ART COMMISSION - HYRULE TRIFORCE TRIAD

I immediately started by heading to Home Depot to purchase a piece of MDF (Medium-density fiberboard). I like working with MDF because it is eco-friendly and also very easy to cut. Next, I drew an equilateral triangle on the MDF. I did this by using my speed square as a protractor. Then, I headed to the garage to grab my jigsaw to cut along the guidelines. After that, I sanded the MDF and prepped the MDF triangle piece by painting it with white primer! 

Once I solidified my strategy in the middle, I began painting each of the background colors (Red, Blue, Green, and Silver). Since acrylic paints are water-based and dry fast, I wanted all backgrounds to be painted using acrylics. Two of the background colors are primary colors (red and blue) which could easily appear elementary. To avoid that, I adjusted the hue vibrance of each color through basic color theory manipulation. Each of the background colors is Blickrylic paint. Red is Fire house red with a bit of brown acrylic added to it. Link’s green is a deep Phthalo green with a bit of white. The color reminds me of a forest. Last, Zelda’s blue is ultramarine blue with a bit of white to resemble a nice sky.

With the background values set, my next step, was each character's skin. I decided to use oils for the various skin tones, because oil blend better and take longer to dry. For Zelda and Link’s skin color, I used equal parts Naples Yellow Hue, Titanium White (by Winsor and Newton oil cooler), and Gamblin’s 1980’s Blush oil color. These colors make for a really great rosy, peach skin color that you often see in video games. Next, for the skin's lowlights, I added a touch of Blick’s oil color Burnt Umber. For highlights, I added one part more of the Naples yellow hue. For Ganondorf’s face, I combined equal parts Permanent Light Green and Naples Yellow colors (by Winsor and Newton oil color). His lowlights and outline were similar (based on the reference photo), I thought using a Prussian Blue (by Winsor and Newton oil color) was best. For his highlights, I added more yellow than green.