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Hi. I'm new to /ic/ so please excuse my lack of knowledge. Can someone answer my questions?

I've been planning on 2D animate, which software would you recommend me to start in?

Why do people usually place a gray background and paint over it? What's the point of it?
> picture related

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Grey, mid tone backgrounds are neutral. It doesn't interfere with your perception of the values of the subject matter being drawn on it.

this optical illusion illustrates what I mean. A and B are actually the same shade of grey, but it is the surrounding tones that make us perceive them differently, making them appear to be different values.

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Grey, mid tone backgrounds are neutral. It doesn't interfere with your perception of the values of the subject matter being drawn on it.

this optical illusion illustrates what I mean. A and B are actually the same shade of grey, but it is the surrounding tones that make us perceive them differently, making them appear to be different values

>> No.1902056

>>1902042
>I've been planning on 2D animate, which software would you recommend me to start in?
Tvpaint or Flash

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>>1902055
>test this out in photoshop
>its true

>> No.1902107

>>1902105
newfag detected

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>>1902107
To /ic/, sort of yeah. I've seen it quite a bit but have never tested it.

>> No.1902110

>>1902109
There's shitload of such optical illusions

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>>1902110
Like this?

>> No.1902113

>>1902111
Yep just google them on your freetime. Sometimes you might learn a thing or two.

>> No.1902249

>>1902042
>why grey background
My eyes hurt, when I look too long on a bright, white canvas. It's as simple as that.

>2D animation
TVPaint Animation 10 Pro if you want to make frame by frame animation.
Flash if you're more into using tweens (you can use it for frame by frame, but TVPaint have better brushes and more tools. Flash was created to make games and shit, not to make pro animations).
In anime studios people use Retas (there is pirate version somewhere), but I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner. Just keep in mind that in future you might want to try it.
If you're too lazy to learn new software, then somewhere on youtube is a tutorial about using Photoshop to make animations.