Ok, forgive me if this is a little to simple a topic, or a given. But does anyone have any pointers to articals on Automatic Sprite Generation. What i mean by that (since i coined the term myself) is whereas in a 2d game, the sprite can wear articals of clothing, hats, have differnet hair styles exc. (typical in a MMORPG, but not only use) I know this is probably a really simple topic, one i could probably solve on my own, but i would like to know if there is any information abroad which could quicken things up.

Is the rendering of the spritebase done beforehand. Sometimes the pieces of sprites are different sizes and/or locked in different locations. I am not talking simple pallet changes, but entire pieced sprites. Actualy im only doing seperate weapon and head at the moment (for emotion and battle)