1st one looks to be traced.... 2nd one... great job....... smart way using brush.........
thank you...... the first one is not traced. Do you mean the trace thing in illustrator? Live trace??
When you use live trace on picture it usually creates the most accurate paths (shapes) you can get. The result is that the prog "tries" to make them accurate, but in fact they're not. In live trace I could never get as smooth vector shapes as in this picture. BTW whole picture was created in PS, not in illustrator so I couldn't access this option. I tried to make it in illustrator, but I wasn't experienced enough to work with it.