After just recently watching all the episodes of naruto(right before it was licenced O_O), I decided to do a fanart thingy for it. Anynow I realized that the characters in it are really very unique(in some anime/manga I get one character confused with another because of look-alikes). But the artist/anime seemed to have kept a consistent style and subtle features within the characters along with their distinct styles and markings, clothing etc. Same for Bleach by the way(Less so for the female characters though, cept Rukia).

...A...nyhow...Here's is an adult character group sketch I did. I think there's no need to identify who's who. I'll talk a lil about each one.

Itachi: I've seen alot of fanarts of this guy and everyone who shades him or tries to make semi-realistic renderings of him leaves the lines under his eyes as lines. I feel those lines are suppose to be marking the edge of his unique, very dark bags under his eyes and thats the way I drew it. Thats my opinion anyways.

Gai & Jiraiya: Realized that the prettier/more handsome characters are, the harder it is to make semi-realistic/realistic translation rendering of them.

Orochimaru: Believe it or not, I think he is the best looking guy in the series. If he didn't have those Orochi eyes and had a kind smile instead of that evil grimace and then put on more weight, then it would actually resemble Laguna from FF8

Edit: Updated for Kurenai

Kurenai: Think she's the prettest character in the seriest.

Edit2: Updated for Kabuto

Kabuto: I think he's the third best looking guy in the series, after Orochimaru and Kimimaro. Why are all the good looking guys sound?

Edit3: Updated for Kimimaro

Kimimaro: This guy is almost as sad as Haku. My theory is, he was poisoned by Kabuto, who is probably after Orochimaru's immortality technique and will betray him.

Edit4: Updated for Tayuya, Haku, Zabuza

Tayuya: I thought this one was gonna fail when I started it but I guess it turned out ok. Is it just me or is she cuter in stage 2. You know, with the super long hair and all plus no headband.

Zabuza: I liked how this one turned out. Tough or ugly characters are easier to get a likeness in a different style or a more realistic style.

Haku: The one was the most challenging. The prettier the character, the harder it is to get a likenss.

Thanks to everyone for their wonderful comments on my scraps! Much appreciated .

Edit5: Updated for Yondaime, Tsunade

Yondaime: As many of you mentioned that my style is very similar to Final Fantasy and although I wouldn't think so, many of you will feel this is the spittin image of Ccloud since many of you though Kakashi was Cloudy enough.

Tsunade: Kinda rushed this one but I though it turned out ok.

I think I'm getting better at this again...

Thanks again for all the comments .