I, personally, dislike italics. (italic font, is fine, making it italic is kinda defeating--I can give the lecture on why this is, but it's kinda dull, honestly.)
I'd kill the tagline. To me tag lines say: I couldn't get the image to say what I wanted, so in order to get the image to say what I wanted, I'm reverting to words. (Tagline can work if they are both integrated into the design, and if they actually add/augment, rather than try to replace the image/design.)
I dislike the font... (Reads sloppy typewriter to me, which just confuses me.)
And I have to say that the type setting really doesn't please me. The hard line, for example, is cheap and often discouraged. (It divides the picture plane which is usually a bad idea)
The large size font with NO margins really bugs me. (Since I have been saying type reads on NEGATIVE, not positive space.) Margins help readability, not size. The type also crosses with a pattern, also making it difficult to read. Simplify your type.
(Typography is so thankless an art--no one notices it's right until it's wrong. Though beautiful typesetting still makes me gasp when it's complex.)
Also the stretched font. Please don't...
The typography feels like it was slapped in as an afterthought. You need to think of type as part of the overall design, not a last minute thought. It, too, is a graphic element and should deserve the respect of being a graphic design element.
Though I should note, I was previously guilty of all the above before... XD I learned better.
The image itself has improved from the first draft.