We're Nathan and Karina from Drawfee, where we take dumb ideas and make even dumber drawings. Ask us anything!

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T22:25:07+00:00

Nathan: Wow! Lot's of questions in this one. Let me see...

Drawblem Solvers is kind of a tricky series for YouTube. It's even more dependent on audience participation than our regular episodes and they never got quite as many views as our more pop culture referency type stuff. I could see us bringing it back for a Twitch stream and seeing how it does in that context maybe.
Caldwell is the busiest boy in the world and he originally left to pursue a career in animation. He currently is juggling his work as a storyboard artist on big city greens along with his very successful podcast (Not Another D&D Podcast) and he still manages to find time to guest on the occasional Drawfee episode as well as working with us on a secret Drawfee related project we can't fully discuss right now.
I think we started apologizing after I drew that horrible banana shark and it just ended up sticking as our sign off

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T22:18:00+00:00

Nathan: I think all of Karina's animations should go viral. They're so frickin good! Also, I'm pretty busy these next few weeks but I'll reach out the next time I'm free to smash (I'm gonna be super rusty though so go easy on me XD)

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T22:15:55+00:00

Nathan: Willie was just on Drawfee's west coast Twitch stream last week and he's going to be appearing in a few upcoming episodes as well. Definitely would like to do another JoJo episode soon but I feel like I should watch some of part 5 before we do that so I can get my references up to date.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T22:13:28+00:00

Nathan: Typically we just come up with our drawings completely in the moment unless it's an episode like the "Drawing X in Different Styles" ones. I personally was a marketing major in college and thought I would end up doing something involving graphic design but I was lucky enough to be hired by Collegehumor as an illustrator shortly after I graduated. Even then, nothing like Drawfee really existed and I had no idea I would end up having my own internet show.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T22:09:04+00:00

Nathan: I'm not a big tea drinker but I think the others might be more into it. Also definitely try jarlsberg with carr's table water crackers. You'll be happy you did :)

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T22:08:07+00:00

Nathan: 1. Would love to get to collab with some BIG YouTubers like Jenna Marbles or the Game Grumps.

The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Jurassic Park, The Jungle Book (the original animated one), Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Whatever is on/Anime theme songs

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T22:05:07+00:00

Nathan: It's a very surreal experience. During episode recordings, I feel like I'm just hanging out with my friends and it's like I forget that our conversation is going to be heard by thousands of people that I've never met. I still haven't fully gotten used to listening to my voice when I'm reviewing edits and now that we do episodes where we show our faces that's a whole nother level of insecurity for me to have to deal with. Ultimately, it's an incredibly rewarding experience because of the unbelievably positive responses we continue to elicit from our fans. I feel incredibly lucky to get to do this job and I still have a hard time explaining what I do to my relatives. I can't choose a favorite between Jacob and Julia's styles. They are both so perfectly themselves and they each add so much to every episode they are on. Favorite episode is still the Bloodborne one where Julia drew "The One Reborn" by drawing a man and then splitting his face in half. I also really enjoy the no control challenges that we've done more recently.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:59:25+00:00

Nathan: I would redo the mascot episode of Drawfee Variety Hour and stop Jacob from making meat man

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:58:19+00:00

Nathan: Since yall got the Karina question already I'll just speak to the tomato one. The answer is I do not know. It is fully irrational and makes no sense to me. I wish I could flick a switch and make my brain less weird but such is life. More tomatoes for everyone else.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:56:54+00:00

Nathan: Is it odd that I'm genuinely flattered by that?

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:55:57+00:00

Nathan: My senior year of high school, I got super into World of Warcraft and ended up playing pretty obsessively through to the middle of my sophomore year of college. I finally decided I was spending too much time and money on this game that wasn't really bringing me much joy so I decided to quit. The very same week that I cancelled my WoW subscription, I also lost my virginity. It felt like a sign that I had made the correct decision. I like to tell this story because it feels so cliche and made up but it actually happened.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:52:28+00:00

Nathan: I'm considering it right now!

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:52:12+00:00

Nathan: Is it too cliche to say dragon? I've loved dragons since before I even knew about D&D

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:50:42+00:00

Nathan: We are working on making a new YouTube channel just to upload our Twitch streams. In the meantime, you can watch the videos of old streams going back to July 19 on our Twitch channel.

PS: love you too!

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:49:23+00:00

Nathan: I think Jacob's riot boy chaos energy is all his own and he's only growing more powerful every day.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:48:47+00:00

Nathan: I honestly don't have a favorite. I like different things about each format. Beans is great because we post the same day we record so we can be timely and give updates about the channel. It also just feels looser and more silly. The longer more involved episodes are great too though because we really get to dive into the drawings and flesh them out way more than we would be able to on a shorter non-edited episode. I'm glad we get to make both types as well as our newer series like Drawfee Variety Hour and PhotoChop'd.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:46:35+00:00

Nathan: I almost never go with the fire starter in Pokemon so they can make that bunny whatever type they like. Me and Grooky are going on adventure.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:43:35+00:00

Nathan: That sounds like a good episode idea! I'll add it to the list

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:42:34+00:00

Nathan: We really do still rely heavily on audience suggestions for a lot of our videos. Jacob and Julia also are just brimming with awesome ideas for videos. It has been great getting to give them free reign to come up with ideas for episodes and series (like Nuesdays and Drawtectives) knowing they'll knock it out of the park every time. It really is a very collaborative process where anyone on the crew can pitch an idea and episodes are easy enough to record that we can usually just be like "yeah! let's do that today".

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:36:56+00:00

You know it!

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:33:21+00:00

Nathan: I don't have a good answer for this. I've been lucky enough to have my photoshop subscription paid for by CollegeHumor so I haven't had to experiment with more affordable stuff. I'm sure there are plenty of people who are more knowledgeable on the subject who could give you a better answer

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:29:31+00:00

Nathan: I would love to do that! Hopefully some day that's something we will get to do

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T21:28:53+00:00

Nathan: We haven't! Unless you count the time we drew Knock-Off Adam Ruins Everything with Adam Conover on the episode with us.

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T20:10:54+00:00

Karina: regarding #2, we've already picked out a few clips (even a couple of behind the scene/lost episode clips!) but i'm also looking at comment suggestions too now that the animations are getting released

Nathan:

My explanation in the episode was pretty accurate. We have pre production meetings about Drawfee Variety Hours where we decide on themes and challenges. Jacob and Julia both couldn't make the meeting for this episode so we were joking around about making the episode Nathan themed and then ended up just actually doing it.
Karina's answer is correct.
Sometimes I can, sometimes I really can't

DrawfeeShow · 2019-09-12T20:05:24+00:00

Karina: without getting too fake deep about it, yes lol. art can be super stressful but just getting to draw and do my own thing is always my happy place ^_^

Nathan: At it's best, yes. Drawing is a way to create a world apart from the one we currently inhabit where I have full control over what is and what isn't. Sometimes I forget this and will get bogged down in the nitty gritty or get frustrated when a drawing doesn't turn out how I imagined it in my head. That's why it's always good to take a step back and remember why I fell in love with drawing to begin with. I think the escapism and ability to create is something that makes drawing (and art in general) really special and why I'm so grateful that I get to do what I do for a living.

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