I think it's a good idea! Anything to streamline the process so that it is simpler and quicker is likely a good thing, especially if your sketches and lineart WIPs are nearly identical.

Yah, i think so too. It's just when you've done something the same way forever, it's kinda scary to change it up lol

Yes, change can be scary. From what I can tell, though, it doesn't seem like this would be a very drastic change at all. If you feel it will save you some hassle, I think it's worth it! Ultimately it's up to you, though!

I think it'll be a good change so i'll give it a shot ^^

_{If your Sketches are almost never different from your line art and are clean i'd so go for it!}

Gonna give it a go!

I agree! Your sketches are super clean, I don't think you need to show lines too~

Yeah! Maybe if i get things done quicker this way i'll have time to take more/do other things too.

Yeah! Not to mention clients always appreciate work done faster as well~

I think that sounds fair and you should go for it! ovo

Yea your sketches have more in them as well. It'd def speed things up a lot too which would be a plus for everyone included and it might even drive in more traffic.

More traffic sounds good!

For us, we send WIP of sketch, and once the sketch is approved, we finish the commission and voila! Unless there would be anything we're unsure about the color. If client ask for more WIP, we'll send them, but beside that

Wish i could do that, sounds super fast process! I def at least need to preview the flats stage to make sure i got markings correct and stuff. I hate changing/fixing stuff afterwards lol.

Aww true that!!

But give the sketch, then the flat ! Cauz the proceed is super long when you need to give a WIP at each stage

I usually just send a sketch WIP followed by the finished product, as it's much faster (sometimes commissioners won't respond for days, weeks, or even years in my experience; reducing back and forth means I can get stuff done in a single sitting). I don't usually have people asking for fixes after the sketch, and I feel like people probably like the surprise of seeing it completed after they've seen the sketch. It's also extra protection against people being able to impersonate you, because some people will show "WIPs" to "prove" that they're you.

If it's a painting then I'll send the commissioner one extra preview (the underpainting) before I merge all the layers into one because it's easier to fix errors at that point. But for my normal stuff it's relatively easy to change marking colors since they're on their own layer.

Yeah, that sounds like a fast process! Though i don't have to worry about people trying to impersonate ME lmao. I like to take a bunch of commissions so i can work on others whilst waiting for responses from people. If i stop sending out lineart i should knock a day off the work time.

You really had people take years to respond???

I do that too, though probably on a smaller scale since I usually only take 1-5 comms at once.

Yes, I've had at least three different people take over a year to respond to WIPs, one of which I still have yet to hear from after sending multiple reminders multiple places. x__x I'm not really sure what to do, I feel bad holding onto their money that long but it doesn't seem like it's a priority to them? I want to finish it for them, but I need input before I can..

I haven't had anyone try to impersonate me, as far as I know, but it's been an issue for people less popular than me so I figure it can add to the list of reasons I don't like giving lots of WIPs. The other reasons being some people will force a refund on PayPal just to be able to keep the WIP without paying, some people will edit and/or claim stuff as their own, some people will post the WIPs and they'll be floating around without any context. Most commissioners are reasonable but not everyone is respectful/understanding.