as for readability, you could choose a text from the scenario that contains a lot of text, see how much space it takes up, and create a highlighted area of that size on the image, for example, a rectangle with rounded corners, and then darken and slightly blur the area inside the highlight. You could also create a smooth transition from the highlight (darkened and blurred) to the main image, or leave the transition sharp...
I can't upload the images because the files are larger than 2.2 MB. If you want to see the artwork, I can provide a link to an archive. For a preview of the overall look and in this format, everything looks great.