Ever hired an artist?
patio11: My brother, who is trying to break into comics with a book where all the art was outsourced (2010: we're living in the freaking future), apparently got most of his artists by looking for ones he liked on DeviantArt and PMing them asking whether they were available for hire.(Having seen the output and heard what he paid for it I think either he is the most talented hiring manager in the entire world or the price on original artwork has cratered so comprehensively that the industry is doomed, doomed, doooooomed.)