Ideals in 2D Design

Water color and pastel on white paper

Acrylic paint on white paper

Charcoal on white paper - Leavenworth Hall, Castleton State College

The three images above are all exemplifications of two dimensional design. By definition, two dimensional design is, of course, two dimensional. It is flat, unlike sculpture or architecture. Because of this, one of the challenges of two dimensional design is translating three dimensional ideas onto a flat surface. Although these examples are done by myself and therefore not professional examples of art by any means, I feel that they do an adequate job of communicating the three dimensional world onto the two dimensional paper.