Tbh, I think that the original design is looking better than the re-design as it stands
I think that as sjs has said, graphics would really help bring the new layout to life, and would possibly give it the edge over the original, but also, the deepness and strength of the colours on the first seems to be far more effective than the second one, in my opinion
Nice work, but still needs a bit of work to surpass the original
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