I'm in the process of getting a custom joystick made by Kaytrim, as alot of people have. I wanted to do something a little different for the artwork, so I decided on a castlevania theme. I have it narrowed down to two backgrounds for the stick. A co worker has been very helpful it editing these for me to remove the text. He is still working on the second one.
So which of these would be a better fit for the joystick. Its going to be a simple square design, out of purpleheart wood.
Design 1, text edited out:

Original design:

Design 2 original:
