2d Icons Material

2D web icons are actually famous for their flexibility. This is achieved by the peculiarity of rendering them at different resolutions ideal for various output devices.

2D Icons may include the below items:

• raster pictures (digital graphics);
• styled text as a typeset for 2D Icons;
• vector models (geometric graphics).

The above-mentioned items can be managed by 2D transformations such as rotation, scaling or angular position and so on. Meshing basic models you may get more advanced ones.

2D web icons usually are not similar to the real three-dimensional objects but due to the layers technique they can create the illusion of all 3D characteristics like shadow, reflection or highlighting. The layers should maintain the definite hierarchy and order carefully.

2.5D Icons as the pseudo 3D kind of 2D Icons

The layered 2Dicons also are known as 2.5D models. This technology enables web-site designers to work with any layer with no need of touching the others. The best of the prominent graphics editors prefer this kind of 2D object creation.

2.5D is a synonym to pseudo 3D. This means "two-and-a-half-dimensional" graphics. Models created with 2.5D technology look like tridimensional while in fact they aren't.

This technology used for designing 2D web icons is frequently achieved by the special lighting effect. 3D illusion is reached as a result of virtual source of light to the left or to the right side and above the users monitor.