how to draw headphones

 

This is an article about drawing headphones. It's not about how to draw them, but what they are.

How to Draw the Realistic Headphones by Kelly Lynn

There are lots of different kinds of headphones out there - wired, wireless, in-ear, studio - but what they all have in common is that they're remarkably lightweight and comfortable for use during strenuous activity. They also come with cushioned earpieces for sound isolation so you can keep the world at bay when you want to zone out and focus on your work or your music. But if you're thinking of working on a project with headphones on, all the time... well... that's another story all together.

We're looking at, of course, the most popular kind to draw, the ones that are part of your daily life - and hopefully they're not too horrendous to draw.

This requires some foresight on your part, because it's a very small pair of headphones that you want to work with. When I draw them I use a very small pencil so the lines aren't too thick or heavy. Pastel pencils are the best, because they're fine and they don't skip.

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Be gentle with the drawing - headphones can wear down over time with excessive use, and this is the perfect spot to start bringing out that wear. So if your headphones are getting a little harder to draw, take them out of your ears and let them dry for a day or so before drawing again.

It's important to keep in mind that headphones won't cooperate when it comes to crossing over your drawn line. You'll probably want to use a few lines of double-line work so you can see where the bend is going to be at its full potentials, or whenever you change position with the handle while wearing them.

Step 1:

Your drawing pencil is probably easy to see from the image below. It's just a dark-gray, square-tip 2B pencil, with fine lines and a nice steady hand. If you want to use pastels for your headphones it will be best to use a colored pencil that can't be blended, like Prismacolor, as black and white aren't always visible when working with subtle colors. But if your goal is to produce a realistic drawing of headphones, PrismaColor's white will do the trick.

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Get into position now: we have the headphones on the left ear of our subject (lefties need not apply). She's got her eyes closed and a slight smile on her face. Her hair is flowing back from the headphones, and since it's been cut straight at the shoulders I'm using a ruler to keep things looking neat.

Step 2:

The headphones are not quite touching the skin of our subject. After all, they're not going to stay in place for this pose. We need to establish a line where the headphones will be connected with her face, hanging lightly by the end of the cord. If you're unfamiliar with how to draw normal joints, check out this tutorial on drawing them for lots more information.

We'll make two lines now: one for the lower right side of the headphones and one for the upper right side of the headphones.