@purplepleb Thank you so much for your wait on this question. This would fall under being too photorealistic to be accepted. The combination of grainy texture and detailed soft shading on the background lend themselves to this effect.
1.17. Designs must loosely fit within the overall style of Lorwolf. For example, artwork that is hyper-realistic will not be accepted.
2.4. Triggering or Overwhelming imagery: Artwork should not heavily use repeating patterns such as those from texture brushes. Themes should reflect the simplistic style of Lorwolf’s base art.
Regarding your question about the style outline in the rules above:
- The rules allow cel-shaded, gradient, cartoon, soft shading or pixel-style submissions
- Light use of textures or brushes you created.
I hope this helps!