Yes, just read this full story (with happy end)

https://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/account-blocked-i-need-help-please/

Thanks for your replies. I haven't been uploading similar images, I'm uploading the same way I have been for 20 years! It would be nice if I could get an explanation from Adobe Stock. @MatHayward - could you please help explain this in any way?

Wow, hi Kirsty, good to see you are still about!

For those who don't know Kirsty was one of the OG major vector artists that kicked off Micro.

This must be a mistake on their part, I hope they sort it ASAP.

Kirsty, I have no idea what triggered Adobe's account blocking, but I took a look at your new uploads on Shutterstock to see if anything stood out given the issues Adobe Stock has been focusing on recently (mostly with AI, but I don't think it's exclusive to genAI uploads).

I wonder if it's the watercolor and other art pieces that reference an artistic style (I realize no specific artist is mentioned). Possibly they overshot the mark with the problems of contributors referencing specific artists and your very general titles - such as Abstract hand painted landscape scene in a minimal impressionist style got caught in the crackdown. This is the sort of thing I'm referring to (obviously can't check on Adobe Stock).

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/abstract-hand-painted-minimal-landscape-japanese-2324511981
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/hand-painted-sunny-landscape-mountains-background-2324510779
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/abstract-hand-painted-watercolour-japanese-themed-2324511257
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/hand-painted-abstract-mountain-landscape-japanese-2318274239

Several of us have suggested that rejecting (retroactively) the supposedly problem content would be better than blocking a whole account, particularly for established contributors. I think the inspection situation has become so crazy in the last few months. As noted above, the good news is others have had their accounts unblocked (although it is taking a while and there's lost income as well as no ability to request a payment in the interim)

Yes we really need news about this... I'm starting to be afraid about wich words can be used
and also, even after checking of my portfolio, I'm not sure if I did some mistake in keywording or titles.

It's really crazy right now, it seems that anyone, even the established and most reliable contribuitor, could be hit with these :-(

@Mat please we need reliable information about the "account block" wave

I do not think it is because of watercolor images.

I have about 400 watercolor AI images in my port and my account had been blocked (for a trademark reason), after is has been unblocked all watercolor images are still there in my port - Sorry for the long link: https://stock.adobe.com/de/search?creator_id=208268331&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aphoto%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aillustration%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Azip_vector%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Avideo%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Atemplate%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3A3d%5D=1&filters%5Bfetch_excluded_assets%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aimage%5D=1&order=relevance&safe_search=1&k=Watercolor&search_page=1&search_type=usertyped&acp=&aco=Watercolor&get_facets=0

I don't know if this helps, but I wanted to tell you about it.

Thanks for your help everyone! Hopefully I will hear something soon from Adobe Stock. It is worrying that they can shut down a portfolio without any communication. I work on microstock full time and have done for a long time and rely on it for my income so something like this is very scary! I suppose I will just have to be patient and hope I can get this resolved successfully.

Electric guitars were removed completely on istock a few years ago.

Watercolors are my favorite ai genre and paintings in general are more exciting than photos for me.

They also sell, which is why so many people do them with ai.

Would be great if the words painting, watercolor, oil painting, sketch etc...don't get you banned.

@discreet

you are ranting against clouds.

There will always be people who enjoy working with their hands and doing it the traditional way, but the ai technology is here to stay.

Besides, people have been creating watercolor images from their photos since forever, it is just another photoshop or app effect.

The internet will not disappear, digital cameras will not disappear, photoshop will not stop working and generative ai is here to stay.

Feel free to go and shoot on film and develop your photos in your home lab.

Nobody is stopping you from working as a REAL traditional photographer.

eta

If you don't want to do ai, just don't do it.

Nobody is forcing you to work with a new media category.

His ignore is good for me too

Everyone happy

Didn't it take over 100 years before photography was accepted as an art form?

Oil painters and traditional artists had their stable income, stable for centuries, turned upside down by cameras.

People attack what they fear. It is not personal, they are just terrified.

But it will not stop the change.

Nobody has to do ai. But the new medium will stay forever.

I loved digital cameras when they came out and now I enjoy the options with ai. Still at the very beginning.