How to Draw an Ice Cream Cone

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1. Vaihe 1

   Piirrä pitkä ohut kolmio ja osoita alas.

   Not too narrow - the opening at the top should be about as wide as one scoop of ice cream, and about half as wide as the triangle is tall. A cone that is too thin reads as a party hat immediately.

   Varo, mitä teet Making the triangle too narrow and too long.

   Tarkista The triangle should be roughly twice as tall as it is wide.

2. Vaihe 2

   Sulje yläosa matalalla käyrällä, älä suoralla viivalla.

   The opening of a cone is a circle seen at an angle, so it curves. Which way it curves tells the viewer whether they are looking slightly down into the cone or up at it - pick one and commit.

   Varo, mitä teet A straight line across the top, which flattens the whole cone.

   Tarkista The top should be a visible curve.

3. Vaihe 3

   Piirrä pohjakauha ympyrän päällekkäin kartioaukon kanssa.

   It has to sit ON the cone, which means its lower edge disappears behind the cone's rim. If the circle merely touches the top of the cone, the ice cream will look balanced there rather than resting in it.

   Varo, mitä teet A circle that sits on top of the rim without crossing it.

   Tarkista The circle should cross the cone's top curve.

4. Vaihe 4

   Lisää pääkauha, päällekkäin ensimmäinen.

   Slightly smaller, and offset to one side rather than balanced dead centre - two scoops stacked perfectly reads as a snowman. Let it cross in front of the lower scoop's outline.

   Varo, mitä teet Perfectly centred scoops of identical size.

   Tarkista The top scoop should be off-centre and slightly smaller.

5. Vaihe 5

   Poista etukappaleiden taakse kätketyt viivat.

   This is the step that turns three separate shapes into one object. Anything behind something else goes: the cone rim behind the scoop, the bottom scoop where the top one covers it. Overlap only works once you commit to it.

   Varo, mitä teet Leaving the construction lines visible, which makes everything look transparent.

   Tarkista No line should cross in front of a shape that is nearer to you.

6. Vaihe 6

   Tee kauhan reunat kuoppaisiksi, ei täysin pyöreiksi.

   Go round each circle and add three or four shallow bumps. Ice cream is soft and slumps; a perfectly circular scoop reads as a tennis ball, and the fix costs about ten seconds.

   Varo, mitä teet Making the bumps regular, which looks like a flower.

   Tarkista The outline should be uneven but still clearly round.

7. Vaihe 7

   Piirrä vohveliverkko: vinot linjat suuntaan ja sitten toiseen.

   Both sets of lines curve with the cone, and they get closer together as the cone narrows toward the point. Lines drawn on a curved surface must curve - that single idea is worth more than the cone is.

   Varo, mitä teet A flat straight grid, which makes the cone look like a piece of graph paper.

   Tarkista The grid lines should be closer together near the point.

8. Vaihe 8

   Valitse kevyt suunta ja varjosta toinen puoli jokaisesta kauhasta.

   A scoop is a ball, so it is light on the side facing the light and dark on the other, with the darkest part just inside the edge rather than at it. Shade both scoops from the same side or they will look like separate drawings.

   Varo, mitä teet Shading each scoop from a different direction.

   Tarkista The shadow should be on the same side of both scoops.

9. Vaihe 9

   Laita varjo, jossa kärki kohtaa pohjan.

   Wherever one thing sits on another it casts a small shadow there, and that little dark crescent is what makes the top scoop sit ON the bottom one rather than beside it. Same at the cone's rim.

   Varo, mitä teet No contact shadows, so the scoops read as flat circles arranged on a page.

   Tarkista There should be a dark crescent at every place two shapes meet.

10. Vaihe 10

    Varjosta kartiota, synkintä samalla puolella kuin kauhat.

    A cone is a cylinder that tapers, so it shades the same way: dark on the shadow side, with a thin lighter strip right at the edge where light bounces back up. Keep the strokes following the cone's slope.

    Varo, mitä teet Shading straight up and down, ignoring the cone's angle.

    Tarkista Your strokes should follow the sloping side of the cone.

11. Vaihe 11

    Mene ohi linjojen, jotka haluat pitää, ja hävitä oppaat.

    This is the step that turns a construction drawing into a finished one, and it is the one most people skip. Press harder on the outline and the features; leave the small stuff light. That difference in weight is what makes a drawing look deliberate rather than traced, and it costs thirty seconds.

    Varo, mitä teet Going over everything at the same weight, which flattens the drawing back out.

    Tarkista The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.