Build a commission form from the questions you repeat
Deadline, use, likeness, and how many revisions — asked once, before you draw.
Most awkward client emails are a missing question. A form does not replace the conversation. It stops you from starting without the facts.
Tools
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Tally
A short form for the questions you always end up asking in email.
Google Forms
The same job if you already live in Google's tools.
Notion
A page that collects answers if that is where your jobs already live.
Claude
Drafts the questions. You decide what is in scope.
How to do it
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List what changed your price last year
Rush, commercial use, a pet, a group, a second character. Those become questions. Ask Claude to phrase them without legalese, then cut any question you will ignore.
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Build it in one tool
Tally, Google Forms, or a Notion form. Required fields: deadline, where it will be seen, and whether you are drawing a real person.
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Say what you do not do
A line at the top is kinder than a refusal later. If you do not draw from a single blurry photo, say so.
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Read every new response yourself
Do not pipe answers into a generator to 'summarize the client.' Reply in your own words with the next step.