though the busyness looks nice....it also takes away from the focal...what you should try to do is have a bit less going on so that it still maintains that 'busy' look and at the same time gives more attention to the focal..... Good job.....nice effects! B)
So the effects are sick. I would just blur it and erase around the focal, and darken the edges. I think it would look sick. I also agree that the text should stick out a little more, but that might be a personal pref.
Version 2 does look better. Great work on this one...it looks way better. I just love that render too. Nice work.
Overly busy, no focal at all, the right and left sides of the sig are as busy and sharp as the middle, where the focal should be. The text is LQ, bad placement, and the sig isn't good at all as B&W, but it's even worse as Monotone color.. hmm..