How to Draw a Taco Truck
In this tutorial, we will show you how to draw a taco truck – a special vehicle adapted for preparing and selling food.
There are many different types of food trucks. They differ in both appearance and purpose.
We’ve previously shown you how to draw a food truck, but here we’ll shift the focus to show you a taco truck specifically.
Some food trucks are for selling coffee, while others are for selling burgers and tacos. And today, as you can see, we will show you how to sketch a taco truck in the most basic form, so you can add unique details.
How to draw a taco truck: step-by-step tutorial
Step 1 – Lightly sketch the truck boxy silhouette
Taco trucks are usually angular, so use light straight lines to mark the outlines of the truck on a paper. You can separate the cab in front from the large cargo section in the back, where the mobile kitchen is placed. For a modern street food truck, keep the lines sharper; for an older taco van, round the edges to give it a retro look.
Step 2 – Add the long serving window and arches
On the side of the body, draw a horizontally elongated rectangle – this is the serving hatch where tacos are handed out. Below, sketch two semicircular wheel arches. You can add a larger sliding window if you want to depict a coffee or burger truck instead of a taco truck.
Step 3 – Add the door and its window to the cab
Draw the cab door at the front, with a window above it. This separates the driver’s area from the kitchen zone. Keep the shapes simple and rectangular, as typical for delivery-style vans. Also, don’t forget to sketch the side window besides the door.
Step 4 – Draw small details on the taco truck
Add a square front bumper using simple straight lines. Above the serving hatch, sketch a lifting panel door that would open during business hours. On the roof, add a long horizontal line that represents a roof trim. You can also illustrate an exhaust pipe or air-conditioning unit on the roof.
Step 5 – Illustrate the simple wheels and rims
Erase unnecessary construction lines and draw two smooth, round wheels at the bottom of the taco truck. Add equally round rims inside them. These should be placed at the same. For a heavier full-size catering truck, make the wheels larger and thicker. A smaller taco van could have simpler wheels.
Step 6 – Draw the taco truck rim patterns
In the center of each rim, sketch a hub circle. Surround it with smaller evenly spaced circles to indicate bolts. This pattern gives the wheels a realistic appearance. You can simplify the rims or make them more detailed with more intricate patterns.
Step 7 – Review the taco truck drawing for mistakes
Step back and check your taco truck drawing for accuracy. Compare proportions of the cab, body, and serving window. Correct any parts that look unbalanced. At this stage, you can add optional details like tacos or drinks drawn inside the serving window.
Other service cars and vehicles to sketch
A taco truck is essentially a specific type of food truck, sharing many of the same features but distinguished by its focus on selling tacos.
Food trucks, in turn, belong to the broader category of service trucks. To study the process of sketching trucks in more detail, start with our main truck drawing tutorial, where we explain step by step how to depict a realistic vehicle in simple terms.
It’s also important to remember that a food truck is a service vehicle – an automobile designed for a functional purpose.
For a clearer understanding of this theme, visit our taxi drawing tutorial, where we show how to illustrate another service car with completely different proportions and details.
Another familiar and widely recognized service vehicle is the tow truck, and in our tow truck drawing guide we demonstrate how to capture its unique structure on paper.
Finally, be sure to explore our full Truck category, where you’ll find tutorials covering many different types of trucks commonly seen on the streets around us.
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Share this lesson with friends or classmates who are also interested in sketching service vehicles, and keep practicing with our other truck lessons to build a complete collection of sketches.
