DANIELLWALL'S PROFILE

Alright, so as some of you know, I'm working on a 2D Platforer RPG called Dragonstar. It's coming along nicely, and I' hoping to be able to give you a tangible demo sometime by the end of the month at the latest. I have some questions for the community though:

I'm mostly a writer/composer/in-progress artist, and I plan on doing games like this one, and eventually my own 3D games, as a career. My question is how should I tackle the business aspect of this game? I know I'll need to copyright my studio's name and such, but there are several things that I need to know. I'm basically out in blank space as far as anything business related goes with game design. Does anyone know of a book, an online article, something that might help clarify how to get an actual game studio off the ground? Any help would be awesome! Thanks! :)

I'm working on a Platformer RPG and I need some sprites for my main character. I'm in the process of working on concepts for them but atm some character sprites would make development much easier. The game will have the ability to switch between characters, and for now I only need one character (if you'd be willing to give me the other character that would be fantastic, but I'm not asking for it). So one or the other of these characters would be great!

Delric Vonhaven - A young man who is one of the main protagonist of the story. He is enlisted as the protecter of Allia. He has short spiky hair that spikes up and back from his head, as well as green eyes. His attire is a white shirt with no sleeves, an iron pauldron on his right shoulder, linen wraps around his hands and forearm, and baggy jeans stuffed into leather knee high cuffed boots with steel toes. He will be able to use different weapons, but for now a simple 'claymore' would be fine. The animations needed would be:
Run
Jump,
Overhead attack
Uppercut attack,
Holding sword outward/vertical
Holding sword pointed towards sky
Death

Orthum Aubrey - The previous protecter of Allia, who still stays and defends her even once Delric takes over. He has long white hair tied in a ponytail that protrudes from the back of his head. He has one purple and one yellow eye. His attire is a black sleeveless trench coat, which is always open, no shirt, black pants with black leather boots, his right arm is bare, but his left arm has a demonic look. The skin is black and spiky, his fingers are clawed, and there are red glowing cracks all throughout. Animations needed would be:
Run
Jump
Uppercut Throw (spell casting)
Overhand throw (spell casting
Hold corrupt hand out (spell casting)
Backhand hit
Squat w/ corrupt hand on ground (transformation 1)
Roar (transformation 2)
Death

I know it's probably asking a lot, but I've been searching for months trying to either find sprites to edit or find someone willing to help. I have all the skill and requirments to finish the game's 1st level (UI, icons, etc.) I just need the actual character sprites. If someone would be willing to help, I would give you complete credit. Any help at all would be appreciated, even recommending me to somewhere with a bounty of platformer sprites that might have what I'm looking for. Thanks in advance! :)

P.S. Here is the style/quality I'm looking for (except completely side view, no 3/4):

But I could settle for this: