# Where do I hire an artist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 6, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525 "2006-04-06T03:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525/1 "2006-04-06T03:41:14Z")
So in my latest entrepreneur phase I find myself in need of an artist who can draw comic book-esque art, I don’t need a lot, I only need one piece to use for the logo and possibly in print (one day). So where do I go looking to hire someone for this? I suppose I could use craigslist, but I figure there must be somewhere more specialized than that. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525/2 "2006-04-06T04:31:15Z")
I think craigslist would be fine for a one-off job like that; just make sure you post it in the right place (like [here](http://atlanta.craigslist.org/med/)). Or try places that artists go to online: [cgSociety](http://www.cgsociety.org/) [cgChannel](http://cgchannel.com/) [HighEnd3D](http://www.highend3d.com/) or [Comic Book Resources](http://www.comicbookresources.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525/3 "2006-04-06T04:58:29Z")
The net is usually good for that. You don’t need someone in your town, however. Because you will need the artwork in a digital format for printing, it can usually be emailed to you. Be sure to see a portfolio. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525/4 "2006-04-06T06:40:19Z")
Art college are great places to go. The students are often extremely talented, and are often on the lookout for opportunities to gain exposure for their work, and to make some extra money. I do some teaching [here](http://www.mica.edu/), which is the oldest accredited art college in the United States, and is, i believe, still considered to be one of the country’s better art colleges. The work produced by some of the students is amazing. There is a graphic design major, and it attracts some of the most talented students. (Don’t ask me who they got to design the website, though. It has to be one of the worst college/university websites i’ve ever seen.) ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525/5 "2006-04-06T08:15:58Z")
[Deviantart.com](http://Deviantart.com) has a pretty large number of artists that cover a variety of art styles, and many of them are open to commissions. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525/6 "2006-04-06T16:02:13Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > (Don’t ask me who they got to design the website, though. It has to be one of the worst college/university websites i’ve ever seen.) Wow, I though [my college](http://cogswell.edu) had a bad site. ---
**Author:** ![HeadNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-hire-an-artist/351525/7 "2006-04-06T20:37:11Z")
[digitalwebbing.com](http://digitalwebbing.com), in the aritst for hire section.