>The first things that pop into my vision is the giant icons. They are unusually huge, but they are just generic clip arts and stock images, not really relevant

>The first things that pop into my vision is the giant icons. They are unusually huge, but they are just generic clip arts and stock images, not really relevant to the content. I think removing them, or making them much, much smaller would improve the first impression. My monitor is an extra wide. I would tell OP to consider adding a max-width to it. They just keep scaling with more horizontal space.