I somehow like it...If I were to critisize it for the sake of it it'd be maybe too much grittyness/paintsplat (I'm using artistic terms, srzly!)...But regardless, its quite kool and it allows me to easily identify you.
This time however, with me, I'll say the gradients are used instead of other alternatives is due to filesize...My purrrty version is over 80kb =( So take that Jackson! (even though it still doesn't get me out of the bland gradient backgrounds)... At least I don't use ; in the wrong places

(I'm not dropping that!

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