Meade paints real people, so that they appear to be 2-D images on a flat surface. She often interacts, as an unpainted object, with her subjects, making it appear as though a painting has come to life and entered the viewer's world.

Hockney takes multiple photographs of a 3-D object from various distances and perspectives. He then re-pieces these photographs together to distort and essentially flatten out the subject. The viewer thus is able to view one image from a variety of viewpoints at one time.

Both artists play with 3-D and 2-D design to effectively engage the viewer.