Algorithmic Surface Modelling and Animation

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After completing the reading for this week I had a much better understanding of paneling and the in-class tutorials from this week. For my first attempt I wanted to panel a star shape across the lofted form I created for my first definition assignment. However this created numerous challenges and would not panel the shape. After a while of trying to fix this issue, I decided to take a new route. 

 (yeah I have no idea what happened here) 


I decided to try a simpler option and opted for a dome shape with squiggly blue lines over top. This option turned out much better and I was able to animate it. I still thought I could go further as this was very basic. 







In the end I ended up with a star shape that conformed to a sphere. For the animation aspect I rotated the paneled shape and the sphere. I wanted to have the sphere size change as it rotated however, this caused issues with the rotation, or minimized the illusion of rotation. In the end I feel that I still learned lots, and can see room for improvement in my understanding of grasshopper and integration of grasshopper and Rhino. 

Two tone final 
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