I just found out today that the computers here at the ASU library have Adobe Photoshop CS4. It's not the familiar CS3Extended I know and love from my own compy, but it's photoshop, and it should allow me to do some digital work. I've been dying to render some sprites for some time now, and it looks like i may finally have my opportunity.
I'll be making sprites from scratch. I have yet to decide on my 256 color palette.