re: Can the markings on this image be removed?

Thanks , but I'm not nearly good enough to do that from scratch. I used the original as the background layer and basically traced it into a subsequent layers, matching colors and lines as closely as possible. Tracing with vector apps is kind of tricky at first but its pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I had never used inkscape before, it's very different from illustrator but it's a great program and I can't believe it's free.