Lineart sketches are always appreciated~

I will sometimes get asked by the person I'm commissioning if I'd like updates or not, and sometimes I'll say yes and sometimes no. Just kind of depends on the kind of commission I'm getting. Usually I like a sketch update, but anything after that I don't mind not seeing until it's finished.

I don't commission people much, so I guess I can't really speak on that, but...

Most of my clients seem to really appreciate it when I update them often, but I think it does depend on the person. Some have been perfectly happy with just the one approval sketch and are, to my knowledge, quite pleased just seeing the end result. Others have been more nitpicky and require upwards of 3 updates on sketches alone. I guess it depends on personality and situation; some will want to have more of a hand in the process, while others are happy letting the artist take the reins.

Most people that I commissioned give a sketch wip when asking if changes are needed and thats it, once or twice thay gave line art wips but as long as the sketch looks like what I requested the artist is free to go on from there.

Thats with me at least, I do like the element of surprise. :3

I like one at every stage, unless no changes nee to be made, or if it's taking a while, at least once a month so I have an idea of what's going on!

Personally, I think an update at all major stages is appreciated. (Sketch, Lineart, Color-final) Unless you have very clean sketches. I've had happenings in the past where sketches didn't given enough insight to the line-art and I had to request alterations or changes.

As a commissioner, I appreciate all updates an artist gives me and there's really no such thing as "too many," for me. However, I'm also pretty flexible and for small commissions especially, don't mind not being updated until the piece is done after I approve the sketch. (I do get kind of annoyed if an artist goes finishes a thing without my ever seeing a sketch though.) But I tend to feel really bad asking for changes on a final piece, so chances are, if an artist doesn't show multiple stages before the final, and there's something off about the final, I won't ask them to fix it unless it's a huge issue. With multiple stages being shown, I'm more likely to ask for small adjustments...which may actually be more annoying for the artist? I don't know. x___x I always get really paranoid about annoying artists, haha...

As an artist myself, I tend to dislike making changes to commissions outside of small details or things that are obviously my mistakes. The stages I show the commissioner is largely dependent on the type of commission and how often I take breaks from the work. For avatars, I usually work from start to finish in one go, so it's inefficient and disruptive for me to send the client multiple updates (and it's not that hard to fix small things after the piece is done). For larger pieces, I normally take a break after major levels (inks, flat colors, etc) anyway, so showing the client an update at these stopping points is convenient for me. Plus, since larger pieces are harder to fix later, it's good for me to let them point out things sooner.

I realize that my artist perspective directly disputes a lot of my feelings from the commissioner perspective, but I can't assume every artist is like me I guess...or maybe I am just paranoid after all. D;

I have been listening to EVER BLUE from the last episode of Free! nonstop and it is giving me a lot of feelings STILL. EVEN AFTER LIKE THE FIFTIETH PLAYTHROUGH what is wrong with meeee....

Wow, I have written a lot. I am having an okay day, and I hope you are too! x___x

Although I rarely ask for changes, I do still like to get the "sketch approval" stage.

I had a lousy experience where someone just handed me a finished piece, but there were multiple things wrong with it (the female character's haircut was wrong, the male character's body type was wrong, the female character's tattoos had all been left off, and the male character had no tail). It was not a cheap commission (eighty-something bucks) so I asked her to change it - and the artist tried to charge me a $20 "revision fee". LOL nope. That'd be a great racket, though - take commissions for a set rate, screw up a bunch of stuff, get an extra $20 to fix your own mistakes :p

Ever since that I'm kind of soured on "surprise" commissions for the most part :P

as many as possible, mostly sketch, lineart and then color? but mostly sketch and lineart

I can wait forever!

I usually like a sketch approval and a flat colour approval. Line art approval is nice if the sketch is loose enough that it's not obvious where the lines will fall exactly or how some elements might fit in.

Normally what the wife and I enjoy seeing is Basic sketch, Lines, flats. This way we can make any changes needed and feed into our excitement!