The filter version gives a feeling of fierceness and impact by focusing on white and blur. White can represent holiness, which can add a sense of importance, but it can also give a feeling of coldness, which is an aspect of warfare. White can also give an impression of smoke. In Eastern cultures, white represents death. This helps me out, because i want to emphasize a feeling of war.

I turned off functionality to receive shadows from several characters on the cover, because I want to give a cel-shaded look and to emphasize the colors, mainly of the main character. I wanted to emphasize the main character's white.