[Gandalf Parker]

I totally understand. I know that Im unlikely to draw anything from scratch. But changing a color, cut-n-paste to change an arm, maybe some pixel editing to put a helmet on something, that all seems to be in reach.

You might search on the net. But full images will only frustrate you. Try searching for icons, or avatars, or sprites, or thumbnails. Or go to a graphic search engine that lets you specify sizes, and pop in random words for sparking something. Like dark, light, commander, ghost, elemental, thug.