title: How to start game programming without a graphic artist?
body: <p>Having a hard time phrasing the question, my situation actually is on the release phase of the game development cycle.</p>
  
  <p>I have this game that falls under the casual category with little to no-complex-logic involved at all, running on a 2D side scrolling (semi) single character. In short it really is simple, so I am already done with the code and just need to replace sprites with my own to avoid any copyright issues once I decide to release it on the market (truth is I used sprites from various forums of another side scrolling MMORPG).</p>
  
  <p>So my actual problem is, being an independent developer, with no talent in graphic arts and little budget to outsource a graphic artist, How would I (a plain programmer) create a modern looking graphical game?</p>
  
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  <li>The game is non-profit, I made it just to learn what the android platform has to offer.
  But seeing it can actually be fun for others to play with, I'd like to release it.</li>
  <li>I wanted to make this a community wiki as I see other game programming beginners would also face the same question. Although I am not that sure if that reason alone qualifies. But it seems with my reputation now, I'd leave that to the admin / mods decisions.</li>
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