hmm well I certainly don't fall into the 'best designers' category, but I do fall into the 'designers with the most adult experience' category. I started working as a designer in the industry in 1998 and have since designed so many sites I find it hard to remember many of them. I have a crap folio, because I'm too busy to keep it up to date. My clients are almost always referrals with a few from gfy when I have gaps in my schedule.
You can checkout my mainstream folio here:
http://www.carlajayne.com
Here's my latest paysite designs, finished this weekend:
http://www.carlajayne.com/clients/fr...mateurwetteens
http://www.carlajayne.com/clients/fr...teennlegal.com
These are both $750 designs, 2 pages with 10 banners included. All my designs are based on $50 per hour.
I require 25% upfront deposit & payment upon completion of site, before final zip is sent. I have 4 paysites to do next week & can fit in 1 project of paysite size the following week.
If you aren't interested in any of that, this article I wrote recently might help a bit ;-)
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=700443
Good luck!
carlajayne at gmail dot com or icq 3422430