Wow:

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/karin-fong/between-spaces/spaces-between-leave-us-betwixt

This is a great post by Karin Fong, a motion graphics/designer at Imaginary Forces.  She’s talking about 2.5 d.

Depending on when/if you choose to read her post.  Wikipedia defines 2.5 D as

2.5D (”two-and-a-half-dimensional”), also called pseudo-3D, is an informal term used to describe either a) graphical projections and techniques which cause a series of images or scenes to fake or appear to be three-dimensional (3D) when in fact they are not.

Here’s the full entry

Here’s a stellar example Karin Fong cites in her entry:

Tara was all shot stop motion with real lights and everything.  That, in part, is what makes it so beautiful.  As the director Jamie Caliri put it, to paraphrase, ‘the stop motion animation gives you warmth for free’.

Most likely, I’ll just be applying adobe’s drop shadow to sketches I scan in and cut out.  But it’s a start.  Seems a fantastic device for transitions.  (See Karin’s reference to this scene in The Kid Stays in the Picture)

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I’ll also toss in this similarly not-easily-forgettable presentation by Scott McCloud, courtesy of Michael Surtees/Design Notes .  Check out his rapid fire transitions (my favorite kicks off at 4:55):