foundry-filepicker-favorites VS Tokenmagic

the module filepicker improvements can let you add some pre definited folders to the folder tab on the file picker so you can easily set where to upload with a single click

Moulinette (specifically Moulinette Core + probably Moulinette Scanes, Tiles, and Image Search given what you mention). It provides an experience more similar to what you're describing to look for assets. I'm too finicky about my file compression to personally use it much - I'm a Filepicker Improvements stan myself as its ability to favorites to the filepicker suites me well - but a lot of folks love Moulinette for the experience you're after.

I'm personally a Filepicker Improvements fan, but a lot of people love bigger overhauls like Moulinette's search options or Alpha Suit's file manager. There's also folks that prefer just working from their own files/internet and go Drag Upload.

Filepicker Improvements - Lets you favorite folders for quick access when selecting token images.

Filepicker Improvements

You can use the module TokenMagicFX to adjust the token in various ways.

Token Magic FX it'll add a compendium full of all sorts of cool token fx.

Token Magic FX, despite the name, adds magic to more than just tokens! You can set all sorts of defaults for templates, but be aware that when you install it the defaults might be a little more flashy than you're looking for (or they might be exactly to your taste... everyone's different). When you go into the module's settings the Automatic Template Settings is right at the top and that's where you can start tweaking to get things how you'd like them to be.

This is really awesome! You may be able to save yourself some time by adding some dynamic effects with TokenMagicFX. You could have her swoop into the field, hover around her tile, add particle effects, and even cast shadows all without needing to modify the underlying animation at all.

You can use TokenMagic to add depth to the scene by adding shadows to floating characters. Here's an example of how that could look (apologies as I don't have an appropriate map for this): https://i.imgur.com/gOVJRnQ.png

In addition to this you can use (Token Magic FX)[https://github.com/Feu-Secret/Tokenmagic] to make those magic circles glow, highlight important objects, and more with basically 0 additional effort.

There's also the Token Magic FX module which is definitely more advanced, but if you're comfortable editing the guts of a macro, you could write some that would shift between images with a little more fan fare.

SecretFire (https://github.com/Feu-Secret/Tokenmagic | Tokenmagic)

Token Magic FX