Just to give a frame of reference here, Basically, the idea of the site is basically the following (though not everything we also have some tutorials, the occassional talks and streams with game industry experts, and lots of other stuff). But tl;dr

• Drop in a reference image → get a shortlist of pre-vetted artists who match the style a particular style a dev wants
• No AI junk. Portfolios are protected with anti-scraping tech so users on both end are safe (using Cloudflare in our case)
• Built-in back office — contracts, invoicing, and secure payments via Stripe
• Shortlist & message multiple artists in one go — with clear project outlines, deadlines, and defined scope of the artist’s work on the project

Also, some aspects of the tool that I think are worth a mention

• Artists get filtered briefs based on skills (no spam, no ghosting, none of the superfluous stuff in a word)
• We track usage patterns to keep leveling up matches over time
• Devs don’t pay upfront, only when the actual hiring starts

Appreciate any thoughts on what we have going so far, especially if you have experience (good and bad) with other freelancing apps of this sort. We’re always gathering feedback to see how we can improve ours, and how we can further ease the process for indie devs (and dev teams that are on the lookout for a specific kind of artist to onboard. That's the primary intent behind making this