Priorities:

-Above view is how it looks equipped on your character
-If possible, attempt to include legs on the character, it would be a great addition but I don't know how to approach it.
-Don't worry about drawing arms right now, they must correspond with the body you are wearing and I haven't decided how to make them yet.

*** Animation ***

If you could make a sword/bow/mage (wand or staff casting) animation, that would be great. Any one of the 3 would be helpful.
-The sword should swing from right to left, then back to right quickly. 3-5 frames or more if necessary.
-Bow should move from pointing this way > to this way ^, the string should pull back and release. 3-5 frames or more if necessary.
-Staff or wand should be a pretty slight turn, the mage will raise the staff or wand while casting spells. 3 frames most likely.

Here is a tutorial for turning a series of images into a spritesheet in Paint.net, which I can load into the game and animate easily:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/17516-sprite-animation-helper-v-090-updated-march-08-2014/

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*** Items ***

(Archer equipment)
Short bow + above
Long bow + above
Steel knives + above
Leather helmet + above
Leather body + above
Leather chaps
Leather boots + above if you want (can send original feet sprite)

(Warrior equipment)
Steel sword
Steel polearm + above
Steel warhammer + above
Steel helmet + above
Steel chestplate + above (similar to original if not same)
Steel platelegs
Steel boots + above if you want (can send original feet sprite)

(Mage equipment)
Wand + above
Staff item image (you already gave me above)
Cloth hat + above (looks like wizard hat, blue preferred)
Cloth shirt + above
Cloth robe
Cloth shoes + above if you want (can send original feet sprite)

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Enemies:
Anything you feel like, none planned at the moment.

A boss would be cool, either for the tutorial, a mid level cave boss, or a boss for the lava area.