That seems much better... I'd remove the stroke from the profile and cutouts. I'd turn on node snapping and increase the grid density by four, so the profile can be cleaned up where the nodes are not aligned, and where the shapes are irregular or radii are not smooth. I'd put the surface marking ob...

Does this look better?

Thanks again, I used the draw Bezier curves and straight lines and then edited paths and nodes where needed. I also used shapes to create the cutouts or holes. Is there a better way to represent cutouts vs. something printed on the piece? I’m not sure what trace bitmap is, does that try to trace a d...

Thanks for all the advice! Attached is a rough draft, please let me know what you think.

Does this pdf file type work as an AI file for artwork?

Any advice on design, style, etc?

Thanks!!!

Thank you both! So do I import the image, trace it and then delete the image out? Do you happen to know of any tutorials showing this kind of thing? When I trace, am I able to snap some sections to grid so it is a nice straight line? Then I would need to round edges slightly so they are not sharp. W...

Hello, I am new to Inkscape. I have been working on a project for a while now and need to create artwork for the vendor to produce. They have requested AI format. I have attached the basic artwork I created in excel so I could have a grid in the background to keep everything to scale. I played aroun...