deviantART does make things look unprofessional

The weird green background has come up in community debate before, but I never thought it made a different until today. I was on tumblr and saw a drawing with the link back to where it was posted on dA. On tumblr's white background, I thought, wow this is a really cool thing. I went to the dA page to favorite it there, and I was shocked by how different the very same drawing appeared. What had seemed a really cool, simple but thought-provoking drawing, looked like a quick, thoughtless sketch on dA. The green-grey just diminished all the contrast in the picture, making it look so flat, and the lack of contrast was really distracting. Now even on dA, the picture has over 1,000 faves, so good for that artist! Just something I'm going to remember when browsing dA. Successfully designed portfolio websites are rarely any color than black or white, and certainly no gallery shows are typically on white walls. I just want to remember than my viewing experience is affected by the strange background color.