Free bull SVG files

Sizes, materials and the thin parts of a bull

A bull is nearly all body, which makes it a forgiving shape to cut. Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. On the bull silhouette the legs are about 5 mm wide above the hoof and the tail narrows to about 2.6 mm above its tuft, so the tail is the part to look after: in vinyl and card it holds down to about 50 mm long, and in 3 mm plywood keep the bull at 100 mm or wider. The charging and bucking bulls throw the tail up in the air, where it stands alone, so give those the same care.

The two skulls are the detailed files. The floral bull skull has roses cut with a spiral slit a little over 1 mm wide, and the boho bull skull hangs its feathers on cords about 2 mm wide. Cut both at 100 mm or larger, weed the eye sockets first and lift the spirals out last with a pin.

Which bull for which job

The bull silhouette, the Brahma bull and the Angus bull are plain solid shapes for farm signs, feed room doors and sale banners. The bull face and the bull horns are exactly symmetrical and sit well above a ranch name. The bucking bull and the bull riding cowboy are rodeo designs for shirt backs and trailer windows. None of them is a team or brand mark: each is the animal itself, drawn from its own outline.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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