Ok, i need some help with vectoring things...

I do a lot of 'digital illustration' in Photoshop. I like using the sensitivity of the brush tool and my tablet to get quite a wiggly, hand drawn effect. Example : My mate aaron

some people have asked me to do a piece for them to put on a canvas (were talking A2 size)...

THE DILEMA...
My sketches are not that big...
when i try and vectorize them so i can make them bigger, they always come out to clean looking, does anyone have any tips on vectoring something so that it still looks like its hand drawn?

maybe i need to move to illustrator but i dont know if it will provide the same effect?!


Much help is needed, you good, kind, knowledgeable threadless peeps!

Thanks :)

*UPDATE*
After yesterday's success, i decided to give it another try.
Here is the outcome:



Had a fairly boring day so i decided to vectorize myself.
Here is the result.



Fairly happy with the result for only a couple of hours...
May get it canvassed?

Any comments?

Today Threadless decided that instead of sending me a small shirt, they would send a XXXL.



Here is what i ordered:


Here is what i received:


Here is the shirt in question underneath one of my usual SMALL shirts:


Living in the UK makes return postage a bitch plus its sold out too...
What now?

I went shopping and came home with a some awesome gear:



This is my first tablet...
Just been messing around so far but i think its gonna be AWESOME!

What did you do today?

where i could find a distressed tiling pattern...
its for a web background. totally stuck!

Any help would be awesome :)

So i see a couple of subs every now and then where the design has been 'mounted' on a fabric background, giving an indication of what it would look like printed...

Do you guy's use stock photography?
Where could i get such images?

I'm not talking about using a model.
Please check this example to see what i mean...

Thanks guy's :D

post one photo for the 12 montth subscription?
Or can you post a pic of each shirt......?

Right now its not letting me post said photo!
Anybody know?

:)

So i think its time to buy a tablet.
Never used one before or anything so i kinda know nothing.

Any advice or tips and also which one to buy?!

Thanks guy's :)

:EDIT:
So im thinking of getting this one...

The Intuos 3 A4 tablet.
Is A4 bigger than i really need?

I dont wanna blow £300 and regret it later...

Happy b'day James!
Enjoy being 26 :)


Stay stylish!

I'm going to sleep cause its like 2:02 am over here in the Uk!
Have a good evening!

See you all tomorrow :)
Goodnight.