How to Draw an Ice Cream Cone

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1. Nhazi 1

   Debata triangle ogologo na-acha ọcha, pịa ala.

   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.

   Nlekọta Making the triangle too narrow and too long.

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

2. Nhazi 2

   Mechie elu ahụ na kurva n'okpuru, ọ bụghị nanị laịnụ́ dị n'okporo ụzọ.

   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.

   Nlekọta A straight line across the top, which flattens the whole cone.

   Chekwaa The top should be a visible curve.

3. Nhazi 3

   Depụta ala pọptụ̀ọ̀tụ̀ dịka ọ̀dọ̀ na-ébètà pọptụ̀ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀.

   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.

   Nlekọta A circle that sits on top of the rim without crossing it.

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

4. Nhazi 4

   Tinye elu ngwe, na-ekpuchi nke mbụ.

   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.

   Nlekọta Perfectly centred scoops of identical size.

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

5. Nhazi 5

   Wepụ ụzọ njikọ ndị ahụ echekwara n'azụ ụcha ndị ahụ.

   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.

   Nlekọta Leaving the construction lines visible, which makes everything look transparent.

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

6. Nhazi 6

   Mee ka ngwe skouọp ahụ dị n'okporo ụzọ n'ebe ọbụla n'ebe ọbụla.

   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.

   Nlekọta Making the bumps regular, which looks like a flower.

   Chekwaa The outline should be uneven but still clearly round.

7. Nhazi 7

   Draw the waffle grid: slanted lines one way, then the other.

   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.

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

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

8. Nhazi 8

   Họrọ ụzọ ọkụ na ngwe nke otu n'ime ngwe nke skop ahụ.

   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.

   Nlekọta Shading each scoop from a different direction.

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

9. Nhazi 9

   Tinye ọ̀tụ̀tụ̀ ebe a na-ahụta okpuru na elu okpuru.

   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.

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

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

10. Nhazi 10

    Kpọnye ụcha na konyo, nke mkpụmkpụ n'akụkụ nke ọbụla dịka pọptụ̀ọ̀pụ̀.

    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.

    Nlekọta Shading straight up and down, ignoring the cone's angle.

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

11. Nhazi 11

    Gaa n'elu ụzọ njikọ ịchọrọ ichekwa, na hapụ ndị nzọụkwụ.

    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.

    Nlekọta Going over everything at the same weight, which flattens the drawing back out.

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