Butterfly sublimation designs
50 butterfly designs, drawn as full-colour sublimation art, printed rather than cut. The set covers open-wing and side-profile butterflies, layered wing sets and swarms. They are made for pet-parent shirts, food-bowl vinyl, memorial signs, kids' room decor, tote bags and the car decal that names the breed.
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3 free designs in this collection. Premium artwork, PDF and DXF export require a paid plan.
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What people make with butterfly sublimations
Pet-parent shirts, food-bowl vinyl, memorial signs, kids' room decor, tote bags and the car decal that names the breed, those are the pieces this collection gets used for. In this format they go on polyester shirts, poly-coated tumblers, mousepads, ceramic mugs and sublimation blanks, polyester or a poly coating only, never untreated cotton.
Printing and pressing
Export the finished artwork as PNG at the size needed for your blank. Print using compatible sublimation ink and transfer paper, then follow the blank and transfer manufacturer’s instructions for temperature, time, pressure and mirroring. A mug, tumbler and shirt can require different equipment and settings; test your exact combination before a batch.
Getting butterfly designs right
Sublimation ink bonds only to polyester and polymer coating, so the blank decides the result more than the artwork does, the same file is vivid on a coated mug and washed out on cotton. Wing interiors are cut-out negative space, so the piece is mostly holes. Use transfer tape with a firm carrier or the wings distort on the lift. Fur, whiskers and legs are the thin features that break. Before cutting at a small size, add a small contour offset to thicken the whole silhouette by a hair, it keeps the fine detail attached instead of weeding away with the waste.
Exporting for your machine
Export PNG at final physical size and at least 300 DPI, then print onto sublimation paper. There is no cut line and no weeding, the design is pressed into polyester, not cut from vinyl.
For cutting projects, import the SVG into Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio and laser software and check the operation assigned to each layer before making the project. For a printed sheet, the print-then-cut guide covers registration and bleed.
SVG and PNG exports are available in the free studio. PDF and DXF export require a paid plan. Check plans and commercial-use licensing before making products to sell.
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Butterfly in other formats
The same theme drawn for a different medium, printed, pressed or cut.
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