How can I trace just the lines of a hand drawn sketch.

Hello everyone,
I'm sorry its another inexperienced Ai user here.
I have been using photoshop for a good while now but have only just started to use illustraotr and I could do with some help.
I have a bunch of simple black and white illustations, which I want to vectorise and arrange and compile into completed picture and patterns in Illustrator. I have tried using the image trace function of CS6 and it gives great results but I always end up with a white box behind the illustration. I dont seem to be able to work out how to select just the outline and have a transparent background so that I can work with the differnet bits to creat a completed picture.
Idealy i will have each individual illustraiton on a seperate layer initially as I build up a picture then I will flattern it all togehter at the end.
Sorry if this sounds a trivial matter but any help would be greatly recived.
H

I use sketches a bunch. I love the fact that I can draw on paper, scan my sketch, and finish it with illustrator. The first thing I do when I open up the file is lock it down and creat a new layer. Make sure the new layer is on top of the locked layer(the layer that has you sketch). I use 3 different ways of re-creating my sketch. The first is by using the shapes and shapes builder tools. Add in pathfinder here and there and depending on your design, you could complete a whole sketch with this method alone. For more complex drawings I use the pen tool, this is great for making precise shapes and building composition. One note when using the pen tool is to make sure you have a color and stroke ready when you start using the pen tool, also after you make your first click or anchor with the pen tool set the opacity to around 50%. Another option that I use is to use brushes to create the strokes, and then join or combine the strokes and use live paint or just fill them in as I go. Whichever method you use, lock down the sketch so you can't select it. Make sure that the image of your sketch has good contrast and color before you start. If you have to use Photoshop to touch it up and then bring it in to Illustrator. I also make sketches and then make the basic compsition with illustrator and progressively build the design. Just a thought for those who don't have scanners or don't want to mess with a scanning a design. Hope some of this helps.

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