game_creater_n00b

im making a zombie game and i need help making sprites. i want to make them myself for originality but does anyone know any youtube videos or anything that show you how to make a top down sprite of person (holding gun), zombie sprite, buildings (tileset).

im making a game which you look from above and you shoot zombies and i was wondering whether you guys had any ideas. also im not a very good game maker so a link to a tutorial would be great if there is one :D
so far what im wanting to do is have different ranges of zombies, different ranges of weapons, and animations.

Zombies

Fast Ones (come at you fast but low damage)
Slow Ones (come at you slow but do big damage)
Normal Ones (come at you with average speed and damage)
Long Range (shoots from a distance but has low hp)

Weapons
Machine Guns (fast shooting but not alot of ammo)
Shotguns (big damage but needs to be in close range)
Pistols (average)
Rifle (a bit weaker than a Shotgun but with more ammo)
Knife (when you run out of ammo)

Animations
I want animations of things like the zombies walking, player walking,
zombies dying, player dying, guns shooting, bullets shot, etc.


not only am i a crap game creater but i suck at sprite creating so does anyone know a program or a person that is good at spriting?

also it may look like im getting everyone to do the work for getting everything but ill do the movements and all that (given that i have tutorials) and give everyone credit.

EDIT: with the spriting i only want a program/person to help me make it (i'll do the spriting but i am crap as i said above)

EDIT: so far i have thought of a few names like Zombie Hunt,Zombie Paradise,Plague from hell. anyone got some ideas?
EDIT: i have chosen to call the game The Undead Hunt