3/10. It doesn't matter if you're trying to make some kind of artistic statement or whatever. If it doesn't look good, it doesn't look good. Justifying your design choices doesn't change the way it looks. Anyway, banner is just bad. It's saved in JPG, so there goes most of it's quality right there. Next is the random blur for no reason. Then comes the gradient borders which don't make sense with the picture at all. Finally, there's the sea green text which completely stands out for some reason. The font choice and shadow is gaudy as well. Neither of these flow with the banner at all and overall just looks like something someone made in 5 minutes after messing around with a banner maker of some kind.