When you work on accents, you start on a 750x750 canvas, but to save the accent you have to scale it down to 350x350. Thus, colors, etc. that look good at the larger size, don't always scale down equally as well. So I find I need to edit a bit to make up for this sometimes. The dark roses looked fine at 750x750, but scaled down they looked far too dark. Tarn agreed and I lightened them and the wing design up to be visually brighter on the smaller scale. 
Tårnfalk: I'm glad I could help and that it turned out to your liking!
zedxrgal: Thanks! It was different than anything I've tried yet. I had fun doing it with the exception of the skull, which was a bit of a pain in the rear. I'm still not sure it will successfully pass the first submission being so light, but we'll see. *fingers crossed* I have yet to get a rejection on an accent and I'm hoping my luck holds!
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I FINALLY found a mate for my Zacarius. The only problem is her secondary just wasn't working for me. So this was my first attempt at a skinscent/skin. Here is the intended dragon, as well as what it would look like on the intended dragon, and a SS of the skin by itself.
A very expensive project all in all.
I also have yet to see if an accent that is close to an already created gene will pass. I've made edits to it, so I'm hoping so. Time will tell! Hopefully I'll have a confirmation or denial in 5-7 days. *Fingers crossed*
