Graphic Design Course Work

While in college I often found myself working in both small and large groups. The image you see on the left was the original by another student. Our instructor felt rather than doing the usual class critiques it would be more interesting for each of us to pair off and perform revisions on each other's work.
The second image, on the right, shows my revisions to the first. I feel I kept the original content, creativity, and overall idea while brainstorming some other design ideas for my peer.
I'm not sure if my classmate liked any of my revisions as some students seemed quite offended by the project, and he was one of them. Therefore, he never gave me any feedback. Please take a look to compare the variations. I think it's fun just to see two different approaches using the same elements and tools (Adobe Photoshop was the software used).