A couple weeks ago I started working at the Advanced Media Studio, a division of ITS. I’m one of the people who executes jobs using the laser cutter. Soon I’ll learn the rapid prototyping machine (3D printer), and the large format printers and drum scanner.

For my first project on the laser I decided to make a zoetrope. To start, I made a file in Adobe Illustrator that tells the laser where to cut and how to cut. The red lines are (more…)