Turning My Childhood Favorite Media Into Modern Art

[@paradiseegg2111]

i really love this genre of Drawfee episodes: "We took the limiters off Karina, let's see what happens"

[@onlysmiles4949]

Rock Lee weights

[@DeinosDinos]

That transition from digital to plasticine was the exact 'taking off a bit of weight isn't gonna change anyth-' KABOOM scene

[@Noinyen]

My favorite example of that being the otp episode 💯

[@LeviReeves02]

Do you have any other episodes in this genre in particular that you can recommend? The energy in this video was immaculate.

[@kindakara]

@@LeviReeves02i would probably say ‘drawing the ultimate tumblr sexyman’ ??

[@PankoBreadcrumbs]

It's amazing how Karina can boil down her entire artistic career into the gargantuan understatement "I liked things as a kid"

[@HunterJE]

It almost felt like cheating to give her this prompt since she more than anyone on the show seems to have stuck with all her childhood fandoms…

[@OctopusOwl]

It's nice just letting her explore and celebrate all her loved characters

[@nix6940]

I enjoy Nathan's journey as well: "I liked elephants and my parents were unable to provide me with the quantity of elephant pictures I required."

[@milesprower8]

i wish i liked things as a kid.

[@NKO_lindo]

she's so me fr

[@5am_nightmares]

Karina singlehandedly took my fear of being cringe because she's not cool IN SPITE of being cringe, she's cool BECAUSE she's cringe

[@danielled8665]

Weirdly, that was Dr Who for me. 😅

[@Swift_LN]

It's literally just conference.

[@CheeseduckClaire]

"Don't kill off the part of you that is cringey. Kill off the part of you that cringes." edit: OMG, I typed this before I finished the video, I can't believe the third art piece also had this quote!

[@DoveJS]

The things people assume to be cringe is just being marginalized, enjoying atypical things, and then being mocked for it; actual cringe is being close-minded and hateful towards divergence. Unhinged fandom madness that makes no sense but doesn't really harm anyone? You do you, boo. Being discriminatory and vitriolic and using it to scam people out of their money? That's cringe.

[@imachikenlol6820]

A hero, an absolute role model I will tell my children tales about. Or just show them the videos idunno.

[@gnaat]

"I was trying to go with a pretty symmetrical composition here, to evoke kind of a more classical looking image and feeling," -Karina, while drawing the widely spread legs of her anthropomorphic Neopet

[@mentallysillygayperson]

818 likes and no replies? Let me fix that! Also yes I was giggling so hard when she said that istg

[@mktegaki_e]

The 3 stacked plasticine dolls are so vaporwave somehow, I love it! Also the cringe one deserves to be a blingee.

[@4nna_b]

Right? Ngl, I would definitely wear a cool shirt with those stacked dolls on it 😂

[@rebbieornot]

so real! i was also thinking of the hylic games and this plasticine picrew i saw a while back

[@TheCapelessCrusader]

It feels like something that would be on an album cover against a plainly colored background

[@alliebean3235]

karina saying "i went for a more classical composition" while destielconfession's spreadeagled presentation forms in front of us has such potent energy to it

[@ijlayugan4149]

I remember Karina mentioning how she couldn't figure out painting digitally. So seeing her popping off sculpting and drawing traditionally so she can get the textures she likes is actually smart powerful and girlboss of her. Kill the part of you that cringes

[@mossdarragh]

jacob getting distracted and saying "sorry, i think karina popped off again" while out and about... why did that make my heart so happy, the fact that these guys are not just coworkers but also display genuine friendship makes my lonely little ass so fucking HAPPY

[@mewithyouu]

I like your profile pic!

[@spuekyblue3382]

drawfee is the friend group that everyone should aspire to have

[@mossdarragh]

@@mewithyouu i wish i could say it was mine, but it's a suggested picture for my google profile 😭 it is so cute though i'm glad it was a nice lil thing worth commenting on, love a good snake friend and i hope you have a good day/night :)

[@mossdarragh]

@@spuekyblue3382 if i had a solid friend group irl right now i'd want it to be this dynamic you're so right !!

