Sounds like a good idea. We used to spend lot of time on dribbble and other websites and its really difficult to
figure out which designers are good without wasting weeks... How does the community curates?
I am not the creator, I posted this because we spent way too much time looking for a designer on dribbble, behance, and elance.
Users look at the applications and then vote on whether the designer should be admitted
I would recommend www.folyo.me. I posted a job there recently and got 20 high quality leads.
> "Posting a project on Folyo costs $99."
Is a bit of a turn-off for small projects where design cost will likely only be $400-500.
That's actually on purpose. We try to encourage larger projects with a higher budget, because we don't want to compete with 99designs and other similar sites at the lower end of the market.