I got all my jobs from cold calling, not a single referral... So it's possible.

Back when I was a freelancer looking for a studio job, I had some bookmarks that I'd visit everyday. Here
are some of them, they might be out of date, hopefully you'll make something out of this :)

http://www.polycount.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=45

http://www.polycount.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=51

http://www.gamejobhunter.com/jobs/art/

http://twitter.com/#!/search/gamejobs?q=gamejobs

http://twitter.com/#!/search/gamedevjobs?q=gamedevjobs

http://motionographer.com/jobs/

http://www.tsumea.com/australasia/jobs

http://www.gamesjobsdirect.com/browse-jobs/art-and-animation-jobs

http://www.develop-online.net/jobs

http://www.game-artist.net/forums/hiring-industry-contracted-work/

http://twitter.com/#!/GamesJobsDirect

http://twitter.com/#!/gamerecruiter

http://gameguzzler.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/Gama_Jobs

http://twitter.com/#!/creativeheads

http://www.change-job.com/jobs.php?action=show_category&cid=1