I need a graphics artist

We have a sauce we’ve put together and are ready to roll it out with marketing, web presence and a mascot. The guy’s name is Fredi! …and he’s a chicken! The sauce is for bar-b-q cooking, but it isn’t a traditional, American bbq sauce. It’s a flavor rich marinade/sauce that tastes completely unique. The chicken representing the sauce should be happy, fun with sun glasses showing off yellow, red and white bright and rich colors. We envision a grinning chicken (preferably with human teeth). If you get a chance you can refer to Tony The Tiger (the Kellogg’s cereal brand mascot) and the Chester Cheetah – “Cheetos” cat (resembling the Pink Panther). Tony - [login to view URL] Chester - [login to view URL] We’ve looked online and are (unfortunately or fortunately – not sure…) heavily set on a particular drawing of a similar character to those mentioned above, but we don’t know if to start you up with that image or to start from zero, so as to not influence you too much with that picture. Let me know what you think and if you’d like to see Fredi’s “brother” I am happy to send you the pictures we found online. Image requirements: The image should be a 1200x800 @ 300dpi CMYK with a transparent background (.psd or a layered .png (fireworks) file). The goal is to get several poses in the near future, but just one (1) for now. Then there’s going to be a darker version of Fredi for a “hot/spicy” version of the sauce. There are additional possibilities to continue working on this project as we move forward. We’re excited! Questions: What is your fee for this type work? Would you sign a simple non-disclosure agreement with us? Can you do web development in simple HTML5? Not using Wix or other content management online platforms. We can provide you images of that other chicken if you'll send me an e-mail to cmerino@[login to view URL] We like the fact that you draw you pictures first and then fine tune them digitally. Thanks, Cesar