NOTEBOOK: First I set up my workspace in illustrator to the correct dimensions. I made two rectangle boxes that were 4.25x5.5 in.Then I made them .0001 one thickness and made them red. I then found my images online and pasted them in. I added some text and made the text red so that the text would be cut out and the images would be engraved.
WATER BOTTLE: I found an image online and I pasted it into illustrator. I made the image 3x3 in and then I added some text. I grouped the text and image together and then rotated it 270 degrees so it would engrave the right way.
I found a 3D laser cut out on thingverse. Then I downloaded the file and opened it using illustrator. Then I changed the thickness to .0001 and made it red to the laser would cut out the separate pieces.
I learned how to use illustrator a little more and I also found out what thingverse was. I couldn't find where to change the outlines to the color red I kept filling it to be red so I struggled a bit with that but then I found out how to do it. I also learned how to take a thing verse image and get it into illustrator.