Hi @cryptigital, nice to see you in our creative community and I was really enjoyed the presented experiment of Glitch art. 

I like the second version, maybe because it is still recognizable facial features and of course the smile, as human we are looking for something that we can stare and in this case hte eyes and smile :)

I noticed @romanie mentioned about our tag, this way we will easy to find you. Would be nice to see you around :)