Ah, that's great! Those are two really solid ways of adding light. Have you experimented with other types of gradients, though? If not, linear gradients work well too ;-]
Yeah, I understand where you're coming from. I don't think you should worry too much about that, though! For example, my graphics are almost always cluttered (admittedly), but they generally end up fine because the effects often fit with the render I'm using and I take care to not overwhelm it too much. So, the bottom line is that you should have a good idea of when to stop. Once you develop that, then your effects will end up looking very nice.
I love what you did in this work, by the way!
The fractals in the background are very cool and the text effect you used is fitting. Actually, scratch that- your text effects are just great in general
I do think a different font would have been better though, as the text doesn't completely fit in. Maybe something more elegantly-styled, rather than a font that's bold and blocky? (Oh, but if your customer requested the text to be that way, ignore that. Lmao.)
Also, the center is generally an awkward place to put text - I think it'd look better if it was nudged to the left a bit, and I promise it won't interfere with the effects too much at all, haha.
Oh, and I like the particle effect you have going on here-
The lighting is also quite nice! Keep up the improvements c:
