Add front_default sprites for gen9

[diduseetheocean]

The front_default sprites are currently missing for pokemon of the 9 generation.

Acceptance criteria:

• sprites should match the current style of the already existing ones (b/w)
• size should be in 96x96 pixel
• fileformat .png

[diduseetheocean]

Trying to contact following artist to ask for usage permission of his sprites for pokeapi: https://www.deviantart.com/kingofthe-x-roads/art/Gen-9-Sprites-Pokemon-Scarlet-and-Violet-908341834

[Naramsim]

isn't there an official version for those sprites?

[diduseetheocean]

isn't there an official version for those sprites?

Didn't found one. Here at the bottom it says that since pkmn #650 the sprites were taken from smogon. So i think there are no official sprites released after that(in the pixelated style b/w) and so they are all fanmade, but iam not sure.

(scroll to the bottom of this link) https://github.com/PokeAPI/sprites

Edit: Above artist made some of the already inuse sprites. The links were also in the readme. https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sword-shield-sprite-project.3647722/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1acgzAjh0dnFRQnjZu8kSjS177rKCzpFfEHRLtwuuXRU/edit#gid=0

[diduseetheocean]

Also found this source: https://dex.pokemonshowdown.com/pokemon/

But the sprites of the 9th generation in the list have a totally different style.

[Naramsim]

oh yes, now I remember. It would be cool to have the Smogon ones. But if that artist agrees to supply us with his ones we could expose those

[diduseetheocean]

oh yes, now I remember. It would be cool to have the Smogon ones. But if that artist agrees to supply us with his ones we could expose those

I think the artist is one of many artists who makes also the sprites for smogon. His name appears in the readme and the google-sheet.

[diduseetheocean]

I got an answer from the artist:

https://twitter.com/kingofthexroad5/status/1621093921639079936?s=20&t=eetZuWgVyy8ZmoqoMIAWQA

Hi As long as the project is non-profit and correct credit is given I have no problem :]

(Credit is already given here and should fit: Readme of pokeapi-sprites-project)

@Naramsim @phalt @tdmalone @sargunv So my question is now is the pokeapi a non-profit project and can the sprites from kingofthexroad5 safely be used here?

[Naramsim]

Yeah! We are completely no profit. To be honest we use our money to provide our service.

Does the guy have a GitHub account?

If we integrate his images, a separate credit line should be added to our readme, imho.

[diduseetheocean]

Couldn't find any github page of him. No link in any of his profiles either. Think he is a pure artist. But linking https://www.deviantart.com/kingofthe-x-roads or https://twitter.com/kingofthexroad5 could be done.