Here's a project I made for NAB that does that, with Aharon's bird shape.
http://pi.shockingtales.com/zips/crows.zip
It's really the exact same principles as the disintegration projects, but with an animated shape on the particles that the object turns into. Looks best with motion blur turned on.
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