My Rejected Avatar/Icon., Akward or not? Options

[SkeleBoy]

1.

The image is from one of Within Temptation's music videos.
So she was singing.
When I paused to take a screenshot, it looked like she was smiling.
But I guess it looks really akward?
That's what my reviewer said anyway.
They said it ruined the icon.

What do you think?





Here are the other three that got rejected:

2. The reviewer said: "Graphic choice is awkward, and text doesn\'t match."

3. The reviewer said: "The four color boxes and text\'s color, style, and placement doesn\'t suit the avatar."

4. The reviewer said: "The text doesn\'t match the image in terms of the background glow and positioning, and the image was overly contrasted."

Any thoughts? Critique? Comments?






Oh, and this was the pending one (now accepted):
5. Feel free to comment on it as well. This one's my favorite.

[xTINAA]

Hm, maybe it'd be best to not have text (on the first icon.) Also, this is just me, but I prefer at least a 1px border around the icons. I don't know why. lol but that's just me. For number 2, I don't know if the graphic choice is exactly awkward, but I don't like the text. Text choice is especially tricky when it's so tiny, you know? Sometimes it's best to not have any. For number 3, I agree with the comments. Aesthetically, the four boxes don't do anything for me. It's kind of just there. The color scheme also doesn't match the icon. I also agree with the comments on number 4. It's important to make the text stand out but still blend in with the image. Pink and green doesn't suit it at all. Also the image seems too far away, like a little more close would have been better. Number 5 seems pretty good. I like that there is no text. I wish it was a little zoomed out though.