How can I darken and clean up this logo?

I drew this image and scanned it, and as you can tell the lines are very light and not precise. This is my original image:
I'd like to digitiliaze this image and make it more professional and clean. I've tried image trace in illustator and many adjustments in photoshop. Here is my result:
Much better than what i started with but still not professional and clean enough for branding. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!

+1 to the Pen Tool.
Once you have the logo as a well-drawn path, you can manipulate it easily.
When you're drawing with the pen, try to create a minimum of points, and adjust the bezier handles to get your curves to align with your artwork fairly well.  Then once you've drawn the paths, you can turn the whole thing into a shape layer as described above, disable the artwork layer, then fine-tune it to look really good.
Use the Control key while adding points with the path tool to move them around to fine tune things.   If you click in the wrong place, use the History to go back to redo one or more steps.
Once you have the path just as you want it, you can turn it into some pretty amazing stuff...  Here's a 3D extrusion of the path, for example.
Since I quickly drew the path to illustrate the above, I might as well provide you with a copy.  Click on the path with the direct selection tool to examine the points and bezier handles to get an idea of where I put them.
After you practice with the pen for a while it will become natural to you, and you'll find you can almost magically match drawn curves.
Have fun!
http://Noel.ProDigitalSoftware.com/ForumPosts/RowdyPath.psd
-Noel

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