IMO . . . ya'll are getting carried away with all the texturing on the covers.
It kills the depth of the pictures. It's becomming the new bling bling of the Pen'n Pixel era.
In this one, it wouldn't have been so bad if it was applied to the background, and not so much the foreground. I see you reduced it in the face but even the hat. It just kinda looks like a decent portrait with a photoshop canvas applied.