How difficult would it be to do something like this in houdini?


#1

https://vimeo.com/203757114


#2

Check out Entagma tutorials and tokeru DOPs.
http://www.entagma.com/category/tutorials/page/2/

http://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/index.php?title=HoudiniDops#Pop_stick_to_surface

It looks a lot like fancy bacterial growth.
http://forums.odforce.net/topic/26192-cell-expension-algorithm-suggestion/?do=findComment&comment=152046