Coding is alright. Image is ugly, really ugly. No focus at all.

Better think about the negative comments given to you. Don't be so stiff-necked and live in that self-assuming world of yours.

What you did was only the background and the HTML codes, nothing else.

The background. It will be better if the background was of a lighter shade of black/grey.

Simplicity doesn't mean that you need to have everything in the same shade of colour. I think it's really really simple, to the extent of plain.

Better cut down on the brushes and establish the X-factor, otherwise, all's good.