YRW! Yeah, there must be a way to not spend so much spots and mix it up all in one somehow...
I got recently another question tho, have you ever done any fake eeveelution sprite just like the ones you did here (front back and shiny)? I mean kinda these but with the hack format (64x256 each):
https://imgur.com/Y2cyCoW
I've reviewed your Deviantart profile, but didn't found any...