Rofl, exactly, I don't understand how people can't get this

If you are gonna make a contest, at least offer a decent amount of money for the winner so its worth the risk of spending all that time for potentially no pay
$150 is pennies for something like this. Im poor as fuck and could use the money, but Id rather flip burgers for guaranteed pay.

In contrast, on reddit some guy was doing a contest like this for video submissions, and he got some decent submissions because he offered 5BTC + smaller prizes for 2nd and 3rd place
I entered and won 1st and 2nd -( it was a recurring contest) - so don't accuse me of being afraid to do a little spec work, but the payout at least has to be enticing.

also, im curious, why 2048×1536? thats overkill resolution.