for an average joe's opinion with really no experience.. i like the first more but the fonts like you said are still plain.. and just a little bit more shadowing on the crow below the grey shadowing on the eyes could look nice?... and a red ring on the crows eye in the second one and more shadow... good shit though man
I like the second one more. Seeing it's a multimedia company, I can see that little crow flying in and landing on top of the text at the opening credits of something. Works well as a stand alone as well.