Its more of a challenge to actually make something yourself than to use a whole bunch of preset effects

It confuses me when people around here post signatures and say things like "no brushing!" or "filters only!" and are proud of that. It takes much more skill and talent to make something on your own (as in, without anybody else's downloadable brushes).

Anyway, as for the signature, the background and the character don't go together. At least, they don't right now. They are just too different to match. Around much of the character's edge, there is some white that wasn't cut off completely.