpc|cat=}}

This is artwork of #0649 Genesect, released in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, created for The Pokémon Company.

Flapple

• GF old

{{sugimoriart|841|Flapple|Sword and Shield|s}}

• GF new

{{User:Tiddlywinks/Template:PokeArt|0841|Flapple|Sword and Shield|gf|cat=}}

This is artwork of #0841 Flapple, released in Pokémon Sword and Shield, created for Game Freak.

• TPC old

{{dwart|841|Flapple|SwSh}}

• TPC new

{{User:Tiddlywinks/Template:PokeArt|0841|Flapple|Sword and Shield|tpc|cat=}}

This is artwork of #0841 Flapple, released in Pokémon Sword and Shield, created for The Pokémon Company.

Flapple with theoretical artist

{{User:Tiddlywinks/Template:PokeArt|0841|Flapple|Sword and Shield|tpc|Ken Sugimori|cat=}}

This is artwork of #0841 Flapple, released in Pokémon Sword and Shield, created for The Pokémon Company.

Designed by Ken Sugimori, according to {{{6}}}.

TBD

This template:

• Turn images into left/right filenames (redirects) so they can switch for gf/tpc/whatever
• Add a "missing source" category if there's an artist but no source given for the credit
• Form parameter? (Is this useful? Useless? Sorta useful?)
• I'm ignoring special category sort keys for now because numbers (as GF/TPC art is named) should generally come before most things anyway, and/or we should make sure we have a solid handle on just what should be sorted specially, so that we don't just end up with "everything" in one needlessly big group.
  • For example, Category:Bulbasaur has 73 images before it gets back to normal sorting. That's not "good". If all 73 are that important, give them their own subcategory—or give everything else a subcategory. And/or we just need to be much more intentional about what truly "needs" to be prioritized.

Other considerations:

• Clean up Category:Official Pokémon artwork
• Make {{dwart}} only add Category:Pokémon Dream World artwork? Honestly I don't know if it even needs a banner. And/or I don't know if "Dream World" all by itself is that useful? or what. There's also PGL. {{arcadebadge}} and {{Spirit}} already apply to some DW images.
  • dwart was used for Category:Pokémon Dream World items... But that's all been replaced by {{GLitem}} (such as File:Dream Pecha Berry Sprite.png)