Most important thing is to have a name you can work with. Gravel is not an easy letter combo. Pell is cool but with one L.
^^^ For tags, yeah. Throws and pieces, might not be too bad. One L seems a lot easier and a little faster. It's not that easy to pull off double letters, not a lot of people out there can do it right. Also, in my opinion one L looks better, especially being at the end.
Ditch the #1 and hope somebody else wrote it there. You know you're your fiirst priority why arw you writing it after your name? Every time you write your name its for afdirmation, and every #1 you write is for #1, not for you.
Ok. The top one, I'm a have to say no. Scrap it. The bottom one you can work with it. Fix that R and that exclamation, make the top bigger and the circle smaller.
My advice to you all, think middle school when girls used to write their bubble letters. Start simple, get comfortable with your letter, look around for inspiration, don't bite, and then funk it up. All the throws on this page look alike and it's weird...
Colors are too dark, letters aren't appealing. Literally try to draw it as fast as you can. It makes it less forced. Also, look around for inspiration on those letters.
^^^ Thanks Dommy. I think you should change everything or at least rework some letters. If thats a V, make it look like a V. The E and R just need to be a little cleaner. Redo the S thats not looking good. Get rid of all those lines in the letters and practice your drop shadow. Also loosen up your flow, letters look almost forced. Keep at it.