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Free pit bull SVG files

Free pit bull SVG files: standing and sitting silhouettes, a broad face with soft eyes, the open-mouthed grin, a head in side view, a mandala, and versions with a heart, a bandana, a crown and collar, a paw print and a ring for an initial. All drawn by code as clean closed shapes.

15 designs. Free for personal and commercial use, no sign-up. What you can do with them.

Sizes, materials and what to watch when cutting a pit bull

Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. The side views are sturdy: the legs of the standing pit bull are about 7 mm across at full size, and the slimmest parts are the end of the whip tail, at a little over 2 mm, and the bridges left at the ends of the slits, at about 1.8 mm. In vinyl and card that is fine down to about 50 mm wide. In 3 mm plywood or acrylic keep the standing dog at 120 mm or more, or pick the sitting silhouette, whose tail lies along the ground and is far harder to snap.

The faces are one piece each. The whisker spots are the smallest cuts, about 2.4 mm across at full size, so in vinyl cut a face at 90 mm or wider and pick the spots out with a pin. On the smiling pit bull the open mouth is a single window and the tongue stays joined to the lower jaw; back it with pink or red card and the grin comes alive without a second cut.

Which pit bull for which job

The face, the smiling face and the bandana version fill a square and suit shirts, tote bags and rescue event signs. The crown and collar version is taller than it is wide, which fits a tumbler or a garden flag. The mandala face has the most small windows: use 200 gsm card or heavier, a sharp blade and a full-size cut. The paw print is five loose pads and needs transfer tape.

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.

Questions

How do I make a red-nose or a blue pit bull?

Use the layered smiling pit bull and change the first colour. Cut the head from a warm tan or copper for a red-nose dog, or a slate grey for a blue one, keep the blaze and muzzle white, and cut the details in dark brown for the red and charcoal for the blue.

Do these pit bulls have cropped ears?

No. Every pit bull here has natural ears: small, set high and folded over, as most pet pit bulls have. If your dog has upright ears, the easiest change is to delete the ear fold slits in your cutting software, which leaves the ear as a plain raised shape.

Can I put a name on the collar tag?

The tag on the crown and collar design is a small heart, about 10 mm wide at full size, so there is only room for an initial unless you cut large. At 250 mm tall the tag is about 24 mm across, which takes one engraved letter or a short name drawn with a pen.

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