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Description
Here's a basic guide showing the common issues in Vectoring MLP Characters.

Here as a list again:
Fills not reaching or going outside their outlines;
Ears having pointy tips (should be rounded, the only exceptions are Luna, Soarin and Mrs. Cake);
Bad colours (in most cases, you can check them on our colour guide, which is linked on the left side of the group's main page: mlp-vectorclub.minus.com/mbiv9… )
Lack of proper tapers;
Corners being cut off due to a low miter limit;
Stroke width being inconsistent throughout the individual parts of the vector (the only exception is when the artist attempted to create a feeling of perspective);
Outlines being too thin or too thick in the vector overall;
Strokes being wobbly;
Missing nostrils, eye highlights (two stripes of colour on the iris) or eye reflections (white circles);
Legs in the background lacking a darker fill;
Layering issues (objects being incorrectly layered under or over something), includes eyelashes from the far eye in the 3/4 view being layered under the head stroke;
Inclusion of raster elements (all submissions must be 100% vector);
Lack of downloadable source (vector) files (only necessary for show traces);
PNG image not being downloadable or having a resolution smaller than 3k pixels wide or tall;
Exporting image with a white background.
Using Program Tracing to convert image to Vector.

Update: 14/04/13 - Added Soarin to the exception on having pointy ears.
Update: 29/08/13 - Added Mrs. Cake to the exception on having pointy ears.

Description
Here's a basic guide showing the common issues in Vectoring MLP Characters.

Here as a list again:
Fills not reaching or going outside their outlines;
Ears having pointy tips (should be rounded, the only exceptions are Luna, Soarin and Mrs. Cake);
Bad colours (in most cases, you can check them on our colour guide, which is linked on the left side of the group's main page: mlp-vectorclub.minus.com/mbiv9… )
Lack of proper tapers;
Corners being cut off due to a low miter limit;
Stroke width being inconsistent throughout the individual parts of the vector (the only exception is when the artist attempted to create a feeling of perspective);
Outlines being too thin or too thick in the vector overall;
Strokes being wobbly;
Missing nostrils, eye highlights (two stripes of colour on the iris) or eye reflections (white circles);
Legs in the background lacking a darker fill;
Layering issues (objects being incorrectly layered under or over something), includes eyelashes from the far eye in the 3/4 view being layered under the head stroke;
Inclusion of raster elements (all submissions must be 100% vector);
Lack of downloadable source (vector) files (only necessary for show traces);
PNG image not being downloadable or having a resolution smaller than 3k pixels wide or tall;
Exporting image with a white background.
Using Program Tracing to convert image to Vector.

Update: 14/04/13 - Added Soarin to the exception on having pointy ears.
Update: 29/08/13 - Added Mrs. Cake to the exception on having pointy ears.