Prehistoric Fish

I've tried to create a "toad skin" effect:

Also I've worked on eyes to make them very prominent like chameleon's eyes:

Everything is more or less OK but there is no shine on the skin as I expected. I created this effect using a lot of nepps and silk squares so the shine was intended but it's very dull instead!..

Any ideas why? I'll post a question on the forum...
 
 
 

A fish and a fish

I've made two new fish, the first one is colouful, somewhat a repeat, and the second one is in more restrain colours and I like it more. I think these simple horizontal slits add some movement.