You might also want to try something a bit less involved. RPGs may seem easy to make in terms of the battle system and stuff. But remember the inventory, the towns, all the sprites for NPCs so they dont get repetitive, and all the dialog that goes with each NPC... RPGs are not the best type of game to make as your first game...
and with out showing some interest in you own project by having a tech demo / sprites its just saying to people I have an Idea now make the game for me.