Best website for getting a small art project completed?

October 9, 2010 2:30 PM

What is the best website to post a small art/design job, with a way to do secure payment and to see examples of prior work?

Ideally I'd like a site that:

1. Facilitates payment (I guess I could get a PayPal account if needed - but if the site has a mechanism to pay by credit card without PayPal that would be even better).
2. Allows me to see examples of prior work, or see reviews of work before I pay.

There seem to be a lot of micro job / design / freelancer sites out there - I guess I'm looking for recommendations on one that works well based on your experience. In terms of scale - the job is to use the blank Toy-A-Day template, and using existing photos of some friends, make caricature toys of 8 or so people.

(also would be happy to re-post to MeFi Jobs section if more appropriate, though I thought it's probably too small a gig and Jobs doesn't have a review/payment mechanism)

posted by inflatablekiwi to Work & Money (2 answers total)

Best answer: Have you tried Etsy? Etsy.com is a "handmade" marketplace that has a shopping cart system that is very secure. You can also post your job request in the site's "Alchemy" section and qualified designers can bid to create whatever it is you need created. They can show you all of their past projects in their shops.
posted by patronuscharms at 3:49 PM on October 9, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks patronnuscharms - that's perfect! I have now posted it as a item to Etsy Alchemy.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 4:49 PM on October 9, 2010