Regularly Scheduled RPG Maker-themed Game Jams on itch.io. Ive found a lot of great pieces for adults, but Im struggling with the little ones. When I'm making pieces, I basically work ontop of something that already exists, and when finished, just change the part numbers (pXX) to follow on from the previous piece. My first game will be pretty heavy on child characters, I was curious if anyone could direct me to some generator parts or give me tips on how to resize them. Explore all the folders, see how they've been arranged and named. My best suggestion for you/your artist is to just look at the default pieces. If you're missing pieces, it's not going to work. This is just a safety measure in case anything goes wrong, or if you want to restore your generator to the default. Make a backup of the Generator folder by copying it and pasting it somewhere else. Locate the 'Generator' folder in your MV directory. The hardest part of modifying the generator (apart from drawing the pieces) is just making sure you get the name right. Be sure to follow these steps to install your generator parts without issues. Its not as easy to use as the built-in generator for RPG Maker, but isnt exactly difficult either. You can also recolour the parts that come with it. How to do this is all explained in the video. The generator creates busts, faces, sideview battlers, and walking sprites I dont recall downed sprites being included, but I could be wrong. The only 'fancy' thing you'll need to do is split the face graphic up and create colour masks for the sprite pieces, assuming you want them to be colourable in the generator.
The Variation is the icon/what you actually see in the generator as you're looking through pieces. Your artist will need to arrange the pieces to line them up and fit with these if you want it to work correctly. The five static images you're referring to might be the folders Face/SV/TV/TVD and Variation? As Dirge has said, in each folder (apart from Variation) there's a Body/naked sprite.