How to Draw a Mug

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1. ステップ 1

   目の高さを決めて 標識を付けて

   Everything about the ellipses follows from this. If the mug is below your eye level you will see into it; if it is level you will not. Make the decision consciously now rather than letting it drift halfway through the drawing.

   気をつけろ Not deciding, then drawing a rim that contradicts the base.

   チェック You should be able to say whether you are looking down into this mug or across at it.

2. ステップ 2

   円周を一つの楕円として描画します。一度に速い動きで。

   Go round three or four times without stopping and keep the best pass. Speed is what makes an ellipse smooth - drawn slowly it comes out lumpy on one side every single time, because your hand cannot hold a curve at low speed.

   気をつけろ Building it out of short careful arcs.

   チェック It should be symmetrical about its own long axis.

3. ステップ 3

   両側を直線で下に描き、少し細くする。

   Start exactly at the ends of the ellipse's long axis. A slight taper inward looks more natural than perfectly parallel sides, and it is what most real mugs do.

   気をつけろ Starting the sides inside or outside the rim, which leaves a visible step.

   チェック Each side should begin exactly at the widest point of the rim.

4. ステップ 4

   下部を上部よりも少し丸い楕円で閉じる。

   The base is further from your eye level than the rim, so it is rounder. Same width, more curve. Getting this relationship right is the difference between a mug that sits on the table and one that appears to be sliding off it.

   気をつけろ Drawing the base flatter than the rim, or as a straight line.

   チェック Rounder than the rim, and exactly the same width.

5. ステップ 5

   輪の内側に２番目の曲線を追加する。

   This thin band is the thickness of the ceramic, and it is what makes the top read as an opening rather than a painted disc. One stroke, following the rim's curve.

   気をつけろ Drawing it parallel all the way round instead of following the ellipse.

   チェック There should be a visible band between the two curves at the front.

6. ステップ 6

   ハンドルの外側の曲線を描画します。

   Start just below the rim and end about two-thirds of the way down the side. Both ends must touch the mug - a handle that floats beside the body is the most common error here and it is instantly visible.

   気をつけろ Leaving a gap where the handle meets the mug.

   チェック Both ends of the curve should touch the side of the mug.

7. ステップ 7

   ２次曲線を内側に持つハンドル厚さを与える。

   A handle is a strap, not a wire. The inner curve runs parallel to the outer one and meets the mug slightly closer in at both ends. This is a small change that makes a large difference to how solid the mug looks.

   気をつけろ Drawing the handle as a single line.

   チェック There should be a visible gap between the two handle curves.

8. ステップ 8

   光がどこから来ているかをマークしてください。

   Pick a side and commit. A cylinder shades differently from a sphere - the darkest band sits just inside the edge on the shadow side, not at the very edge, because light bounces back up off the table onto the rim.

   気をつけろ Shading the very edge darkest, which makes the mug look flat.

   チェック You should be able to say which side is lit.

9. ステップ 9

   マグの側面を光から遮っておく。

   Work in one direction rather than scrubbing back and forth. Scrubbing gives an even grey, which is exactly the thing that makes a drawing look flat, so lay the strokes the same way and build the darkness in passes.

   気をつけろ Being too timid. Beginners routinely stop two or three steps short of dark enough.

   チェック The dark side should be clearly darker than the mid tone, not slightly.

10. ステップ 10

    影の端に 明るいストリップを付ける

    Light bouncing off the table catches the very edge of a cylinder, so the darkest band sits slightly INSIDE the outline. Leaving that thin lighter strip is what makes the mug read as round rather than as a shaded rectangle.

    気をつけろ Running the shading right up to the outline.

    チェック There should be a thin lighter line between your shading and the edge.

11. ステップ 11

    下の表面に影を追加します。

    The cast shadow is darkest where it touches the mug and softens as it moves away. It also anchors the object to a surface - without it the mug floats, however well you have shaded it.

    気をつけろ Drawing it as an even grey blob detached from the object.

    チェック It should touch the object and be darkest at that contact point.

12. ステップ 12

    保持したい線を越えて ガイドを失う

    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.

    気をつけろ Going over everything at the same weight, which flattens the drawing back out.

    チェック The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.