Personal branding - logo

I came across a typography tutorial in Advanced Photoshop magazine which looked interesting so I had a go at designing just my initial, then trying out different combinations of my name.

 I thought adding my name to the design made it look too busy.

This was then followed up designing my first name and using brighter colours. I thought this design looked more attractive that the first one, but I am still not convinced that it represented me.

I think the overall result is quite effective, however I would rather create something of my own than that designed by a tutorial.