My suggestion? Delete this and keep the journal. This just makes it seem like you're trying to get more watchers by pandering to the public.

...Why delete the image? This is what the final piece will look like and I want those who enter to see what they're getting. I've done this the last few times I've done a raffle like this and no one has complained. I see your point, but I'm not taking the image down.

It was a suggestion, not a demand.
Why? Because from my perspective, all this YCH does is get people's interest in you for a short burst, they watch you so they can get a chance to be in the image, and then cast you aside if they don't win, or are no longer useful.

Granted, I can be wrong about this, but I figure my jaded perspective has some merit, I'd think.

deleting the ych images seems silly to me

As it does to me.

I love how you do your raffles. >.> Why shouldn't it be open to the public anyway and let everyone know what they are doing? SO MANY artists do this.

I do understand the point he made though. I don't agree with it, but I get it. Besides, its an art site. Who wouldn't want more watchers? *shrugs* Ah well, its ok. ^^