I mean like I submit a moodboard, color palette or emojis, and that artist designs a design/Pokémon based on the moodboard/palette/emojis
Ah, sorry. I usually charge $10 extra for design consulting offsite.
Since I'm only asking for shinies at this time, I am requiring some sort of reference for all orders in this thread and will not be providing character design help at this time.
The most I might do is ask if a character's body style is staying within the universe it exists in. For example if someone uses a minecraft skin as their reference, I might ask if they wanted the character to stay in the minecraft universe as opposed to a real world body style.
Saying you want "Albino Chikorita" or "Fanart of Character X from Anime Y" does work because I can easily find a reference, however original characters need to provide something I can look at.