Ok so #108 is still closer. I would love to see the blotches of paint get bigger and the path through it done with an eraser tool so it's white (same as background). Also by having the blotches bigger you should but the first part of 'artist' so just 'art' as hand written letters using an eraser through the ink blotch and the the rest of the word 'ist' should be the same hand writing but in blue. The 'bound should stay as text.
The path in 189 is right but make the ink splashes bigger so they over lap behind the name. The first part of the name 'art' should be in the ink. It should be only visible because 'art' is written in eraser….just like the path.
#198 is getting close…but instead of having the colors all mixed, can you make it very clearly 3 blobs of colors like you had originally in 108, just make the blobs each bigger. The path and looks great and so does the artist, but can you keep the 'artist' as the same font as the rest.