I would like to know if there are any skilled sprite artists available for hire here or elsewhere.
If you know of any, please inform me.

Hi

There is a 2d gaming platform called byond. If you ask in the forums you should be able to find some.

www.byond.com/forum/

The age range of users ranges from 12-30 so not sure if they will help with R-rated pixel animations or rpg maker games.

Would you be interested in a bulk project the would involve making character sets for RPG Maker XP?

It all depends on the work and pay, if you want you can PM me the details/pay/etc and I can let you know if I can work on it

'kay, I'll PM ya...