definitely v2 imo. yea text could be toned down a little, its too close to the piece, and for this piece it kind of gets distracting.
the text seems to be the focal of this because i dont really see anything else here. still pretty good to me
the text seems to take away all of the attention :/ tbh i think the sig would look too empty without it though. Don't really know how you could solve it :'(
I like the text however. Though it could be a bit smaller. The second version is much better as well. I like how the edges are blurred and look smooth over the sharpened edges.