Sprite Artwork for 2D RPG Game required

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Description: Hi everyone on behalf of Dead Teddy Development, a small games team from Melbourne, Australia. We're currently working on our first commercial project and are looking for an artist to do some 2D sprite sheet work for us on an old-school style RPG, except with more HD graphics (think Earthworm Jim style sprites).
If you have the technical skills to put something like this together we would love to hear from you. On your end, you will be working on your own schedule with no fixed deadline, though the quicker the work can be done the better for us all, and we will have very regular contact to ensure we stay on track.
Bearing in mind this is our first project our budget is limited, we understand 2500 is not a lot, and we are negotiable on price. However we do plan on launching an Indiegogo funding campaign once we have enough sprites to put a gameplay demo together, and any additional money we get can be channeled into the Art budget as needed, so think of this fixed budget as a down-payment for a much larger project if things go well.
As for the future, if we do end up getting this project together we will almost definitely have need of more artists, so don't hesitate to get in touch because we will be keeping contacts for any interested people.
So if you're interested in working with a close team with big aspirations, we're keen to hear back from you!