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Phone Case Drawing Ideas

Three designs at a time, each with where it sits on the case.

Phone Case Drawing Ideas

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  1. A rocket lifting off with smoke filling the bottom of the caseFull height. Nose near the camera, fins low down, billows of smoke to the bottom edge.
  2. Three words curving round the cameraCamera corner. Pencil an arc first. Space the letters along it with their feet toward the lens.
  3. A record player with the camera block as the turntableCamera corner. Box the block, bring a tone arm in from the side, add two knobs below.

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Paper inserts for a clear case 16

  • A blueprint of the phone itself in white pencil on blue card Insert, whole card. Outline the case, mark the camera, add arrows with made-up measurements.
  • A crossword grid with your friends' names fitted in Insert, middle. Pencil the names crossing first, then box each letter and shade the blanks.
  • A library pocket with a due-date slip poking out Insert, middle. A pocket shape, a slip standing up in it, three stamped dates in faded ink.
  • A map of your street with a star on your door Insert, whole card. Roads as double pencil lines. Let the camera hole fall in a park or a lake.
  • A page of tiny postage stamps, each with a different picture Insert, whole card. A grid of rectangles with zigzag edges. One small picture and a number in each.
  • A paint-swatch card of five bands, each with a color name you invented Insert, whole card. Five stacked bands in colored pencil, light to dark, a small name on each.
  • A pencil portrait of your pet looking up at the camera Insert, lower two thirds. Turn the eyes up toward the corner where the hole is.
  • A pressed-flower page in colored pencil, every stem leaning one way Insert, whole card. Five stems rise from the bottom edge; the heads stop below the camera hole.
  • A recipe card for your favorite sandwich Insert, whole card. Ruled lines for the steps; the layers drawn in a stack down one side.
  • A seed packet for a flower that does not exist Insert, whole card. A band at the top for the name, the bloom in the middle, sowing notes at the foot.
  • A sheet of squared paper with one square colored in each day Insert, whole card. Rule small squares in pencil. Fill one a day and swap the card when it is full.
  • A specimen page: one moth, pinned, with a neat label Insert, middle. Wings matched either side of a center line. A small label in capitals beneath.
  • A ticket stub for a trip you want to take Insert, lower half. A ticket with one torn edge, a seat number and a barcode of thin lines.
  • A watercolor sunset in three bands Insert, whole card. Yellow at the bottom, pink, then violet at the top. Dry it flat before it goes in.
  • A weather chart for the week: seven tiny skies in a column Insert, one long edge. Seven stacked boxes of sun, cloud and rain. A new card each week.
  • An instant-photo frame with a doodle of your pet inside Insert, under the camera hole. A square picture with a wide bottom border for a caption.

Round the camera 16

  • A cat with the lens as one wide eye and the other eye winking Camera corner. The second eye is one curved line. The ears reach the top edge.
  • A deep-sea diver's helmet with the lens as its window Round the camera. A dome, a bolted collar under it, an air hose looping down the case.
  • A fried egg with the lens as the yolk Round the camera. A wobbly white with one long drip toward the middle of the case.
  • A hot-air balloon with the camera block as the balloon Below the camera. Ropes run down from the block to a small basket. Clouds under that.
  • A magnifying glass held by a tiny detective Round the camera. The handle slants down to a figure in a long coat, no taller than the lens.
  • A one-eyed monster whose eye is the lens Round the camera. A heavy lid above, a row of teeth below. The lens is the pupil.
  • A record player with the camera block as the turntable Camera corner. Box the block, bring a tone arm in from the side, add two knobs below.
  • A ringed planet with the lens as the planet Round the camera. A tilted ellipse for the ring, passing behind at the top. Stars trail down the case.
  • A robot head with the lens as its single eye Camera corner. A square head, an aerial, a row of rivets, a dial for a mouth.
  • A ship's porthole with a fish looking in Round the camera. A thick ring with four bolts. One fish beside it, nose to the glass.
  • A snail whose shell spirals out from the lens Round the camera. Start the spiral at the lens ring and go two turns. Body and horns point down.
  • A spider dangling from the lens on one thread From the camera. One straight thread down to a small spider at the middle of the case.
  • A sunflower with the camera as its seed head Round the camera. Two rows of petals, the back row peeking between. The stem runs to the bottom edge.
  • A telescope on a tripod pointed at the lens as the moon Below the camera. Tripod at the middle of the case, tube aimed at the corner. Ring the lens with a glow.
  • A washing machine with the lens as its round door Camera corner. A box round the lens, two dials above it, one sock caught in the door.
  • An owl whose eyes are two lenses Round the camera. For a case with two lenses side by side or stacked. Tufts above, a small beak between.

