In the world of Animation, there are two types of animators, 2D and 3D. Essentially, they do the same job. ... People who work in the field of three-dimensional (3D) Animation create visual effects and animated characters for television, video games, and other electronic media. 2D Animation implies that the object is two-dimensional. 3D Animation implies that the object. 2D Animation comprises characters or objects only in height and width. In other words, in X-axis (horizontal dimension) and Y-axis (vertical dimension). 3D Animation comprises objects in height, width, and depth