So a few of you know that I'm an aspiring novelist. I have a publisher interested in my work but it's far from completed. I need a few images drawn of novel characters and I an artist who believes they can pull this sort of thing off. For now I don't know if I will use the images for any public reference. Sooo ... here we go. Can anyone recommend an artist who would be good at this sort of stuff? I know a lot of different people, but most of them are busy and therefore I thought I'd post to ask here. I don't expect this journal to get a whole lot of replies though I believe it to be at least worth a shot.

I'm NOT going for a toony style at all. This is supposed to be as realistic as possible.