I think he means it stands out too much, over the guy. Try lower the opacity (I think thats waht you did). Text is pretty good, I like how it goes along his sholder. V2 is defiantly better then V1. Other then that, awesome.
Nope, he means that the focal is the c4d. Try to change it by means of contrast, not only sharpen/blurring (clip a levels adjustment mask, and then make the blacks lighter).
v1 is too dark and v2 is too bright. try using different shades of grey etc. and you should completely get rid of the white soft brush below cudi's face it just takes the attention away from the rest of the sig. but other than that i like it.
ok more spread out lighting put one layer on soft light like a 120px brush dupe it on normal and lower opacity.
