Joe Zavaletta
Portland, OR
Drawing since the age of 2 (I remember), I found an affinity for telling stories on paper long before I made it to a computer screen. Video games, cin
Joe Zavaletta
2yr
Eisdaen, princess to the Elken Lords of the Waspordo Valley, sits confidently across her prince. A shape shifting folk who cross the frozen hinterlands yearly to find a more accommodating climate for mating, the Elken home in the Great North awaits their inevitable return.
2yr
Gnome home, new portfolio piece. I like to imagine gnomes sprout from the ground like polyps.
3yr
Began a blog to hold myself accountable to consistent progress. Inspired by Seth Godin's encouragement to blog daily.
http://tripplejaz.net/journal-posts/2021/5/28/o7ebc2ww4kzwc9shuxbfalo0j5lid7
3yr
Asked for help
If you had 3 months* to become a great artist, how would you study, and what would you study?
*asking for a friend
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These are great! You should include #1 and #100 next to each other! I'd be curious to see the difference.
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3yr
Some of my paintings from over the years. The Sonic painting is the most recent. Going to be working on updating my portfolio in the next couple months!
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Gosh, they're gorgeous! i really like your clean rendering. sorry, i'm the one who asking question here.. :)
this is a portion of my illustration... i've been struggling with sloppy brushwork.. Davi what would you do to achieve your clean look of rendering? many thanks..
Joe Zavaletta
3yr
Hey Andreas, nice WIP you've got going. For starters, it looks like you're using a round brush with a low opacity rather than a low flow. A low opacity simply changes how opaque the color is, whereas flow changes how much "paint" comes out of the brush. I like to work with a lower flow to achieve smoother renderings. Also, don't be ashamed to use the smudge or blur tool, or the soft brush for those nice gradated transitions!
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Hi, my name is Joe Zavaletta, aka tripplejaz on certain parts of the internet. I'm a freelance fantasy illustrator located in the Northwest. Looking to be a part of a community that takes its craft seriously!
First off these are really great! My gut reaction is the first one. It has such nice movement through out the piece ala Van Gogh, and the natural texture of the paint captured in the photo really makes it pop. Props to you for doing it 3 times!
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