My background is in web design and development, so I am clearly a 2D person. Looking around me I experience a fascinating range of different approaches how people start to build stuff:
The “2D “photoshop and slide show character”: Some people immediately dive into their laptops – creating awesome presentation decks and Photoshop mockups for whatever ideas they have come up with. (not me unfortunately, but I can highly recommend having one of those people next to you – they are magicians. And everything looks so good – even if your idea is mediocre 😉
The “2D flipchart character”: Probably the most common species: Apparently we all feel familiar with using thick markers to write on flipchart paper or on whiteboards. Only a few (probably) shy personalities prefer using letter format paper and smaller formats.
The “3D small prototyping” character: In my eyes an art form of its own. These people are capable of envisioning their idea in 3D and find the appropriate materials to build real, small prototypes. Amongst those probably Alisha and Jenn are my favorites – they built a mini-exhibition room with pipe cleaner people, a VJ counter and drawer set for the exploration of sheet music!
The “3D big prototyping” character: A mystery to me – how do you need to train your brain to come up with realistically scaled elements for an exhibition in a university classroom with the materials at hand? Use cardboard boxes, tables, chairs. Create rooms by hanging cloth over movable whiteboards, create structure on the wall by using tape, …
My own most favorite medium probably was flipchart paper, thick markers and – for the first attempt of training myself in 3D – gluing 3D pipe cleaner humans onto my drawing. Does this already count as 3D?