I'm of the opinion that it doesn't look bad at all when done right. At least I haven't seen any chip cards that I would regard as aesthetic disasters. Except for one of my UnionPay EMV cards that's got a chip with a ridiculously thin top (brass? gold? Something of that color) layer. It's already worn, and before that, it tarnished within a couple of days of me getting it.
Also, on that note, I've noticed that this card won't play nice with other banks' EMV-capable ATMs.