Darth Maul: Illustrator's Pen Tool

I am trying out Illustrator for the first time... (I've played around with it before, and took some classes in college...but that was years ago)

Illustrator's pinnacle feature: The Legendary PEN TOOL!!!!!

Here is a sketch of the villainous Darth Maul that I dug up from an old box of sketches, and

using the Pen tool, I was able to clean it up:

Here is a side-by-side comparison...

Original                        Finished