Imo I've never really liked the washed out look. Not a huge fan of the text either, its just floating there. The hand is competing with the head for the main focal for me here. Choose one or the other and create a flow emphasizes it
To keep washed out tags from looking plain try adding black c4d or black lines to create flow and motion in the sig
yeah, it looks like a background with a stock and text on top of it. there is no flow between them to help the sig overall.