I'm making a game making engine/game called BoundWorlds.  A big part of it revolves around creating custom sprites (basically it is a game where you can make worlds however you like, including custom sprites, and it has a built-in credits system), but I ran into a snag finding new character models.  While LPC works to a limited degree, I wanted 32x32 pixels to be the norm, and also for the sprites to look good in sidescrolling areas - the LPC feet don't line up in quite the right way for that.

Unfortunately I just couldn't find a whole lot of 32x32 character sprites, aside from those based on RPG Maker's assets which aren't allowed to be used freely.  So I decided to create a template and release it to the public.  It's just walking now, but I'm also planning on making some other animations, like attacking, jumping, and dying.  (But walking is fine for your everyday NPC.)

You can use these sprites freely, but I'd prefer if you posted anything you make based on them here!  If they get used in BoundWorlds, you'll get credit for them.