How I Got To My Idea:
I got to my idea and making of my project really fast and didn't have to think much or look ideas up. I have always thought that the Xbox One was a little plain and had a boring look so I wanted to spice it up. I really like the look of the American flag and I then and there had my idea. To start I found a picture of an american flag and image traced it to make it a vector image, and made 3 separate copies of it and 3 different docs. Then I found the dimensions of the Xbox One and cut it in half be cause half of it is used for ventilation. Then back to my flags I dimensions each to fit in a 9 by 5.5 rectangle. Then I had to make each separate color so it was color coordinated and easy to print. To start I made the whole flag black to get the background on it and lay the stars and stripes on it. Then I used the eraser tool to remove the blue part the flag to just have the red stripes remaining. Finally on the 3rd doc I removed the red to just have the blue but this is when it got frustrating, I had to put 50 more stars in the spot where the old stars were because when i mad it a vector image it didn't keep the shape of the initial stars. After that was done i got a flash drive and uploaded the 3 docs on to it and took it down to the vinyl cutter and pulled them up on the computer. For the black background I used the white roll so it was have a white background and make the white of the stars and the stripes when I lay the blue and the red on it. Then i used red for the stripes, and finally i used blue for the top left corner of the flag to make the stars. Now came the peeling and the pasting project. I started with eh white since that was going to be my background I put the tape on it and squidgy it on to my Xbox. Then I did the stripes and the same process happend except when i went to put it on my Xbox i had to make sure everything was straight. Finally the very annoying part and time consuming was the stars, I had to peel all the stars out and then make sure it was perfectly in the corner. Then after I finished my Xbox it looked great and had a nice new design.
Summary
In the vinyl individual assignment i learned that it is really hard and time consuming if you have a lot of little things you have to peel out and get out from your vinyl. I as well learned that the vinyl cutter knows that it can cut any color so I didn't have to make the places i wanted to cut black so that saved some time. I also learned that making an image vector can be a pain because it sometimes messes with he shapes of the of the object your dealing with. I also learned that in this rotations it is really nice and beneficial to try and get ahead of schedule so you aren't working from behind and rushing your project. Finally i learned that taking pictures is really good because i forgot how to do the tape and peeling process i was able to go back and look at my pictures and get a good understanding of what to do. All in all this assignment taught me a lot and was something i was very proud of and something that will be with me for may years to come.