Player sprites for a 2D scrolling game

I'm making a small 2D game in Java for a college assignment, I've got a lot set out, collisions, gravity etc. and up until now I've been using a white box to test it and its about time I got in an animated player, I know how to do the code, but I lack a sprite sheet I can use. After about an hour of playing around I've come to the realisation I cannot do graphics. Can anyone help me out by pointing me to a place where I could get a sprite sheet? or someone to make one? It's a side-on game and the player is going to be running & standing still. Any help would be very appreciated. 

When I need graphics for a game the first place I go to is opengameart.org. You should be able to find a decent sprite sheet there.