Design
The design I chose for my project was the United States Air Force logo because I have siblings in the Air Force and I wanted to be able to support them everywhere I go and so that is why I made a small little decal for the back of my car window.
Recipe
The first step in making the vinyl was coming up with a design that I know would be approved by my parents so that is why I chose a United Air Force logo. I then put that into illustrator and cut it out to the 3 different colours and and then made sure they were the right size and not to big for a car window so I made it roughly 5 x 5 inches. I then put that on a flash drive and brought that down to the cutter and set up my project, cutting one colour at a time and then weeding the extra colour from the design out and applying the transfer tape, moving that onto the background and then applying that to the back corner window of my car.
What I learned
While doing the vinyl project I learned how to make a 3 color design in Illustrator and then make that into a three color decal for an object using the vinyl cutter. It was a lot easier then I though it was going to be and I got it all done within one day. The process of weeding the area around what you cut out gave me a tough time but I eventually got that done and then transferring that to the layering of one part on top of another. But in the end I think it turned out really well and my sister wanted me to make her one for her car.