Seeing how prolific they are! If they have a bunch of customers, all commenting and interacting with their commissioned pieces, I feel confident in the artist and trust them with my characters.

This is so stunning!!

Thanks for the chance lovely! Here’s my fall themed forest boy <3. Feel free to change his outfit!!

Really, I never think about this when I hire an artist so I say you do you! I look more at their past commissions, or personal art, to see stuff like turn around time, effort put into art for others vs. art for themselves, or if their com rules are reasonable.