Does it have to look "professional" to appeal you?
He said he's not good with Photoshop so give him a a break.
Can you not see his username is Spade? What is so random adding in his trademark symbol to his own logo?
Anyway, it's not bad at all. My advice is to work on your colour combinations, a good start would be examining and studying the colour wheel, how and which colours combine well with other colours, etc.