Step 1 :If you have a pose in mind but not to sure exactly what it should look like. I'll draw few sketches from the your email description, for you to pick from.
Step 2 : I take the drawing you chose and start refining it.
My first comic commission. I gotta get better at my cartoon shade. I found out it takes me about the same amount of time to do a gradient coloring (page 2 and 3) as it dose in page1.