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The dimensions / deadline / deliverable-format triangle. Ask all three up front. If the client can't answer all three, the brief isn't ready for work — and neither are you.
The brief arrived at 4:48 on a Friday. It said, in full: "Hi! We loved your work and would love to commission a piece for our new office. Something that feels like *us* — maybe abstract, maybe not. Open to ideas! Let us know your pricing and timeline. Excited!"
One sentence, two moves: acknowledge first, reframe second. Three before/afters from real scope-creep moments, and the reply template you can lift into your next one.
An illustrator I'll call M. got this email on a Tuesday morning: "Hey! Loving the direction. Quick ask — could we also get a square version, a story version, a banner, and a dark-mode variant? Just so we have everything in one place. No rush!"
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