Better to Downsize?

Sorry, maybe I wasn’t really clear. I’ve been contributing here since 2020 and I know the requirements.  My first paragraph was really the point of the question: Different submissions. Same general size and resolution. Same illustration style and use of digital brushes. Same sharpness from one picture to the next.  And yet....  some rejected on sharpness-focus-resolution, some not.  

   It’s just seems so random and capricious lately. Honestly, I’d be perfectly comfortable with Adobe Stock telling me:  “Yeah, we just don’t really like that one.”  Then I’d move on and not wonder about it. Then my only mission moving forward is to make a cooler image that they do like.

4 megapixels is the minimum size required for a postage stamp. 100 megapixels is the maximum size allowed for a large poster or display ad.  Illustrations should be submitted at the size that’s most appropriate to your actual workspace.

For more details, read through all the requirements in your Contributor User Guide.

Vectors (math-based):

1. https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-vectors/technical-requirements-for-vector-submissions.html
2. https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-vectors/design-requirements-for-vector-submissions.html

Rasters (pixel-based):

1. https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-illustrations/technical-legal-requirements-illustration-submission.html
2. https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-illustrations/illustration-editing-best-practices.html

Hope that helps. Post back if you have more questions.