As you have probably noticed, I have moved on from my monotone days, and realized that trying to throw a color layer over an image, will either effect the quality, or make the sig look dull overall. I suggest putting the image as the top layer, and duplicating that layer, setting the duplicated layer to soft light, and gaus blurring it 1.0. Also, I'd try to put more stability in the BG, and work on making a readable and more organzied style to your font.
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