What is illustrator? Illustrator is a computer program in which you can design and print things by adding shapes, pictures and colors. One thing that we have used illustrator for this year is a keychain cutout. We used different shapes to create the key chain and then we used different colors to tell the laser what to cut and what to engrave. Illustrator can be helpful for graphic design and simple, cool and short projects.
This is my illustrator file for the laser.
First I put the vinyl in the roller for it to be able to cut.
After that I cut it off and had my name on my strip
After that I picked off all of the excess vinyl and just had my name ready to have the next step done.
After that I put transfer tape on my decal and used a squeegee to make sure it was cut well.
Lastly I put the decal on my Designer notebook.
In summary we created vinyl decals and laser cutouts to create our keychains with illustrator. The software was fun and easy to use and learn. One thing that I enjoyed the most was making and designing my laser cutout because I like projects that are more hands on and that I can personally do and have control over and not have many restrictions. Overall illustrator is a useful computer software that can help you be productive because of how quick and simple it is to use it.