My experience working with artists as an indie dev

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Freelancer.com

There are sites like Upwork.com (formerly elance.com) or freelancer.com, which are not focused particularly on gamedev artist type of work, but offer a wide range of hiring possibilities. The advantage is that you need to post spec of the work you need done, then some users (artists) will submit bids and you choose based on the price and the profile/rating of the artists. You pay the full price in advance, but the money are being held by the site, until you say you are satisfied with the work and it is then transferred to the artist. The artist would never try to delay or submit low-quality work on purpose or else they'll trash their rating.

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Elance

There are sites like Upwork.com (formerly elance.com) or freelancer.com, which are not focused particularly on gamedev artist type of work, but offer a wide range of hiring possibilities. The advantage is that you need to post spec of the work you need done, then some users (artists) will submit bids and you choose based on the price and the profile/rating of the artists. You pay the full price in advance, but the money are being held by the site, until you say you are satisfied with the work and it is then transferred to the artist. The artist would never try to delay or submit low-quality work on purpose or else they'll trash their rating.

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