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A VA service, like TimeSvr.com or myriad others, but for graphic design.

I need little graphics made all the time (banners, logos, etc) and right now I have to interact with Fiverr/Elance more than I want to. Not looking for Picasso, just decent quality.

So, I want to have an account with a service who will "just bill me" for little graphics. Please, someone make this.

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If you don't mind me asking, what sort of business do you have that requires little graphics made all the time? Genuinely curious.

I think you seek https://99designs.com/tasks/

That is a great service! Thank you for the link!

However, its not quite what I want - its really focused on tiny jobs, They won't do anything if it takes over 30 minutes, and I don't think they'll create anything (e.g., a banner ad), only modify something you already have.

I'm fine with a job taking 2-3 hours and billed accordingly, its the latency and overhead of finding/scheduling these small tasks that sucks.

I agree that the latency and overhead of scheduling for the small tasks suck. If you get lucky and a find freelance designer that you like working with it would greatly decrease that overhead. I do some freelance web work with a few clients that I've grown close business relationships with, and its typically just a matter of receiving an email with some requirements, having a brief text chat, and then sending them the invoice. It might take a while to find the right person, and even then it might take a while to build the relationship that allows for very little friction, but when it happens its worth it.

A Getty images of graphics?

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