Alright. Just gonna put this up here because it is a common problem that people do in their entries, which will basically automatically disqualify them.

Pay attention to the end result of these splash screens. In the app they are processed to have the white highlight and shadow. I marked these with orange arrows.

The issue is when there’s effects. They end up having a shadow of their own inserted into the thing, which would just end up weird and stuff. Don’t do auras. Some small menacing effects are fine.

The other thing however is also the post production editing. Between your submission and it being in final project, Ralph puts the image in photoshop and applies bevel filter, giving on top of it that 3d look. Top left sides get lighter, bottom right darker.

This is kinda why multiple character thing might also be problematic. They’d end up looking like one single object.

While it’s not specifically said or wasn’t suggested… If your project had for example 2 characters overlaying eachother… Send 3 images – end result, and also images for separate characters. That way they will have the bevel filter applied and then merged together in photoshop.

Sure, the white highlight in app won’t be separating the two characters but it is what it is.

Anyway. Hope this explained the problem and good luck with submissions.