I have heard and seen some art depicting early sallets which distinctively have a visor shorter than the rest of the helmet like this piece from Outfit4Events, no clue if this one is accurate or not.i just want to know what time period would've had odd sallets like this and if there are any originals or other artwork depicting them

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Considering visored sallets were often (nearly always?) worn with a bevor, this design wouldn't necessarily be an issue, so long as the bevor rose high enough to cover the chin/jaw, as they generally seemed to do (my repro does). As for timeframe, it would seem this style would fit with Germanic developmental trends in the mid-to-late XVth. As for searching for more depictions, I'd use "German" "visored sallet" and "XVth century" as my primary search terms.

I posted a while ago about this early Italian salet i found on manuscriptminatures. Could this be it?

https://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=34418&highlight=

This short-visored look shows up in art for the entire time and just about every place sallets are used, yet we do not have a clear survival of such a helmet. There are a couple of things that seemed to challenge artists that they almost never got right, being how helms and helmets with visors looked when the visors were up, and how pauldrons looked when the arm is lifted. At this point, I believe that when it comes to this look, that we are seeing an artist's visual cliche that caught on early. Keep in mind that those artists frequently copied each other; it saves a lot of time getting a commission finished.

I think we shouldn't ignore the classical influences here. The period the helmet is from brought out various elements copied from Roman armours in Italy in particular. We might think of a Roman Attic style here, without the cheek pieces. Note the swept back crest too - a style seen in Late Roman art. Whether anyone ever wore such a helmet it is hard to say - it may be an artistic fantasy or even a portrayal of a visored bascinet given a classical make-over.