2D
The AP 2-D Art and Design course is designed to be equivalent to an introductory college course in 2-D art and design. Students develop 2-D skills through materials and processes such as graphic design, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting, and printmaking, and others. Still images from videos or film are accepted. Composite images may be submitted. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas as long as the work is the student’s original creation. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas as long as the work is their original creation.
3D
The AP 3-D Art and Design course is designed to be equivalent to an introductory college course in 3-D art and design. Students can develop 3-D skills in materials and processes such as figurative or nonfigurative sculpture, architectural models, metal work, ceramics, glasswork, installation, performance, assemblage, and 3-D fabric/fiber arts, and others. Still images from videos or film are accepted. Composite images may be submitted. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas as long as the work is their original creation.
Drawing
The AP Drawing course is designed to be equivalent to an introductory college course in drawing. Students can develop drawing skills through analog and digital drawing methods, painting, printmaking, and mixed media work, among others. Still images from videos or film are accepted. Composite images may be submitted. Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas as long as the work is their original creation.
Possibility of Overlap
There is possible overlap among the three portfolio types. For instance, a student whose work focuses on 3-D art and design could submit, in their AP 3-D Art and Design Portfolio Exam, drawings and/or 2-D compositions associated with their 3-D work. These could include concept drawings of a sculpture or the floor plan of an architectural structure, for example.
Remember: No work may be duplicated between portfolios.
In planning for and developing your body of portfolio work, you should select a particular focus of 2-D art and design, 3-D art and design, or drawing. As you work, you may make pieces that diverge in format from your selected portfolio type.