There's more pink patches in his skin than are showing up on the low-res version (nose and cheeks especially), but that's probably a sign I need to strengthen them. I think I'm also going to utilize Don Seegmiller's color-zone thing - forehead has golden tones, mid-face has red tones, lower face has blue tones - and see if that makes him pop.

I don't think they're paying anything, but if you can squeeze in 5-8 Saiyuki or Bleach illustrations before October 11 and want the exposure, the Yaoi-Con anthology is in need of illustrations - there's info linked from tammylee's journal (provided I remembered her username correctly).