http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-08-08-n51.html (http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-08-08-n51.html)
From post by Philipp Lenssen: Many years ago, I drew around 700 fantasy-themed avatar images for a games competition. The game ("Last Guardian") didn't win, and I didn't use haven't used the sprites since then, so I'm now offering the whole package [ZIP] under a Creative Commons license for you to use.
Fantastic, thank you! ;)