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First time I had this happen.. but I don't do a lot of Vectors though. Just seems weird to me. Is it normal to reject the vector but then the raster is good enough?

Vector was rejected for: "Too Simple--Overly simple vector."

Well, I guess I got to make this one more complicated then. How..I don't know. Seeing some simple things that are line drawings with no color get through just makes me wonder. Maybe I could change it into a coloring book vector and eliminate the colors.

This has happened to me before, so you're not alone.

Putting on my critique hat, I'd say the composition is what hurts the illustration for me. The two elements are about the same size and are competing with each other. I'd make the dive flag smaller and maybe a darker red to tone it back. The shark could probably be bigger too. I'd also like to see more of a background. Maybe, just a subtle silo of some coral or plants behind everything. Just something to give the image a little depth and interest.

Thanks. I just finished a cartoon fish to add. Just swimming in the scene...nothing special. Should I get rid of the bubbles? Get rid of the up front reef in favor of a subtle silo reef or keep it and add coral silos to the bg? Looking at it, the sign is too big comparatively.

Might add some schools of fish swimming in the bg too.

I definitely like that a lot better. I guess what I meant by the background was something like this.

http://www.900foot.com/mockup_b.jpg

I resubmitted this one... but the thumbnail I see on the SS page is of the old one. Is that just my cookies messing with me or theirs?

Yeah, but you have to admit some of the stuff is just beyond belief.

BTW the shark is just too cute, and better elements would compliment it nicely.

I've been having the vector rejected for bitmap but the raster's always make it through. Big stock, Dreamstime, Veer all accepted them. I haven't tried iStock. Could it be because I'm submitting them as EPS8?

i wonder why it doesn't show up with the rest of the sites. Once I get my broken computer fixed and everything reloaded I guess I ought to resave the .ai files to EPS 10 and see if they fly then.

If you make your illustrations in Illustrator, none of your gradients should rasterize in eps 8. I save all my files in eps 8 and have never had any problems. I've heard that Inkscape rasterrizes gradients, but I don't know a lot about the program. To check for any raster elements, open the links palette in Illustrator.

Yea...with text you have to convert the fonts to shapes. If I remember correctly... you just right click on the word and convert to shape.

Yeah I understand that, but there is no text in those last two illustrations. Or does it some how read it as text because of the shapes?

it shouldn't do. Make sure that the embed fonts box is unticked when you export the eps in case this is the problem.