How to Draw an Ice Cream Cone

Чекор по чекор

1. Чекор 1

   Нацртај долг тенък триаголник, насочи надолу.

   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.

   Внимавај! Making the triangle too narrow and too long.

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

2. Чекор 2

   Затворете го врвот со плитка крива, а не права линија.

   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.

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

   Проверка The top should be a visible curve.

3. Чекор 3

   Нацртај ја долната лопатка како круг кој се прекрива со отворањето на конусот.

   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.

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

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

4. Чекор 4

   Додај ја горната лопатка, прекриј ја првата.

   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.

   Внимавај! Perfectly centred scoops of identical size.

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

5. Чекор 5

   Избриши ги линиите скриени зад предните форми.

   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.

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

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

6. Чекор 6

   Направи ги кршливите рабови наместо совршено круг.

   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.

   Внимавај! Making the bumps regular, which looks like a flower.

   Проверка The outline should be uneven but still clearly round.

7. Чекор 7

   Нацртајте ја мрежата: наклони линии во еден правец, а потоа другата.

   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.

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

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

8. Чекор 8

   Изберете светлина и засенчи една страна од секоја лопатка.

   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.

   Внимавај! Shading each scoop from a different direction.

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

9. Чекор 9

   Стави сенка каде горната лопатка се сретнува со долната.

   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.

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

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

10. Чекор 10

    Засенчи го конусот, најмрачниот на иста страна како лопатките.

    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.

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

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

11. Чекор 11

    Оди преку линиите што сакаш да ги задржиш и изгуби ги водичите.

    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.

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

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