an added detail screen shot.

Very nice. Im defintely getting the energy from it. Im not too crazy about the "violinist" part. Its too cramped up in there and too close to the swashes. I would let that one breathe more. (dont think you need the flourish below the y) Also your handling of certain curves can be smoother. What I mean is, I can almost tell where you have the bezier points.

Hey Ole - I love it!
Just the "as" ligation isn't working.

hhp

The r-e curve needs to be smoother. It flattens out improperly in the curve below the r. The curve between the a and s isn't working. In its current form, it is superfluous. Keep an eye on the thicks in the swashes — looks like you need to be more consistent there.

swash thickness was an issue, if too thin it can not be used on web, I experimented a lot and found my first working files were too thick, they took away from the main letterforms. I agree with all commentary especially the “as” ligature it is somehow too geometric.

Nice. The only things that look slightly out of place, for me, are the 'swirls' attached to the 'e' and 'y'. They just dont seem to fit in with the style of the other flourished swashes. ( Those were 'prefabricated' flourishes, taken from 'Dalliance', werent they? :)

Dav

Dav.-I did lay down Dalliance under the "y",which was my starting point. I then re-drew it to be thinner,the ligatures are original.

in my opinion, it looks a tad bit crowded.. maybe its just me, and my lazy eyes, but theres too much going on at once for me .. i cant really focus.

it might be the 'violinist' part being too cramped up, as prakash nair said, or it could be, that there might be too much swirls going on. but by reducing the swirls, you might take away the energy.

Maybe you could work on a version that has a balanced feel to it, ie. less swirls, same amount of energy.

hope that helps.

edit: i like it anyhow though..!