Quote Originally Posted by tilt View Post
well.. you might get stiffed in payed commission also, never a safe day for "FANTASY - CARTOGRAHPER" !!!! ... is it a pencil, is it a pen.. no its...

to bad about it, but I gather you learned alot about VTT in the process and now can use the stuff for your own needs
You can always do what I do, which is ask for a percentage of the fee up front, the rest to be paid on completion. If the client is familiar enough with your work to ask for a commission, they know what you can do, and so should have no qualms about paying something up front. It acts as a hook to get them to stick around until it's done, and if worse comes to worst, at least you made some money from the thing...