Free pig SVG files

Cutting a pig: the tail and the trotters

Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. A pig is an easy animal to cut: the body is one big round shape and the legs are short and thick. The part to watch is the curled tail, which is drawn as a ring about 2.5 mm wide. In vinyl and card it cuts well down to a 50 mm pig. In 3 mm plywood or acrylic keep the pig at 100 mm or wider, or snip the tail off in your software and glue on a twist of pipe cleaner.

The faces have the snout drawn as two curved slits with a gap above and below, which is what keeps the middle of the snout attached. Those slits and the folds of the ears are about 1.5 mm wide, so cut a face at 70 mm or wider in vinyl. For a pink pig on a dark shirt, mirror nothing and weed the slits out; for a dark pig on a light surface the slits show the surface through.

Show pigs, BBQ and party makes

The show pig stands taller and squarer than the farm pig, the way a pig is set up in the ring, and suits stock show shirts and pen signs. The pig with butcher cuts and the pig butt are the two for BBQ aprons and smoker signs. For a party, the snout and the ears are sized to work as a mask and a headband at 70 to 90 mm wide.

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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