Tall designs 16

  • A beanstalk from a tiny house up to a castle in the clouds Full height. A thick twisting stalk, a cloud beside the camera, a castle the size of a thumbnail on it.
  • A fishing line dropping from a tiny boat to one fish at the bottom Full height. Boat and waterline under the camera, one straight line down, a fish eyeing the hook.
  • A giraffe whose neck runs the length of the case Full height. Feet at the bottom edge, head just under the camera. Patches get smaller up the neck.
  • A kite high up with a string wandering down to a small hand Full height. A diamond near the top, a looping string with bows, a hand at the bottom corner.
  • A lighthouse with its beam sweeping across the top Full height, centered. A striped tower, a lamp room near the top, the beam fanning to one corner.
  • A long scarf being knitted at the top, the ball of wool at the bottom Full height. Needles under the camera, stripes all the way down, the ball unrolling along the bottom edge.
  • A rain cloud whose drops turn into flowers at the bottom Full height. Cloud under the camera, drops in loose columns, each landing on a small bloom.
  • A rocket lifting off with smoke filling the bottom of the case Full height. Nose near the camera, fins low down, billows of smoke to the bottom edge.
  • A skyscraper at night with one window lit Full height. Rule a grid of windows and fill all but one. A mast on the roof points at the camera.
  • A stack of books as tall as the case with a cat asleep on top Full height. Spines of different widths, a few tilted. The cat's tail hangs down past two books.
  • A tall cactus in a small pot, flowering at the top Full height. One column with two arms, ribs as long lines, a flower beside the camera.
  • A tall glass with a striped straw and bubbles rising to the camera Full height. Glass sides near the edges, the straw on a slant, bubbles small at the bottom and big at the top.
  • A tower of ice cream scoops with the top one sliding off Full height, centered. A cone at the bottom edge, scoop on scoop up to the camera, a drip from each.
  • A vine climbing one long edge with a leaf at every turn Full height, one long edge. One wavy stem, leaves on alternate sides, a tendril curling toward the camera.
  • A zipper running top to bottom, half open on a galaxy Full height, centered. Teeth as small rectangles. Open the top part in a V and fill the gap with stars.
  • The sea from top to bottom: sunlit fish above, an anglerfish below Full height. Open and pale at the top, closer hatching going down. One glowing lure near the bottom.

Small repeats 16

  • A checkerboard that fades out toward the top Lower two thirds. Full squares at the bottom, then outlines, then corners only, then nothing.
  • Buttons in four sizes, some with two holes and some with four All over. A circle with a rim line and thread holes. Give one a loose tail of thread.
  • Cherries in pairs on a shared stem All over. Two circles, a V stem, one leaf. Lean each pair a different way.
  • Daisies with one petal missing from each All over. A dot with petals round it. Leave one out and drop it close by.
  • Five-point stars in three sizes All over. Big ones first, spaced wide. Fill the gaps with small ones, then dots.
  • Lemon slices and whole lemons, taking turns All over. A circle with spokes, then an oval with a nub at each end. Plain case between them.
  • Leopard spots that thin out toward one corner From a bottom corner. Broken rings round a darker dot, spaced wider as they travel up the case.
  • Paper planes with dashed flight paths that cross All over. Each plane is a folded dart. Loop a dashed trail behind it and let the loops cross.
  • Rows of arcs like fish scales From the bottom up. Each row sits in the gaps of the last. Stop in a ragged line below the camera.
  • Small ghosts, each pulling a different face All over. A dome with a wavy hem and two dot eyes. Change the mouth every time.
  • Smiley faces, with a single frown for someone to find Rows across. Circles all one size. Hide the frown below the middle of the case.
  • Strawberries scattered at every angle All over. A rounded triangle, a leafy cap, seed dots. Turn each so no two point the same way.
  • Terrazzo chips in three colors All over. Chips with straight sides, none touching. Three pens used in turn.
  • Tiny envelopes, one in four sealed with a heart All over. A rectangle with a V flap. Tilt them like dropped mail.
  • Tiny mushrooms in pairs, one tall and one short All over. A dome and a stalk. Spots on the tall one only. Tilt each pair a little.
  • Tiny umbrellas in rows, one blown inside out Rows across. A dome and a hooked handle. Flip one into a cup shape in the third row.

