Illustrator is another software that is downloaded on all of the IDEA computers. It is used by artists and graphic designers to create vector images that can then used in the laser or vinyl cutter. In this case we used the vinyl cutter to make decals of our name to put on the front of our journal and the laser to make our key chains.
For this project we used Illustrator to draw outlines for a key chain that we later printed with a laser. I really enjoyed this project because I wanted to test the laser, so I did a fairly complicated design and it matched it perfectly. I thought that it was really cool.
Key Chain:
To create our key chains we first had to create the outline by creating a rectangle, rounding the edges and adding a hole that was large enough for a ring to go through it.
Then I added a Waunakee logo in the front and a red border on the outside of the keychain.