The character still looks altered, we want to see a version thats using the character we provided, as is. We just want color and shading accents added. Also, we don't use many gradients within our layout so we want to avoid, using gradients in the character. The shading and highlighting should be flat, 1 color shapes.
Also, we don't like the color scheme here. These colors will blend in way too much to the site. We'd like to see some other color options. They don't have to be colors taken from our header, like it looks like these are (the red and tan). As long as they fit with our site design it will work.
Also, try a few different treatments. We like the font type your using, but would be curious to see it in some other variations (thinner stroke, maybe a slight shadow, no border, etc..)