How to Draw an Ice Cream Cone

Қадами ба қадам

1. Қадам 1

   Кашидани секунҷаи дарози тунук, бо нишони ба поён.

   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.

   Диққат Making the triangle too narrow and too long.

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

2. Қадам 2

   Пӯшидани боло бо хати каҷ, на хатҳои рост.

   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.

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

   & Озмоиш The top should be a visible curve.

3. Қадам 3

   Кашидани нӯги поёнӣ ҳамчун доираи дар болои кушодани конусшакл.

   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.

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

   & Озмоиш The circle should cross the cone's top curve.

4. Қадам 4

   Иловаи нӯги болоӣ, ки бо нӯги аввала ҳамроҳ мешавад.

   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.

   Диққат Perfectly centred scoops of identical size.

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

5. Қадам 5

   Ҳузфи хатҳои пинҳоншуда дар пушти шаклҳои пешина.

   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.

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

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

6. Қадам 6

   Дар ин ҷо барои дарёфти маълумот дар бораи дарёҳо ва дарёҳои Тоҷикистон истифода бурда мешавад.

   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.

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

   & Озмоиш The outline should be uneven but still clearly round.

7. Қадам 7

   Кашидани шабакаи вафли: хатҳои уфуқӣ дар як самт, баъд дар самти дигар.

   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.

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

   & Озмоиш The grid lines should be closer together near the point.

8. Қадам 8

   Интихоби самти равшанӣ ва сояи як тарафи ҳар як корд.

   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.

   Диққат Shading each scoop from a different direction.

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

9. Қадам 9

   Сояи ҷоеро, ки нӯги болоӣ бо нӯги поёнӣ мепайвандад, гузоред.

   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.

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

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

10. Қадам 10

    Дар ин ҷо барои дарёфти

    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.

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

    & Озмоиш Your strokes should follow the sloping side of the cone.

11. Қадам 11

    Дар болои хатҳое, ки мехоҳед нигоҳ доред, гузаред ва роҳнамоҳоро гум кунед.

    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.

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

    & Озмоиш The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.