Naruto

Nice job,

Overall I think the vector of Naruto is pretty clean. I've only done about five or so vectors myself, but it looks pretty good. I like the shadowing you used. Also, the overall coloring seems pretty clean. Some of the lines around Naruto's right hand are jagged and I think could be touched up. I like the deep blue sky and clouds, but I;m not necessarily a fan of the lens flare. It seems a bit out of place. Maybe you could try creating a bright sun with a lens flare instead.

Overall, for a second vector, I think you are doing pretty well. Keep up the good work.

Well, it's a fairly average wall that has potential. Your vectoring needs a lot of work, time and practice will accomplish that however if you put the time and effort into improving your beginners' skills.

As for the wall itself, I'm a little confused as to where your light source is, is it on the left where the huge blinding flare is?Explaining the lighter shade of his skin on that side... Or is it on the right side which would explain the fact that his hair is lighter than on the left side?

When you make a wall that is so dependant on light, decide first where your light source will be, then you can see which direction the light will be going and can vector accordingly. Having the light in two different directions like you have suggests that the light is reflecting off of another surface, yet there is nothing in the wall to show that. It cannot be from the kunai, as the kunai is matte and is showing no shine to suggest light reflection, also the light flare is on the wrong angle if that were the case.

As for your vector, I believe the line stroking comments were more likely directed to those lines that look as though they were drawn by pencil. For example, the finger moons. Very shaky and blunt ended. If you look at most lines in vectoring, by the good vector artists, you'll quickly notice that very few of their lines have blunt ends, most are tapered. This is because tapered lines look more natural. I'm unsure what method you used for your lineart, however this is just a tip to help you improve. I myself vector using paths and the fill path method, same goes for all of my lineart.

Your colouring is shaky in places, making your vector look untidy and messy, such as the shadow colouring on naruto's hand. Smooth those lines out and it will improve the general look of your vector. Also, you have a colour leak beside the inner edge of the kunai handle, just below naruto's little fingertip... see the white there where the colour hasn't been filled to the edge!? You need to be careful of that. It makes your work look hurried.

The gems on his neclace were vectored nicely, but I'm disappointed you didn't do as nice a job on his eyes. Again, improvement needed here.

Overall, a nice wall but you have a lot of skills that you need to work on in order to make your walls better. Take my advice and shelve the attitude you had earlier and appreciate the fact that here on AP you have peers who know what they are talking about, and when asked politely and humbly are more than willing to help newcomers.

Since you used Illustrator to line this, scroll about 2/3rds of the way down on my vectoring tutorial to understand the difference between (and when it's appropriate to use) stroked lines and shape lines. Because here, the blunt ends and unified thickness of your lines are solid evidence you stroked them (and which other people have already explained). If you want to know how to draw shaped lines (means you draw with the pen tool on both sides of a line's edges), then scroll up on my tutorial to about the first third. And well, if you want to improve your overall vectoring or learn some tips/tricks, just read the whole tutorial. XD I actually think it's easier to line and color in the same program (photoshop or illustrator), rather than switch between them, because both programs vector just fine.