How to Draw an Ice Cream Cone

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1. Step 1

   Piešti ilgą plonas trikampis, taškas žemyn.

   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.

   Saugotis Making the triangle too narrow and too long.

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

2. Step 2

   Viršus uždaryti seklia kreive, o ne tiesia linija.

   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.

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

   Patikrinti The top should be a visible curve.

3. Step 3

   Nukreipkite apatinį kauką kaip apskritimą, kuris sutampa su kūgio atvėrimu.

   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.

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

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

4. Step 4

   Pridėti viršų kaukė, sutampa pirmą.

   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.

   Saugotis Perfectly centred scoops of identical size.

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

5. Step 5

   Ištrinti už priekinės formos paslėptas linijas.

   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.

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

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

6. Step 6

   Padaryti kaupo kraštai nelygus, o visiškai apvalus.

   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.

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

   Patikrinti The outline should be uneven but still clearly round.

7. Step 7

   Piešti vaflis tinklelis: nulenkti linijos vienu keliu, tada kita.

   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.

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

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

8. Step 8

   Pasirinkite šviesos kryptį ir šešėlis vieną pusę kiekvieno kaukė.

   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.

   Saugotis Shading each scoop from a different direction.

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

9. Step 9

   Padėkite šešėlį, kur viršutinis kaukė atitinka apačioje vieną.

   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.

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

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

10. Step 10

    Šašykite kūgį, tamsiausioje toje pačioje pusėje kaip kaukės.

    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.

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

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

11. Step 11

    Pereik linijas, kurias norite išlaikyti, ir prarask vadovus.

    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.

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

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