>>1873952>>1873954Not too bad, but here are some things:
1) The fire has many jagged or flat edges at the tips. Make them single node tips with independent handles and smooth them out. This will help make the fire look a lot more interesting instead of jagged.
2) You have a lot of color peeking, or layers going above others incorrectly, especially in the sword and the fire around it. Always put a bright contrasting color in the background to look for things like this, and hide the coloring that shouldn't be seen. You also have some layers going over others instead of ending flush on the other (ie. the fire on the sword and a couple other places). Either make it so that the layers are below the other object, or use Smart Guides (Ctrl+U) to help you clip the nodes to the fill of the other shape.
3) The area behind the yellow ring on her finger needs to be black, as that yellow is part of the glove (see the thumb one). The area under her face is supposed to be part of her chest, so match that white coloring with the skin coloring above it. The belt to the right is supposed to be above the hair, so move the layer for it above the hair. You also simplified some of the longer hair and fire. Don't do this. Go all out and make sure you draw it like it is in the original. It will be hard at first, but it will make your images much better.
