Clarification on Submitting Hand-Redrawn Vectors and illustration

[Graphy_Kid]

Hello Adobe Stock Contributor Support,

I have previously uploaded AI-generated vectors and illustrations, and I correctly checked the “Generative AI” box for those files.

From now on, I plan to use AI only as a reference or concept inspiration and then completely redraw the artwork myself in Adobe Illustrator using the Pen Tool and other tool, creating all paths, shapes, and colors manually.

Could you please confirm: for these fully hand-redrawn vectors and illustrations, do I still need to check the “Generative AI” box, or can I submit them as standard vectors without marking them as AI-generated?

I want to follow Adobe Stock guidelines correctly and ensure my contributor account remains in good standing.

Thank you for your guidance.

Best regards,

[Jill_C]

You are not addressing Adobe directly here in this forum, and will receive no reply from an Adobe rep here. If the base image, which you are copying, was created by any AI tool, you must declare it as AI.

[Nancy OShea]

It's no different from using a magazine page as an inspiration piece. Just don't make an exact copy of the original.

Hand draw or paint in your own style and with your own creative touches to make it your own artwork. That's what —inspiration pieces are for— to inspire, not copy line for line.

If you adhere to not copying, you need not declare it as AI.

[Abambo]

All depends on the process, and how much generative AI is still contained in your asset, when you are ready with your artwork. Simply hand vectorizing a generative AI asset will not make it a non-AI asset. 

The issue here is that you ask if it is allowed. It's the same as asking: Is it allowed to drive on the road? Sure it's allowed, but there are rules attached to it, and when you drive, you need to drive according to those rules. 

Here one of the rules states that when you create an asset, where essential parts of it are created by generative AI, it's generative AI. Now it's your turn to check if that is the case.