How to Create Mylar Balloons With Vellum in Houdini

cgSide shows how to create a Mylar Balloon look complete with the wrinkles using Vellum in Side FX Houdini.

Vellum is such a helpful solver in Houdini that it has many uses. Here, cgSide shows how to leverage Vellum to make the classic Mylar Balloon look by creating type with the setup, complete with all the wrinkles.

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A Simple Mylar Balloon Setup.

In a related tutorial, Professionally Incorrect (Liam Clisham) showed how to create that same balloon look in Houidini with a few nodes to work with any shapes. Check out that tutorial here.

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