Well, I like nothing better than 2 tone woods, is your blank a 2 tone one, not really but, I don't mind it at all...!
The question of, do you make what you like or what others like, the answer is not as easy as some people may think. Can you do day in day out things that you don't like only because they sell...???? good luck to you if you think like that, somewhere in between these 2 differents worlds, there has to be a balance...!
Making pens exclusively for sale, and unless they are a very specific order, you will never know what people would like until you offer them for sale so, I would be making the ones that I like, first...!
The variety of kits, platings, blanks, shapes and finishes, are what determines the sale, you can have the most expensive kit with the most expensive and exoctic blank, poorly shaped, fitted and finished and you would be pressed to sell it at cost, if at all. The opposite would offer you a much more successful result...!
Each pen turner, has its own preferences and this is what makes the world of pen turning grow so much these last few years, I would like to think that, each turners would present the result of their work, imagination and likes, the customers will either like it or not, they are your style and you should stick with it, as your own identity unless, you just want to be one more in the "mob".
That decision, only you can make, copying everyone else's work or market something different and unique to you, as the maker...!
Sure, you have to start somewhere, and imitation may be a easier way to get around but, is that all you want...???
Again, only you can answer these questions, bad habits are very difficult to change, if you would like to be different, start doing different things and focus on how you present your work to others and you will find that, what others sell most, is not that important to you, anyway...!
Best of luck...!
Cheers
George