# Draw an African elephant head in Aquarell: separate trunk, tusks and two tip projections

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Published: 2026-11-12T00:00:00+08:00
Modified: 2026-11-12T09:43:29+08:00
Author: Bison

Use an individual with two visible tusks to check trunk continuity, tusk-base occlusion and two terminal projections.

English translation of the [Chinese original](<https://allluckly.cn/guides/aquarell-african-elephant-trunk-tusks-two-tip-lobes/>), translated on 2026-11-12. Original publication dates, attribution, code and version notes are retained.

Trunk and tusks can merge into three similar strips in a near-frontal view, while the trunk tip becomes a mouth. Explicitly reference an African elephant and draw a slightly oblique front head in Aquarell, selecting an individual with two visible tusks and trunk curving gently screen-right. Two terminal finger-like projections are the focus, not a rule for Asian elephants or a requirement that every real individual have intact paired tusks.

## Establish facial axis and continuous trunk origin

Use an approximately1600×1800 px portrait canvas with pale grey-blue background, head turned slightly right, ears spread with less of the far one visible. Block head volume, eye region and a broad trunk base extending from the face and tapering downward. Separate head, ears, trunk, tusks and texture; use warm grey. Restore trunk rather than a horn if rhinoceros-like; repair forehead/base transition if a hose on a mask. Pixels and ear angle are invented, not skull size, sex or age measurements, and grey colour/large ears alone do not make a universal identification guide.

## Curve the trunk with continuous taper

Let the trunk descend along a soft curve then lift gently screen-right, outer curve longer and inner shorter, tapering continuously. Do not pinch into string and swell into a fist, or add a detachable bend joint. Check both contours without wrinkles as one body. Reduce a separate snake-head-like tip and restore broad base, or soften a rigid pipe. The pose reveals the tip, not breathing, grip strength, intention, muscle simulation or a physiological experiment.

## Let two tusks emerge from the mouth region

Place tusks at the upper-jaw mouth region on either side of the trunk base, nearer more complete and farther partly occluded. Curve them forward/down and then gently upward. Tusks are incisors, not branches from mid-trunk or horns on the crown. Temporarily distinguish tusks from trunk, check roots and restore warm ivory. Thin tusks and clarify the broad central trunk base if three equal strips; restore emergence/occlusion if pasted to cheeks. Paired tusks are this selected individual, not grounds to diagnose injury, type or sex from a missing tusk.

## Form two tip projections without making a hand

At the slightly viewer-facing tip, show two opposing finger-like projections, upper and lower relative to its orientation, not both on one side. They belong to the tip, not nailed human fingers or additional trunk branches. Inspect an enlarged local sketch for continuity, then resize in the main image. Remove lips, tongue and teeth if speaking-mouth-like; remove a third lobe if flower-like. Suggest nostril darkness only where the chosen view permits rather than forcing a perfectly frontal symmetric disc to display a count.

## Separate ear surfaces from trunk and tusk occlusion

Spread the near ear from the rear side of the head, with less far ear visible, using broad thin turning surfaces rather than detached discs. Keep trunk in front of the face and tusk occlusion appropriate to view, not transparency to expose both completely. Use three grey groups to trace head/trunk, ears and tusks. Broaden thin ear surfaces and reduce pointed wing-like tips; repair tusk roots/direction if penetrating ears. Ear contour is a general selected African-elephant reference, not a continent outline or organ measurement.

## Turn wrinkles with trunk and facial volume

Use sparse incomplete crosswise trunk creases, closer inside a bend and more spread outside, not complete black rings. Follow separate facial/ear volumes and keep tusks smoother rather than copying one texture everywhere. Light upper left, brighter near trunk and warm-grey far shade. Remove uniform spirals if rope-like; soften overly carved facets if stone-like. Values and wrinkle counts are not skin-condition or age diagnoses. Wounds, mud cracks and exaggerated stains are unnecessary for naturalism.

## Check one trunk, two tusks and two tip projections without texture

Hide wrinkles and reduce to roughly quarter size. Identify one continuous trunk and two distinct tusks, then enlarge the opposing tip projections. Tusks need not be equally long/symmetric; the far one may be hidden without becoming another trunk. Enlarge the main image or add a local study if the tip is too small, not human-hand-sized projections. Separate merged tusk/trunk masses through local value and gaps rather than black outlines everywhere. Head, ears and trunk base should connect even in silhouette; texture is supplementary.

## Save the stated reference scope and visible organs

Keep native layers and inspect a separate PNG for continuous trunk base, mouth-region tusk roots, paired tip projections and ear roots, excluding guides. Recover a lost far tusk locally, not a third tusk elsewhere. Reshape a mouth-like tip rather than explaining it with speech symbols. Record an invented tusked African-elephant individual. An Asian-elephant study needs newly checked tip and other traits, not a renamed title. This is readable morphology, not identity authentication, health assessment, behaviour prediction or live-animal grip/reaction testing.

## Related tutorials and sources

[Draw a giraffe in Aquarell: wrap patches around the neck](<https://allluckly.cn/en/guides/aquarell-giraffe-neck-patch-wrap/>); [Draw an octopus arm in Aquarell: turn suckers around a bending surface](<https://allluckly.cn/en/guides/aquarell-octopus-arm-suckers/>).

Sources checked on 12 November 2026: the [official Aquarell App Store listing](<https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/id1591340577>) and [Apple Lookup](<https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1591340577&country=cn>) show version 1.0.7, requiring iOS / iPadOS 15.0 or later. The drawing uses the publicly described brush, colour, layer and saving capabilities manually. Sizes, shapes and colours are practice suggestions; confirm controls against the installed version. Keep the native artwork for further editing and use PNG for previews. This batch does not claim step-by-step device testing.

Morphology reference: [San Diego Zoo’s elephant profile](<https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/elephant>) distinguishes two African trunk-tip projections from one Asian projection and identifies tusks as incisors. Tusk visibility, trunk curve and colours are original pose choices.