gerbolyze VS svg2shenzhen

I mainly went off of this post from 2018 but there are tools like Gerbolize that would work (they're doing a rewrite of the code soon that'll make it easier to build I believe)

Very cool initiative, i have developed inkscape extension for making creative pcb art, you might be interested in: https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen

And for what it's worth it's never too late to learn KiCad! Free and open souce, plus svg2shenzen makes it really easy to build PCB graphics.

If you're working from a vector image, use Inkscape and the svg2shenzen plugin. Straight forward and works well.

My first blank panel design- I used svg2shenzen to generate the kiCAD project files and referenced the Printable Instruments repo for layer arrangement, format etc.

I'm trying to follow a tutorial on using the plugin svg2shenzhen https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen

I've been using this: https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen

More specifically, it seems like a known issue: https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen/issues/115

For graphics i would suggest the use of https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen (A inkscape plugin that outputs kicad compatible files)

It is certainly possible in kicad if you create your own footprints. There are various tutorials online for creating negative copper artwork in kicad. You might find SVG2shenzhen useful as well