Heat press is a project where you make a design in illustrator. We cut out the designs on the vinyl cutter with a special heat vinyl that stuck when heat was applied. We used the vinyl to put the design on a article of clothing.
What I did
The initial designs were based off the Redbull F1 team. I pulled the oracle word from a picture and added the Redbull logo to the design. The design for the Back was original. I just used illustrator to write Checo who is a driver for Redbull. and added 11 to complete the design
From there I broke the design down the cutter. I had some issues with cut master but I figured them out.
I started cutting the front parts separate. I had a lot of issues with the cutter where the design was too big for the vinyl piece. so I had to change a lot of the design orientation to make it fit.
Next I placed the layers on the front and back of my sweatshirt. from there I had to make sure the vinyl was level and straight. after the first layer i had to then press the second layer which was just the yellow part of the design.
After the heat press the sweatshirt was finished. the back turned out well, but the the front was crooked and the yellow of the redbull logo is actually neon green when I indented it to be yellow.
Conclusion
I learned in this project about the more advanced knowledge of illustrator. As well as more knowledge of the vinyl cutter. In this project I learned how to layer the colors on the heat press to make a complex logo. I have made tons of shirts with heat press but this one I used many colors and make a front and back design. This project very much helped me with other project and make me more comfortable with illustrator.