A 'sprite', in computer language, is a programmed symbol or animation that represents the video game character in any 8-bit to 16 or 32-bit game...
For example, let's assume your playing
Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4, the Mario character you're playing with is a 'sprite'!
Some people use sprites to make comics or Flash animation because it is much easier than drawing, and it is more graphically accurate...
Most people do not make original sprites, they rip them off from the games and use them as they are or modify them. If you want some sprites, try the
Shyguy Kingdom. This site is the biggest source for sprites on the internet!!
I am a pure Super Mario lover!!
...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!
I will even drawn the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!