The design makes me feel like there's a hidden message in there to decipher
The edit was a good fix on the hair imo, but it also looks like some texture elsewhere was lost as a result.
When most of the image is sharp, the small blurry sections on the left tend to draw my eyes attention more than the stock image.
Interesting choice in stock, and what you did with it. I like what you did with the text, as opposed to using your full name.