[@LutraLovegood]

Jacob and Julia are just good friends

[@kristoooo]

The initial statement of Karina saying "the first piece, the theme was girls. I like girls." In response to the prompt of things she liked as a kid is very relatable. I too was a kid who liked girls, thank you Karina 😂

[@sourwitch2340]

not a kid, still like girls 😳

[@SimBits]

Lol it's funny because she's ace like me, but I'm aroace so I'm not even attracted to girls romantically but I still love women in general 😂 I refuse to draw men, they aren't nearly as fun or pretty! I want to make everything pretty and sparkly and feminine! 🎉

[@kristoooo]

@@sourwitch2340 big sameeee

[@kristoooo]

@@SimBits 😭😭😭 I'm a lesbian who refuses to draw women, I've always only ever drawn men in my art even tho I'm not even attracted to them

[@glados4759]

@SimBits It's just more interesting to draw women, you know

[@onlysmiles4949]

I think Julia talking about how she could never make something like this is really interesting because of the fact that this sort of style fundamentally requires a LOT of knowledge on how DeviantArt/early 2000's internet culture works that's extremely hard to replicate unless you were actually a part of it. Like, this sort of compositional knowledge isn't something that can really be taught in the same way as something like shading or lineart, and the fact that it's almost intrinsic to her like "Well, of course the mixed media collage needs song lyrics" makes this all the more impressive Genuinely really cool to see the rock lee weights come off like this. Also, the fact that she found a way to essentially weaponize her cringe to make her art even more authentic is phenomenal and, again, not something a lot of people are really capable of

[@cassualtea2040]

I feel like that encompasses a part of "art style development" that is genuinely difficult to explain which is the development of your own personal aesthetic tastes based on the enrichment you recieve Like, it becomes such a fundamental thing that you never think twice about. Its so engrained into your process and inner eye that its subconscious and unexplainable. Attempting to explain to you how I arrived at the thing that I did would be like trying to explain every impulse I've ever had. Its just your essence now, and you cannot rationalize essence.

[@pam8324]

When Karina started modeling clay dolls my reaction was on par with “Julia…is this BLENDER” 💀

[@LincolnDWard]

Have you seen the Mario movie episode? That's how I felt there too.

[@aidengrubbs4110]

I want a tatoo that says julia is this blender😂😂😂

[@carojm11]

i had the exact same thought! oh how far we've come

[@pam8324]

@@LincolnDWardjust watched it and dear LORD that was a journey 😭

[@bandidocavalier]

she opened blender in real life like

[@venomouskoala0690]

Drawfee is starting to evolve into just Artfee. First Julia, now Karina

[@NickMick9]

Morning Drawfee had evolved into an Afternoon Artspresso.

[@toobapheesh3756]

your saying sonic with his butthole hangin out isnt art

[@katrina_SJD]

I saw this while the ads were still playing so I'm slightly concerned about what's in store

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

"Julia, is that Blendr?" "Karina, is that Plasticine?" "Nathan, is that colony of ants following pheromone instructions to dig out a perfect 3D scale model of the entire New York Subway System?" "Jacob, is that the Moon??"

[@scooby45247]

Caldwell is rolling over in his grave.. hes not dead, he just likes rolling around in his grave.. hes a weird guy, but im sure, hes a proud papa of his children growing up..

[@Rebecca-hm6pw]

Julia made a clay Luigi and karina was like WAIT WE CAN DO THAT?!?!? And promptly lost her damn mind. Thanks karina you’ve done us all a service this day

[@amicalamity1601]

For those of you who get light-/flash-sensitive like me, the pulsing/flashing camera sections are: >10:26-13:46 (sculpting the little guys) >21:44-22:28 (drawing anime eyes and wings on paper) >29:56-30:05 (KK Circus bonus footage) This was a really fun watch, and I'm looking forward to what y'all will do next!

[@marissaosman]

Thank you so much for these timestamps! I don’t need them personally but this is incredibly kind of you to do. ❤

[@elicaelum8379]

Replying for the algorithm so these stamps go near the top for those that need them!! Thank you for your work!!

[@everfluctuating]

doing the lords work

[@Shalakor]

I'll just add a comment for the algorithm, too.

[@hk1222]

Thank you! ❤

[@ericaclare4362]

I desperately want to see either Karina's interpretation of the last supper, or all 4 doing a collab of the last supper. Desperately want to see that

[@nixand_brennt]

But with all drawfee characters attending.

[@monbub]

I would pay to see this

[@washingmashine921]

I was thinking the same later idea it would be the best thing

[@jebnordost7487]

“Don’t kill the part of you that’s cringe, kill the part of you that cringes” is such a beautiful motto, I need it on a shirt

[@zoryadawn]

thanks for saying that nathan :)

[@rainbowbarfeverywhere]

i'm happy to tell you that there are several shirt designs with this motto!

[@jscott4reel]

“Kill the part of you that cringes,” is the new “Fear is the mind killer.”

