2D
Adobe reverses decision to discontinue 2D animation app after user backlash, while discussions around 2D in gaming and its comparison to 3D continue to dominate social media.
About 2D
2D refers to two-dimensional graphics and content, encompassing digital art, animation, and design.
Insights
- 2d mentions near a 52-week high at 17.6K.
- 2d creators is up 58.88% from the previous week.
- 2d mentions is up 66.86% from the previous week.
- 2d posts created is up 112.99% from the previous year.
- 2d Mentions hit a 52-Week high of [------] for the day
- 2d Mentions hit an all time of [------] for the day
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[--] Week: [----------] -11%
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[--] Months: [-------------] +41%
[--] Year: [--------------] +293%
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2026-01-05
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-10-25
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[--] Week: [------] +67%
1-Year High: [------] on 2026-02-18
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-03-14
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[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning 2D in the last [--] hours which is down 3.70% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
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[--] Week: [-----] +59%
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-12-22
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-03-14
The most influential creators that mention 2D in the last [--] hours
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| @catsuka | [--] | [-------] | [--] | [-------] |
| @gamingz9015 | [--] | [---------] | [--] | [-------] |
Sentiment: 86%
Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data
Current Value: 86%
Daily Average: 85%
[--] Week: 74% -5%
[--] Month: 79% -7%
[--] Months: 79% -14%
[--] Year: 79% -10%
1-Year High: 97% on 2026-01-05
1-Year Low: 44% on 2025-12-05
Most Supportive Themes:
- 2D Animation Techniques and Applications: (40%) Discussions about the creation, techniques, and various applications of 2D animation in games, films, and educational content.
- 2D in Gaming and Virtual Environments: (30%) Discussions around 2D graphics in video games, including sprite art, tilemaps, and the contrast with 3D environments.
- 2D vs. 3D Comparisons and Transitions: (20%) Content comparing 2D and 3D graphics, exploring transitions, and discussing advantages/disadvantages.
Most Critical Themes:
- Concerns over 2D Element Removal/Replacement: (7%) Frustration about the removal or replacement of traditional 2D elements in platforms or games, such as classic faces in Roblox.
- Challenges in 2D Development and Implementation: (3%) Discussions highlighting difficulties in developing or implementing 2D features, such as AI's ability to handle tilemaps.
Top 2D News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours
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"User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app - Ars Technica Despite the about-face some customers think "the damage is done.""
News Link @arstechnica 2026-02-04T18:00Z 1.2M followers, 219.5K engagements
"Enabling 3D CT-scanning of cultural heritage objects using only in-house 2D X-ray equipment in museums Nature Communications Visualising the structure of museum objects is a crucial step in understanding the origin state and composition of cultural heritage artifacts. Here the authors present an approach for creating computed tomography reconstructions using only standard 2D radiography equipment already available in most larger museums"
News Link @NaturePortfolio 2025-11-11T18:56Z 2.1M followers, 209.1K engagements
Top 2D Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
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"Perspective in 2d art is REALLY hard to figure out from first principals in fact it basically never happens. True self taught outsider artists rarely grasp it entire civilizations go long periods without using it much. It's like the paperclip you need the idea. The Renaissance is overwhelmingly a spatial revolution: geometry proportion architectural and pictorial depth all come into focus. New perspective implies new subjectivity an anchor point -- Man. Time itself History is spatialized into stages and the world becomes malleable The Renaissance is overwhelmingly a spatial revolution:"
X Link @Empty_America 2026-02-17T23:54Z 35.8K followers, [----] engagements
"ILM debuted their patented "iMoCap" (image-based motion capture) system specifically for Davy Jones allowing Bill Nighy to perform alongside co-stars on actual sets rather than isolated blue-screen stages. Using witness cameras it extracted 3D skeletal data from 2D footage in real-time syncing his movements to the CG model without needing a full mocap stage. The process was later used on Avatar and other media. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) https://t.co/FA3PU6VdJs Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) https://t.co/FA3PU6VdJs"
X Link @UncleWalt1971 2026-02-17T23:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@DongyJammin Once I smoked salvia in a McDonalds bathroom and I transcended into some conveyer belt as a 2D French fry And a voice said this is how it always was and will be. Then I got cut and returned to my body. Idk salvia is just synthetic bad vibes 2D eternity"
X Link @QueenofSadSongs 2026-02-17T22:06Z [----] followers, 141.9K engagements
"@klyprz Pozna miasto dozna. Ze [--] tygodnie temu szukaem tu grafika 2d. [--] osoby na [--] miejsce. Zasadniczo 10% do max 15% CV daje cie nadziei e rozmowa nie bdzie strat czasu. Aczkolwiek nie chciabym teraz szuka pracy i by po drugiej stronie barykady"
X Link @DyrKrzysztofiak 2026-02-17T22:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
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