How to Draw an Ice Cream Cone

Крок за кроком

1. Крок 1

   Намалюй довгий тонкий трикутник, пустись.

   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.

   Обережно Making the triangle too narrow and too long.

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

2. Крок 2

   Закрийте верхню частину неглибокою кривою, а не прямою лінією.

   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.

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

   Перевірити The top should be a visible curve.

3. Крок 3

   Намалюйте нижній ковпак, коли коло перетинає шибку, що відкривається.

   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.

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

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

4. Крок 4

   Додайте верхній шар, перекривши перший.

   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.

   Обережно Perfectly centred scoops of identical size.

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

5. Крок 5

   Стерти лінії, приховані за передніми фігурами.

   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.

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

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

6. Крок 6

   Робить ковчереву ковпачкою, а не ідеально круглу.

   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.

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

   Перевірити The outline should be uneven but still clearly round.

7. Крок 7

   Намалюйте вафле-сітка: похилі лінії в один бік, а потім в інший.

   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.

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

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

8. Крок 8

   Вибери легкий напрямок і затіни одну сторону кожного ложечка.

   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.

   Обережно Shading each scoop from a different direction.

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

9. Крок 9

   Покладіть тінь, де верхній шар зустрічається з нижнім.

   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.

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

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

10. Крок 10

    Затіни конус, найтемніше на тому ж боці, що й черево.

    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.

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

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

11. Крок 11

    Пройдіть по лінії, які ви хочете зберегти, і загубіть провідники.

    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.

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

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