I had part of the design I wanted when I made a patch for my hat.  But I didn't t think it was big enough to go on my tote, so I added the bucking bronco.  I did the design work on the android app as I wasn't near my computer.

Since I designed the first part of my image on the app as well, I clicked on my projects and loaded it into the the app.

I then did a google search and found a bucking bronco and took a screenshot of it.  

I then clicked on import image and brought it into the file I had already uploaded.  To get it ready to trace (I prefer simple images like this one to be engraved using a vector then leave as a raster file) I selected just the bronco and went into edit image and first used the magic eraser to delete the white frame.  I then used the eraser to remove any stray markings I didn't want to engrave.

I then clicked on trace image and used the sliding bars until I got it looking the way I wanted and pressed the check mark.

I moved the horse to the top of my current image and then I highlighted all and chose align horizontal. 

I changed the parameters to engrave and so that it would be more efficient when processing I selected the entire image and chose combine, subtract at overlap to make it one big image

As I said I had a scrap piece of denim laying around so I used that to run a test since I had never engraved on denim before.

I chose the kraft paper setting and ran a simple image of a tree.

I stopped it after a few minutes because I felt it was burning the fabric and I wanted more of a white.

I lowered the settings and ran a small circle and that looked better and determined that the brown I was seeing was most likely the dirt in the material

Since the denim I had was much lighter than the denim I was practicing on, I decided I needed to do one more test.  The tote came with an inside pocket that I knew no one would see so I ran a test on that.  It came out as I had hoped so I went with that.  

The great thing about the P2 is you can see exactly where your design will go on your material thanks to the camera.  I placed the tote in the laser and ran it.

As it got closer to the end, I realize that the handles were in the way, as well as the pocket that I had flipped up so that it would allow the tote to rest flat. 

I ended up Pausing the machine and having to tape the handles and the pocket to the inside front wall of the P2 with duck tape.

For the second side (I did both sides the same design) I decided it was better if I rotated the tote so that the handles had plenty of room to lay out without getting in the way of the laser.

This worked much better.

And viola.  I think it turned out great.  Engraving on denim is very fun and I don't think it will fall apart but then again I don't plan on washing the tote all that much.  And the bleaching effect did not go through to the inside.