aye... too much monochrome stuff nowadays >.< that's a good pic, good pic placement, but... your cropping at the edges, to be honest, is very messy. it's not that there's white specs, it's that... in getting rid of the white specs, you got rid of some of the black parts on the edges of him, creating that pixelly effect on his border. perhaps a more anti-aliased eraser would have done the trick. the bg is the only main problem i have. it's hard to see what's going on back there, not enough contrast, i want to say. the text... good placement on that, too. your name fits perfectly in that little space. however, a font more fitting of the Naruto theme should have been used. perhaps something more brush-font ninja style? since this was a big rating, i'll give you an overall out of 100 grade. i'd say, maybe... 87/100, which is pretty good out of 100, especially coming from me.