As you said you failed. But I like the coloring and smuding if it is smudged. You just need a focal on that signature lawl, one can look everywhere, downer left left right upper right, everything could be a focal. Use some lighting or something to improve the focal you wanted to have. I pretty like the very left part, this one adds a little depth to the signature because it looks like the part following at the right comes a little out of that black since the great difference of color. :>
Love V1 and V3. Colors are great. What exactly is it, I see lots of different stuff in those. Faces and such.