>>1768313Alright, I was in a good mood, so I did all of it just for you.
>Yeah when i started I had a million nodes because i didn't realize how bumpy it wasA lot of the lineart in the original is pretty messy/bumpy. Don't try to copy it 100%, because it will look bad as a vector. Smooth out the small little bumps and only keep the ones that emphasize curves.
>Can you explain more on the hair though? because i mean I thought I had pretty much traced it to where the tip was?Not sure what exactly what you mean. The tips are drawn, but they don't curve very well, especially on the right side of the bangs where you use rounded edges that looked really bad. You need to make all the tips sharp, and they need to curve in a similar direction so that it looks like the hair is flowing and not static.
>Yeah I had some trouble with layeringChoose a basis for each shape large shape. Make one be the highest layer that the rest will go under, or vice versa. This will help immensely.
>can you explain color peeking alittle better though? do you mean I have color in lower layers that should not be showing through?It can mean that. If you have a layer overlapping another that shouldn't be there, that color could be "peeking" over the other, like the hair on her left arm that should be under the arm. However, it can also mean areas of an image where the shape is not fully colored, and that when put on a transparent background, the transparency will peek through "holes" that should be filled with a color. You have a couple areas in the hair and arm that are like that. This is why you always put a high contrast color (usually green or red) as the background so you can easily see the peeking and fix it before posting.
>And Yeah I had no Idea how to use the shape builder tool haha any advice or instruction would be appreciated.The guide in the OP will tell you how.
Here is the Ai file for you to play with:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/d2oqh4d61begt6x/Miku.ai 