I think a lot of people are missing the point.

I would love to have a thread that Lushs suggested as well. It's not a thread where people rate your avatars and signatures - it's a thread where people who are willing to make avatars and signatures for others post their work (in one post, and edit their posts periodically to put new av/sigs, or say that they will be unavailable to make them for a while), and one can choose who to ask to make theirs. Then they can PM the person they have in mind. (At least, that's what I have in mind ^_~)

It's different from the avatar and signature thread because when you request something in there, a lot of random people will make it, and the requestee will more likely turn up with something that he or she does not like - some people are better with graphics than others. Some will have a graphics style that is more suitable for the person requesting. It's a way to ensure better results