or what it should really be referred to as, a 'character concept sheet'

So you've designed your character and it looks awesome! now you want to become your character and you decide to commission a fursuit, thats brilliant! so you look up a fursuit builder, admire the quality of their work and decide to commission them for a suit of your character. The problem here is you have only one drawing of your character, which isn't much to go on for something that is going to be three dimensional. The suit builder could take a wild guess at what your character might look like from different angles, but it might not be what you had in mind and you may end up disappointed with the final piece and the suit builder probably spent time stressing over blindly trying to guess how your character looks from different angles.

This is where a character concept sheet comes in handy. Before commissioning a suit, go and find a character concept artist first and work together on how your character would look from different angles. Keep in mind it's important to keep the proportions of the character the same for every angle including the markings, and the colours should be flat with no shading so fur swatches can be matched up as close as possible.

some examples of character concept sheets:
https://characterdesignreferences.c.....f-looney-tunes
http://www.promobearsusa.com/wp-con.....-Plush-toy.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b9/bb/2b/.....9bb39dd01a.jpg

things to consider when working on your character concept sheet:
1. Expression
How do you want your character to appear to others? happy? grumpy? mischievious?
2. Style
Are you after a toony or more realistic look?
3.Shape
Digigrade or plantigrade? four finger hand paws or five? wings?
4. anatomy
does your character look like it's species?
5. aesthetics keep markings clear and precise.

So to round things up, before commissioning a suit:
1. come up with a character idea
2. get a character concept sheet made
3. commission a suit builder
4. enjoy your suit!

I hope these tips are helpful.

kind regards