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**Tamlin** · 04-26-2008

Unfortunately, there do not seem to be any tutorials that cover this subject - either for Illustrator or Photoshop. My only suggestion would be to study actual high-speed photographs of bursting balloons and try to duplicate the effect in your application of choice. Maybe if creating something from scratch is beyond your skill you could find a suitable stock photograph and then use Illustrator's Live Trace feature to turn it into a basic vector image that you could then customise further. Here are a few links to get you started:

Apple Student Gallery - Balloon Burst (6009)
balloon-burst on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
High-speed photography: Take 2 | iamspartacus.net
Great Photos - High Speed Camera - Balloon Pop | Itay's World

PS: If you're using a non-stock image, don't forget to seek the image owner's permission to use it.

04-26-2008	#5 (permalink)
Tamlin Janitor of Lunacy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sitting in the Wishing Chair Posts: 5,309	Unfortunately, there do not seem to be any tutorials that cover this subject - either for Illustrator or Photoshop. My only suggestion would be to study actual high-speed photographs of bursting balloons and try to duplicate the effect in your application of choice. Maybe if creating something from scratch is beyond your skill you could find a suitable stock photograph and then use Illustrator's Live Trace feature to turn it into a basic vector image that you could then customise further. Here are a few links to get you started: Apple Student Gallery - Balloon Burst (6009) balloon-burst on Flickr - Photo Sharing! High-speed photography: Take 2 \| iamspartacus.net Great Photos - High Speed Camera - Balloon Pop \| Itay's World PS: If you're using a non-stock image, don't forget to seek the image owner's permission to use it. __________________ Religion: It's all fun and games until someone gets burned at the stake...