Illustrator Drawing

Lately I've been familiarizing myself with Adobe Illustrator, even going online to watch tutorials; and I must say, it requires a load of work. With the time I spent doing this one seemingly simple illustration, I could have completed an entire digital painting on Photoshop.
Although I don't get quick results on Illustrator, I do love the crispness of the lines and the even symmetry (something not as easily attainable on Photoshop, that's one of the beauties of a vector-based program).
Anyway, here's a screenshot of my drawing that was, for the most part, made of simple shapes.

I chose this particular character because he is basically made of simple shapes and I thought he'd be easier to create on Illustrator without a template to trace over.