using illustrator and photoshop

Firstly, i scanned my drawing of sun into the computer and went around the out line with the pen tool in adobe illustrator. Secondly, i screenshot the finished outline of the sun and opened it in photoshop. In photoshop i clicked on the paint brush tool and turned the opacity percentage down to create highlights on the sun. I used this method to give it a nicer gleaming aura. I'm pleased with how it made out, however, it'd into quite what i imagined and i forgot to take the black outline off which i think kind of ruins the shining effect.