I suppose one can go to deviant art when one wants to have some drawings done for a game, but what if you want to have a 3D character/model made for a game? Is there a more 3D-dedicated site than deviant art with plenty of user-base, where you can see their works (for the purposes of shopping)?

There's always www.turbosquid.com a 3d-model/animation/texture market place to buy (not only) game related art. The prices are okay (even if it cost several 100 $, but for good quality you have to pay higher prices). There're free models too. If you want to get some custom model, try to contact one of the artists.

You will find an other nice game model community at www.polycount.com.

Good luck.

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Ashaman

I would suggest checking out a few 3D forums/communities. Most of them have classifieds, job listings or help wanted sections. Here's a few to get you started:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/

http://www.spinquad.com/forums/

http://forums.cgsociety.org/

Here are a couple of good bets for concise portfolios from people looking for work:

indiegamer

polycount (as mentioned before)

Scott