Found a version w/o the background at:
which when traced yields:
Finding a different version and cleaning up nets:
Attached as a v8 file:
hello_kitty.c2d (228 KB)
Hi Emily
You image has a lot going on inside of it. Meaning there are a lot of items like the camo elements and the details on the Kitty image itself.Each one of the items will give you a traced line and there will be a lot of tracings and yo may not be able to do anything with the tracing because of all the lines.
If you can find a clear image of the item you want and just do it your tracing will have a better outcome.an you will find it easier to work with.
Every shade and and the thick lines will result in way too many tracings and thick blobs of lines when you do the tracing. Anything in the background will give you results you dont wan and it will result in a tracing that will give you a lot of extra work to get what you want or you may not even be able to use it.
Anthony