Right, so as I said in the PM, I haven't done much with sprites for quite some time. Nonetheless, I work with photoshop all the time, and have for years (some of my personal stuff is up on deviantart, if you feel the urge)--it may take a little time to get back into the groove of this style, but I'll be fine. Writing-wise, well, some people say I'm good. Also as noted, RPGMaker XP abruptly seems to be working on my system--fingers crossed, and I'll be able to register it and VX sometime in the next month or so, when cash is less of an immediate issue. I have yet to dive into the scripting lang