it looks like it was painted over in photoshop.. i dunno. it just seems like photoshop 101 to me whenever there are filtered or painted on photos - i don't know if i've ever really seen it done in a successful way.
also i wish there was a bit more to this than just a leaf. i find your other designs much more successful because they have some concept (abstract or not) behind them and they also seem to have a more personal touch.
I like the positioning of the design, but I think it would be better if everything were a bit more extreme: the leaf more in the corner, more moved away from the browns and blacks and into the pinks, more stylized.
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