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Reasons why digital illustrations get rejected?

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February 26, 2022
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Hi - I've been submitting digital bitmap illustrations - not photos or vectors. So it is difficult to get info on why they are getting rejected. The website info gives a lot of reasons in the language of photography (white balance, artifacts, etc.) which don't apply to non-vector illustrations. My style is cartoony and I never use text or fragments from photos, so I don't see any IP concerns. I attach a couple of samples of work that's been rejected.

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PepeCastro

Inspiring

Well despite everything I still think the same, the person who has rejected your illustration, has no reason for it, and they are good illustrations and with a good professional level, and whoever has rejected you has not the slightest idea of drawing and illustration and Adobe should put staff sufficiently trained to fairly judge the work that is sent

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

...the person who has rejected your illustration, has no reason for it. Adobe should put staff sufficiently trained to fairly judge the work that is sent

By @PepeCastro

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Obviously the reviewer had a reason for rejecting it. It will likely be accepted when the property release is submitted.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

PepeCastro

Inspiring

You can send any file in bitmap, not all illustrations can be solved with vectors, in fact the photographs are not vectors, imagine if all the photos had to be vectorized, Well, a jpeg drawing has the same technical problem as a photograph in jpeg, what you do have is to meet the parameters, which I put below, but anyway if you don't meet them AS doesn't allow you to transfer the file, it would be impossible for you to upload them

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

We're not discussing photographs. We are discussing illustrations.

Submit whatever file types you wish: JPG, EPS, AI or SVG. Then wait patiently for royalty payments to accrue. If you're providing what the customers want, they will buy your work. If not, they won't. Simple.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

PepeCastro

Inspiring

I apologize, for this last publication, I did not intend to answer your answer. I just wanted to let Trevol know my point of view and Adobe Stock's archival requirements, please forgive me if for any reason I implied that I was responding to you

PepeCastro

Inspiring

An illustration does not necessarily have to be vectorial, you can send a bitmap, in fact I have some illustrations in bitmap, for example this is one

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

How many raster illustrations have you sold?

When I search for illustrations for commercial print or web projects, I really do prefer vectors because the quality is much cleaner. 9 out of 10 times, I will skip the rasters.

But the OP never told us the rejection reason. So this is all just guesswork.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

...so I don't see any IP concerns.

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@TrevorKeen

Was the rejection reason IP? If so, did you submit a signed property release with your artwork? Adobe doesn't know who created it unless you tell them with a property release signed by you, the artist.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

PepeCastro

Inspiring

Son muy buenas tus ilustraciones y el que te las rechazó no tiene ni la menor idea de lo que es un buen dibujo o una buena ilustracion, con cosas como esta me dan seria dudas del criterio de los seleccionadores

reedesign1912

Inspiring

What reasons were you given for the refusals? Technical Issues or Non Compliant? Raster images (bitmap illustrations) fit into the same category as photographs for requirements. Looking at the couple of examples you gave above, the donkey and elephant don't meet the minimum size requirement of 4 MP.

Looking at your airplane image at 100% - 200%. The edges are very rough, which is often the case with bitmaps. The reviewers may consider those rough edges out of focus. Just my opinion.

I think your drawings are cool and you are obviously talented. Perhaps you would do better creating vectors.

Best of luck with your future submissions.

Rob R, Photographer

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I agree with Rob. If you want to sell illustrations, you should submit math-based vectors instead of bitmaps. Unlike pixel- based rasters, vectors have fine crisp edges and can be re-scaled up or down to any size required without loss in quality. That's impossible to do with bitmaps.

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