You can call it a vector art. Something where u use illustrator, corel draw, or freehand or other vector based program to make. Yeah like exkay mentioned, that pic was traced from a photo i think... ajajajaj

check out this site for more

http://www.illustratorworld.com/ tons of pro here, and alot of them utilizes the greatness of the mesh tool. Check it out

and another good site for inspiration and resources:
http://www.deviantart.com/
browse for vector art in Digital art. You'll find alot of good works.

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jun 13 2006, 07:27 AM