Wow, very nice Erimia, I'm very impressed. Also, to answer your question, from my honest perspective, you have improved. In fact, I think this is even better than your coloring of Minato from a while ago. This is definitely your best Naruto manga page coloring, and it's a good example of the progress you've made. I think it's really cool how you're mixing your skills as a portraitist with this type of coloring/art. It's definitely something I haven't seen before, and if I have seen something similar in the past, it wasn't to this extent, nor was it this realistic looking. You did a beautiful job with Tsunade overall, and Pain's hair doesn't look as bad as you think it does. Yes, you have gotten better at coloring the hair of male Naruto characters. It's not overdone like it was last time. I think you're very close to finding that happy medium when it comes to the way you're coloring hair.
Well anyways, I'm glad you found the opportunity, inspiration, and time to color this. I've already saved it, and I'm going to use it as a screen saver as soon as possible. The only problem, is that there were a lot of good colorings this week, so I have a lot of choices. Who knows, maybe I'll use your new coloring first. It definitely deserves the attention, and when I think about it, it's definitely 1 of the best colorings that came out this week. Well Erimia, I hope we'll be seeing more from you very soon. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how your coloring style develops. As for me not responding back to your response to me yet, I've been very busy lately, but I'll make sure to get back to you tonight. Thanks for sharing your new coloring with all of us here, and keep up the good work.