2D Vs 3D Clay Animation. Two-dimensional animation vs three-dimensional animation. dimensions for animation. Two-dimensional (Height and Width): lacking depth of characterization. Three-dimensional (height, width, and depth): Giving the illusion of depth or varying distances. Here are two example pictures. Both are really truly two-dimensional pictures that have a height and width only, but by using different colors to shade objects the appearance of Three-dimensions is created on the right picture. The left picture with no shading and few colors appears flat as paper. The characters head in the right picture seems to be rounded on all sides forming a globe shape. The characters head in the left picture just has a round circle shape. Once movement is added to a shaded character the Three-dimensional figure can really come to life. Using clay characters makes it easy to create Three-dimensional animation. The created characters are already three dimensional and with the correct lighting to create shadows a Two-dimensional screen, such as a T.V can be used to display the characters three-dimensional look. three dimensional. Two dimensional. Two dimensional animation versus three dimensional clay animation tutorial and examples. http://www.clayanimator.com