yeah, tight illustration, but the overall visual goodness is cut in half by that huge text. I think what you should do is keep the text but actually make it into a record visually rather than just hinting at it, that would be really sweet and a really solid way to integrate the text. Just my opinion though.
i love it, I'd just center the graphic rather than making it a 'pocket' style graphic. I love the type, people on this site seem to hate type, but it works to me.
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