Hey fellow artists, I need some advice.

I've recently gotten into a new situation where someone commissioned art from me (by the way they have seen my art and my prices) and I started on it, got decently far but then they double checked the price, I told them again and they just then let me know that they have never had more than 300 or so mush.

What do I do, what do you do in these situations?

I think the best thing you can do in my eyes. Give them a deadline for the payment. (I'd say 2-4 weeks at most). If they don't have the mushrooms/apples then scrap their character(s) and resell it or use it for personal work (you can also just scrap it if you want)

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Unfortunately it's against wolfplay's rules to take payment upfront (I think you can take it after a sketch but not fully sure - just make sure to have heavily watermarked until it's paid for)