I'm curious, how did you trawl through odesk to find a designer worth a damn? The place is just overflowing with bodies, all of them (that I've seen) completely talentless.
The ones I used I searched for. I looked for keywords related to what I wanted, found people, looked at their portfolio, and asked a few of them to apply to my job posting.
I'm still new to it, but I've already worked with two designers, one psd conversion guy, and an audio engineer. My experience with all of them was positive enough that I plan to use the service again.
