My Process:
To start my process for vinyl cutting my decal I tried to think of ideas that were teams/things that I like and whether they would be complicated or not. A couple of ideas that I had in mind were the Packers, the Brewers, and the Badgers. I ultimately decided to go with the Badgers logo based off of the way each color laid on the decal. The logo has black, white, and red and I figured white would still work for my decal because I will be putting it in my room which is blue.
Cutting and applying the decal
It took me about an hour or so to find the right decal and get it all set up in illustrator. At first I was very confused as to how I could split up the colors into three different decals, so I had to ask my friend how to do so. Once I got the three separate parts I was ready to cut on the vinyl, and it went by quickly because the directions were clear. As well, I looked off the person that went before me so I could get through the process quicker. When it comes to the applying process, I had lots of problems. Two of my decals where ones that were very thin, so when I went to apply them to the other decal they got all messed up. Parts of the decal folded and went off line. Then at the end of the school day I went home and put it on my laptop.
What I learned
The vinyl project help expand what I learned in illustrator instrumentally. Before this project all the things done in illustrator had been with no color, but now that our decals needed color I had to figure out more about illustrator. Along with color I also learned how to split images so the decal can have multiple colors once printed out. This made me work a lot more with the vinyl cutter machine which in return, expanded my knowledge on it.