For solo freelance designers
Make the deliverables, decisions, and final handoff easier to discuss. Practical client workflow templates, with a free brief check to start.
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A useful question now is a clearer decision later.
Illustrative brief, not a customer project
One project. Five things to agree on.
Field notes / 001 · Free practical guide
Follow a fictional presentation project from an extra request to a clear decision. See what changes in the fee, deadline, and review allowance, then download a reply worksheet.
Read the worked example01 / A useful starting point
Write down what you know. Leave anything you haven’t agreed on blank. Get a plain-text review you can use to prepare your next client conversation.
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After trying the check, share three quick choices. No name, email, or project details.
02 / From first question to final file
A compact set of editable text templates for freelance design projects. Take the parts you need, adapt the language, and confirm the details with your client.
Ask about goals, audience, constraints, files, and the people making decisions.
Write down deliverables, exclusions, review rounds, dependencies, and handoff details.
Acknowledge the request, clarify its impact, and agree on the next step before doing more work.
Check the agreed files and explain what’s included, with fictional logo and presentation design projects.
Draft and check project messages using facts you supply. Review every output before sending.
Excerpts from the kit’s two fictional project records.
Example A / Logo design
“Three final lockups: horizontal, stacked, and icon. Each lockup in full color, black, and white. Each variant exported as SVG, vector PDF, and transparent PNG.”
From the fictional $900 logo project. The full example also defines dimensions, two review rounds, exclusions, a one-page use guide, and a declined extra request.
Example B / Presentation design
“Please reply ‘Approve change AC-C01’ if you want me to proceed on these terms.”
From the fictional presentation project. The preceding quote specifies two extra FAQ slides, a $150 addition to the $1,200 project, and a delivery target moved from 30 October to 2 November. A separate approval follows in the record.
These are practical workflow templates, not a contract or legal advice. They do not replace a project agreement or guarantee a particular client outcome.
03 / Before you use it
Yes. Use the five fields and download the review without an account or payment. The downloadable blank checklist is also free.
No. It only checks whether each field contains text and lists unanswered fields. It does not evaluate quality, feasibility, or agreement. You and your client make those decisions.
The brief check runs in this page. Your five brief answers stay in the browser and are not saved in browser storage. Downloading creates a text file on your device; reloading clears the brief. The separate, optional feedback form sends only its three choices, a random response ID, and a live/test marker; the server adds a timestamp. Hosting services may process ordinary web request data. We do not collect your name or email through these forms.
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