In-class Exercise
For the in-class exercise, I followed the tutorial to create the shape of a vase, using Rhino and Grasshopper. Though a bit complicated, the tutorial was not difficult to follow and I did not meet any major problems in replicating the overall model.
It is also very fun to play with the parameters and see how the vase changes its shape and angles.
After-class Assignment
Regarding the assignment, the producing process is much longer, resulting in a much bigger Grasshopper graph. but the tutorial is very straightforward and easy to follow, so I also did not encounter much difficulties.
In the later parts of this assignment, I found my laptop slowing down a lot, and I was not able to change the parameters in the most beginning steps (such as the seed and the number of points) easily, as one small change would result in the laptop computing for a relatively long time.
I baked the Grasshopper result to generate the modeling for this wearable. It seems the model is easier to be distinguished when putting on a model, instead of having itself shown.
Although the tutorials are easy to follow and I could remake such models. I could not completely understand what I am doing actually. Mainly because I am not familiar with all those commands in Grasshopper, and the purpose of using each command. It seems more study and knowledge towards the commands and their interactions are required if I would like to create a 3D model using Grasshopper all by myself.