I think the design is excellent, really fantastic!  I admired the old 
look alot but I think this is an order of magnitude better.

The colors are fine in my opinion. Probably the higher overall tone and 
reduced clutter is the operative thing, so the design feel would 
probably work with other harmonies too, by why bother?  This looks great.

It seems, as I recall, that your designs have always played with 
outlining effects.  The substitution of 3d sculpting around the edges 
instead of the flat outlines is brilliant, softer but still gives 
delineation, and an added eye-pop.

The subtle beauty of harmonies in blue and green is something it took me 
a long time in life, personally, to come to understand.  I think you 
have used it here very cleverly.  And there is just enough of the 
contrasting yellow-oranges to give it an upbeat, pop feel.  I 
particularily love the subtle shifts in lettering from dark on lime in 
the top banner through the white on lime in the subbanners to finally 
black on white in the actual text box.

The self-photo does give it an edge and grabs attention right away.  The 
good thing is that it does humanize and individualize the message as you 
intended.  The bad thing is that it is also very potent and you cannot 
control how people will respond.

My personal reaction was that it grew on me: Weird! But Ballsy! Direct. 
No Mysteries Here.  I know who I'm dealing with.

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