How to Draw an Ice Cream Cone

پړاو په پړاو

1. پړاو 1

   Draw a long thin triangle, point down.

   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.

   پاملرنه Making the triangle too narrow and too long.

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

2. پړاو 2

   Close the top with a shallow curve, not a straight line.

   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.

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

   کتنه The top should be a visible curve.

3. پړاو 3

   Draw the bottom scoop as a circle overlapping the cone opening.

   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.

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

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

4. پړاو 4

   Add the top scoop, overlapping the first.

   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.

   پاملرنه Perfectly centred scoops of identical size.

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

5. پړاو 5

   Erase the lines hidden behind the front shapes.

   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.

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

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

6. پړاو 6

   Make the scoop edges bumpy rather than perfectly round.

   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.

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

   کتنه The outline should be uneven but still clearly round.

7. پړاو 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.

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

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

8. پړاو 8

   Pick a light direction and shade one side of each scoop.

   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.

   پاملرنه Shading each scoop from a different direction.

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

9. پړاو 9

   Put a shadow where the top scoop meets the bottom one.

   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.

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

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

10. پړاو 10

    Shade the cone, darkest on the same side as the scoops.

    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.

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

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

11. پړاو 11

    Go over the lines you want to keep, and lose the guides.

    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.

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

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