I'd also like it more if reworked with tones--a denim shirt or even sand... nothing dark, but white is so see through and the design is a bit lost in grayscale--maybe just touches of red on the design to bring out the Asian notion (like the necklace ribbons, the baby's eyes, bits of the dragon--paws or a tongue and eye dots)?
thanks for the constructive feedback, i agree with both your comments and i'll definitely experiment more with different shirt colors on future designs. the reason i went with white on this one was because of the white bounce light in the image. i'm also just now noticing how the necklace on the left shouldn't be pure white if it's in the shadow. hopefully i'll be allowed to fix that if it's a contender.
This particular design would only work on a white shirt.