https://www.elance.com/j/graphics-needed-simple-iphone-game-2d-physics-puzzler/44544172/ Feel free to post your portfolios here or on elance. It should be a fun little project. Thanks!
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. The only reason I use elance is for the backend workflow and the way it handles payment. It takes away some of the management headache and that's a good thing for me since I'm doing this myself. ;p If there are better solutions I'm all ears too!