Cancel the commission and back away now. (and refund the full amount)
Alternatively, you could give your friend (and/or their partner) links to free reference sheet line arts (a lot of them I've listed in an FA journal here: http://lines.khat.us )
Tell them to color it themselves and only when they get back to you with it, will you be okay with continuing the commission. If they refuse to do this compromise, just back away from the commission and issue a refund.
Me personally, I would just back away because if the partner is hard to deal with now then it is very likely they will not be happy with the resulting finished artwork, no matter what you do.
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Cancel the commission and back away now. (and refund the full amount)
Alternatively, you could give your friend (and/or their partner) links to free reference sheet line arts (a lot of them I've listed in an FA journal here: http://lines.khat.us )
Tell them to color it themselves and only when they get back to you with it, will you be okay with continuing the commission. If they refuse to do this compromise, just back away from the commission and issue a refund.
Me personally, I would just back away because if the partner is hard to deal with now then it is very likely they will not be happy with the resulting finished artwork, no matter what you do.
But it is your choice.