Names and words 16

  • A date that matters in tall thin numerals Along the bottom edge. Narrow numerals with dots between. Leave the case plain above.
  • A HELLO name tag with your own joke on it Middle. A rounded box, a filled band at the top, your line handwritten in the white.
  • A luggage tag with your initials and a made-up destination Hanging from the camera corner. A string runs down to a tag with a punched hole.
  • A name stitched in dashes with a needle at the end of the thread Lower third. Write the name in pencil, go over it in short dashes, then trail the thread to a needle.
  • A word hidden in a word search grid Middle. Rule a grid of letters. Run your word on a diagonal and ring it loosely.
  • A word in block letters shaded to look carved into the case Across the middle, case turned sideways. Capitals, with a thin dark line inside the top and left of every stroke.
  • One initial built from small flowers Center. Pencil the letter lightly, crowd blooms along it, then rub the pencil out.
  • One initial inside a wreath of leaves Center. Letter the initial large first. Circle it with a stem of paired leaves, left open at the top.
  • One word running down the long side, a letter to a line Full height, one edge. Stack capitals of equal width with even gaps.
  • Three initials as a monogram, the middle one largest Center. Letters touching. Thicken the downstrokes and run one thin line round the set.
  • Three words curving round the camera Camera corner. Pencil an arc first. Space the letters along it with their feet toward the lens.
  • Your name as a neon sign with a plug trailing off Upper middle. Double every stroke of joined-up letters. A cord wanders to the bottom edge.
  • Your name in a speech bubble from a small character Lower half. A simple figure at the bottom edge. The bubble's tail leads up to the name.
  • Your name in bubble letters that overlap Lower half. Pencil the letters fat and touching. Ink the front ones whole, the back ones where they show.
  • Your name spelled in tiny constellations Upper half. Dot the corners of each letter as stars, join them with fine lines, scatter spare stars round.
  • Your name written backward, to read in a mirror selfie Middle. Write it on thin paper, flip the paper, copy the reversed letters. Check in a mirror first.

How it works

A phone case is a tall strip with rounded corners and a camera in one corner. These 80 phone case drawing ideas use that shape: round the lens, up the long edge, all over, or on a paper insert.

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Start with the camera

The lens is a dark circle you cannot move, so make it part of the picture. Round the camera holds 16 that do: the yolk of a fried egg, a porthole with a fish looking in, the single eye of a monster. Draw up to the ring and stop.

Use the height

A case is far taller than it is wide. Tall designs run from the bottom edge to the camera: a lighthouse, a rocket on a column of smoke, a tower of ice cream scoops with the top one sliding off. A word works the same way, stacked a letter to a line down one long side.

  • On a plain hard case, draw with a paint pen by an open window, and try it on the inside of the case first.
  • For pencil, colored pencil or watercolor, draw on a card insert, not on the case.
  • Never ink over the lens or the flash.

Questions and answers

What can I draw on my phone case?

Anything that suits a tall strip. Scatter strawberries at every angle, letter one initial inside a wreath of leaves, or run a giraffe's neck from the bottom edge to the camera. Names and words holds 16 for a name, an initial or a single word.

How do you draw on a clear phone case?

Trace the phone on card, mark the camera hole, cut just inside the line and slip the card between the phone and the case, picture facing out. A new card is a new case.

What pens work on a phone case?

A paint pen, also called a paint marker. Its oil-based paint writes on surfaces such as plastic and glass and leaves an opaque line. Shake it before you start and let each color dry before the next goes over it.

What are easy phone case drawing ideas?

Small repeats needs no planning: five-point stars in three sizes, cherries in pairs, a checkerboard that fades out toward the top. Start at the bottom edge and stop wherever you like.

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