Bob Marley Birthday Present Using the Vinyl Cutter

This is one of my first projects at Techshop, it was a simple sign for my friend who is a huge Bob Marley fan. It had its challenges but the payoff was quite nice. Tis was made at http://www.techshop.ws/

With an empty slate and not much knowledge of Bob, I started with research of pictures and quotes. i found a nice picture of which to base my design off of while looking around the internet.

Working with vinyl and corel draw is challenging at first, luckily, the staff at Techshop was more than helpful when it comes to helping you out. I learned that just because a picture looks solid doesn't mean that it is, which was a huge factor in making the main picture of Bob, which was originally full of cuts.

After finishing the black layer, I cut Bob Marley's symbolic red, yellow, and green background out of strips of vinyl. I made the background first and then stuck the black on top. My Buddy Thomas loved his present, as he thought I was joking when I told him I was working on his gift all day.