A phone photo is fine. Flat lighting and the whole page in frame is all I need.
I ask what to keep, what to tidy, and where the artwork will be used.
Every line drawn in Illustrator, checked against your original side by side.
Line version, colour version, and the formats your production needs.
Rough is fine. A clear photo of a pencil drawing gives me everything I need. What helps most is knowing which lines are deliberate and which are working-out, so tell me if there’s anything in the sketch you didn’t mean to keep.
That’s the point, and it’s the main thing I check. I keep varied line weight and the natural irregularity of the original. If you’d prefer it cleaned up into something more geometric, say so and I’ll take it that way instead.
Yes. I’ll usually deliver the line version first so you can approve the shapes, then apply colour. If you have palette references, send them at the start.
Yes, during the free review and before you pay. Common issues are detail too fine to survive embroidery, or a shape that stops reading at small sizes. I’ll explain what needs adjusting and why.
