What head coverings are shown?

A wrapped hijab from several views, a loose draped hijab, and a long khimar that falls to the waist.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Graphite has soft shading in the folds, pen and ink uses crosshatching that follows the cloth, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.

Are these photographs?

No. Each sheet is a flat drawing of a head and shoulders on a plain white page.

Can I ask for a different style?

Yes. Type a direction such as niqab or turban style, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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Hijab drawing reference: wrapped hijab, draped hijab, long khimar

Hijab drawing references — a woman's head in a neatly wrapped hijab from front, side and three-quarter, the folds under the chin and at the temple, a realistic graphite pencil study, firm contour lines with soft tonal shading in the hollows and under the forms

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Reading 1Wrapped hijab

Reading 2Draped hijab

Reading 3Khimar

A hijab is hard to draw when the folds are guessed. These sheets show a neatly wrapped hijab from front, side and three-quarter, with the folds under the chin and at the temple; a loose draped hijab falling over one shoulder; and a long khimar falling to the waist. Each comes in graphite, pen and ink, and clean contour. Type a different style, such as a turban style, and the same three carry it.

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a character design for a story or a game
a sketchbook page on how cloth falls

Frequently asked questions

What head coverings are shown?: A wrapped hijab from several views, a loose draped hijab, and a long khimar that falls to the waist.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Graphite has soft shading in the folds, pen and ink uses crosshatching that follows the cloth, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.
Are these photographs?: No. Each sheet is a flat drawing of a head and shoulders on a plain white page.
Can I ask for a different style?: Yes. Type a direction such as niqab or turban style, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.