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I'm one image short to be approved there but the last 2 vector  illustrations I sent them were rejected , so if I fail this time I will probably wait for months.
Apparently they don't want background etc , so I made an underwater illustration and Im not sure I should try and submit it or not.

I would appreciate any thoughts or advices cause I'm into vectors just for few months now.

If someone with  more experience with  illustrations has a minute and would like to do me a favor and check the vector file more closely I would be great , just PM me.

Thanks 

Well Here is the image:


 

I wonder about it's potential to be a successful selling image on stock.

The MIZ

The worm looks too stiff and like it's just balancing on the hook somehow. The fish and worm should be casting some kind of shadows, the sand looks too flat. The items that have been duplicated and flipped and/or rotated (the starfish, small fish, and spiny thing) look like items that have been duplicated and flipped and/or rotated. Try tweaking each one to make them a bit different from one another.

From what I can tell, the large fish looks pretty good.  You're off to a good start, but like Sean said, you need to spend a bit more time on it.

Good luck!

Oh okay 
If I can figure out how, I'll put my comments back then.

Man, I haven't been accepted (yet) and I know how frustrating it is to be kicked in the butt (been there four times, right now I'm waiting around 30 days more to get to the next chance - 3 months of waiting time overall). I too have 2 images accepted.

If I way you, I'd post this image and several others to the iStock forums. And as far as this one is concerned, I think the fish is awesome by itself. Give it a little more "punch" with some glossy effects, keep the water (and add shiny elements to the bubbles as well) and you're certainly in. I will not put my hand in the fire, of course, but it does seem like an image that shows your illustrator potentials.

p.s.: I've been told innumerable times that iStock does NOT look for commercial value on your test submissions. They just want to know if you're able to draw.

Good luck! (and don't loose your mind - I did)

And than again , Im certainly out ha ha .

Rejected again, , thats not what we are looking for reason.

Well those who are trying to pass it know the problem , they reject all backgrounds and more stock oriented stuff for thats not unique enough and we have plenty of that  reason , and advise you to try with more cartoonish stuff which requires some drawing , and then you get we dont need this kind of stuff.

If I got a rejection that this is not technically at their requirement level or something else I wouldn't care so much , but again the stupid reason ,we don't need that kind of illustrations at this time knowing that most of stock oriented vectors will be refused for we have enough of those.

I'm thinking of writing a mail to support , first time in 2 years , I never complained at any site about any rejection , but this time I would just like to get a more specific reason then their default one if I already have to wait 90 days till my next attempt.