The AP 2-D Design portfolio asks students to demonstrate mastery of composition, surface, and space while sustaining a coherent line of inquiry across multiple pieces. Mimi earned her B.A. in Art History at Dartmouth and later completed a Master's in Education at Harvard, where she specialized in in...

Scoring well on the AP 2-D Design exam means more than producing strong individual pieces; the sustained investigation must demonstrate a clear line of inquiry across an entire portfolio. Martha's strength is on the conceptual and communicative side — she teaches students to articulate how their use...

Ariela studies Theater & Performance Studies with a strong personal practice in visual art and photography, giving her a working vocabulary in composition, color theory, and visual storytelling. For AP Studio Art: 2-D Design, she digs into the portfolio development process — particularly the Sustain...

Building a 2-D Design portfolio means thinking about composition, color theory, and visual hierarchy across every single piece — and then tying it all together with a concentration that tells a story. Nova's Visual Art studies at Brown give her a trained eye for critiquing layout, balance, and use o...

Hasan earned his B.A. in Visual Arts from Brown, where he studied composition, color theory, and conceptual development across multiple media — exactly the vocabulary the AP 2-D Design portfolio demands. He teaches students to articulate their design choices in the written materials that accompany t...

As Arts Editor for the Yale Scientific Magazine and a working graphic designer for the CDC, Ellie lives at the intersection of visual communication and conceptual thinking that AP 2-D Design demands. She walks students through building a sustained investigation with a coherent inquiry, tackling ever...

The 2-D Design portfolio lives or dies on how well a student demonstrates intentional use of design principles — rhythm, balance, unity — across their sustained investigation. Rachel zeroes in on the connection between visual choices and the written rationale, making sure each piece in the portfolio...

Building a 2-D Design portfolio means thinking deliberately about how color, balance, repetition, and negative space communicate ideas across a sustained investigation. Li's photography and art practice gives her a trained eye for compositional choices, and she breaks down the AP scoring criteria so...

As a documentary photographer studying visual narratives at Duke, Evan understands the AP 2-D Design portfolio from the inside out — especially the Sustained Investigation, where students must articulate how their work explores a central question. He digs into composition, sequencing, and the writte...

Sophia's background isn't in studio art, but her Photoshop and digital design experience gives her practical fluency with composition, layering, and visual hierarchy — core elements AP 2-D Design readers evaluate in every portfolio piece. Where she adds the most value is on the written side: her psy...