Laser Project: Car Decal
For this rotation we needed to create a decal out of three different colors. I wanted to have a cool hunting decal on my car window so I decided on a red and blue american flag with a black deer running through the flag. I designed it on my notebook and found the images online to use. Next, it was time to create the decal on Illustrator.
This was my sketch from my designer notebook that I used to design my Decal. I found images first then I sketched out how I wanted those images to look when they were printed off.
This is the design that I made on Illustrator. I needed to get the american flag and the deer and turn them into vector images. Next, I needed to use the erase tool to disconnect the blue and red part from the flag so they could print separately. Then I separated all the parts and saved it to the flashdrive and I was ready to print.
This is the final product once installed on the car. It didn't turn out exactly like I wanted it to because the back of the car is black and the back of Illustrator is white. So the deer is a little difficult to see. But nonetheless it looks cool on my car.
Summary
We were tasked with creating a decal out of three different colors of vinyl. I picked to make a black deer running through as red and blue american flag. I was wanting a hunting sticker on my car because hunting is one of my favorite things to do. I put it on my car and It looks really cool.
I learned more about Illustrator because I got to use the erase tool to separate the american flag. Most other things I already knew how to do like tuning images into vector images etc. But mostly I learned about how to operate the vinyl cutter. I am pretty confident with using the laser cutter now but this really helped me understand how to use the vinyl cutter more. I didn't really understand what Mrs. Proctor was doing when we made our names decals so this opened my eyes on what to do.
If I did this again I would make it with four colors because the black deer didn't really stand out on the black window of the car. I would add the white part of the flag so the deer would pop out.
I learned more about Illustrator because I got to use the erase tool to separate the american flag. Most other things I already knew how to do like tuning images into vector images etc. But mostly I learned about how to operate the vinyl cutter. I am pretty confident with using the laser cutter now but this really helped me understand how to use the vinyl cutter more. I didn't really understand what Mrs. Proctor was doing when we made our names decals so this opened my eyes on what to do.
If I did this again I would make it with four colors because the black deer didn't really stand out on the black window of the car. I would add the white part of the flag so the deer would pop out.