Here is my somewhat background/logo that I created. I used the pentool, which I'm not so familiar with, but to me it appears I prevailed with it in this piece. I did not focus on the background or text too much, as they were not my point of interest during the creation since it was supposed to be a logo. It was made in photoshop cs6.

I was inspired by crow to work on this, you can view most of his work here. He is indefinitely a professional designer and I would highly recommend him if you require any graphical based work.