[@marlyd]

Mayonnaise is food lube

[@sharpeningtheaxe]

I don’t know the origin but it’s an old quote

[@garbageboy8857]

I will face my cringe. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the cringe has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

[@leopoldbloom4296]

@@marlyd Nothing should live underground

[@justlola417]

Cringe is the joy killer

[@iamnoone21]

Karina audibly struggling to keep a straight face while explaining the religious allusions in her composition, while watching herself draw her neopet in the most incriminating pose imaginable xD

[@mariykaauber1743]

I mean this in the best way possible: The sheer DeviantArt vibes from these three pieces is something I haven't seen/felt in years, and it is refreshing my soul. The unfettered IM GONNA DRAW THE THINGS I LIKE energy.......I'm in love

[@s39596]

Cannot believe Karina fully designed a triptych for us I can’t wait to drag these posters around in a little portable altar thingie

[@ruleofthree99]

this is the triptych samia was talking about in her song…

[@telstartelstar]

nathan and jacob need to have their "Julia is this blender?" moments soon

[@SkwiddBall]

I can't wait for that omg

[@ConnorGrummer]

I think Nathan's will come when he actually just codes a video game for a speed draw. I don't know if he has any idea how to do that but that's just how I feel.

[@On1onStudio]

@@ConnorGrummer There is an actual possibility of Julia doing this considering she aspires to make a video game and has been talking about game ideas. And at one point in a Drawfee stream(I forgot which one) she made, a very faint, C++ programming joke...So this is kinda scary

[@motodorkjen]

I want Jacob to put that English major to use and come up with an impressive broadside.

[@SailorCSH]

I really need to see Nathan crochet an elephant, and Jacob design and sew together a shacket.

[@Kurooganeko]

Julia making a Luigi figure changed Karina's brain chemistry forever and we are so grateful for that ♥♥♥

[@Sc4r4byte]

The Clayfee era

[@entity-36572-b]

In what episode did that happen?

[@queercartoonkid1996]

@@entity-36572-b”what if mario movie was different studios”

[@abbeyross8014]

@@entity-36572-bif the Mario movie was made by different studios

[@JackTheVulture]

Karina is representation for like, 30ish person who had an anime phase in highschool and a tumblr in the 2010s and that is so much to me

[@shirisuchodolsky1376]

she still has a tumblr to this day

[@cathuff5802]

Me

[@lawrencecharles6137]

Karina continously talking about things she like to the point of needing to stop herself and swallow is so relatable to me. And i am so glad that terriermon and his depressed brother were invited to to the little guy party.

[@tiannagraham5210]

Omg I noticed that! It made me endeared to her even more. I too love talking about my favorite things to the point of needing to swallow or take a breath

[@ErieMaxwell]

As a fellow former 101 Dalmatians girl, I am needlessly pleased that Karina chose Patch to represent them. He was ✨my boy✨ as a kid

[@awhellstothejoe]

this episode is INCREDIBLE. It has Everything! It has GIRL, IT has little guy, it has CRINGE, it has Karina baring her soul in the most unhinged way possible for 30 minutes. loved it. would love to see more

[@Taaneria]

Nathan’s assertion that Karina has a wide ranging skill set that she uses for pure chaos is just *perfection*

[@MiCKi914]

I love Julia's idea to redraw an album cover but with a favorite character!! I would be so excited to watch what everyone does with that prompt

[@adamnugent3553]

Floating Goofy as the nevermind baby

[@jennabarron8889]

@@adamnugent3553I thought of Crazy Frog as the Nevermind baby! Funny we thought of the same album

[@uuh4yj43]

do ittt

[@AudileSiren]

yes yes yes!

[@abj6920]

This is just to Karina specifically: you have been instrumental in me accepting what brings me joy as not something to be embarrassed of and I understood these posters deep in my soul

[@davidwave4]

Karina mixing brown to circus music was 100% what I needed.

[@fishcakestheumbrella1329]

Can't be a Karina speedraw without a flash warning

[@anitamakes]

absolutely living for the mixed media pieces we've been getting recently

[@leopoldbloom4296]

It feels like Julia and Karina are subtly one-upping eachother, and unlike famed documentary Alien vs Predator, whoever wins, _we win_

[@hollykuma]

Mixed media collage is such a compelling medium, it really scratches a specific itch in your brain y'know? The fact that Karina produced not one, but THREE of the most powerful images I've ever seen all in one episode is so fucking impressive omg. Also, I NEED that episode Julia suggested for album art but with favorite characters!!!

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

First one was an album cover Second was an acid trip Third was the result of putting religion and tumblr shipping on dall-e mini

[@ItsAsparageese]

"Album art but with favorite characters" (an idea which I totally second!) went through a few weird turns in my mind and skipped a few steps and combined with some weird fun art pieces I've seen to inspire another idea: The Drawgang recreates classical art pieces (maybe all of them create different versions/parodies of the same ones) but with favorite characters. Idk, I just really want to see Karina do a "Saturn Devouring His Son" featuring Sonic somehow lmao

[@Grant-dx3qt]

@@ItsAsparageese They've done this, sort of. They put random characters over famous paintings.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@Grant-dx3qt Thanks, I'll look that one up! Now that I think about it, it does sound kinda familiar lol

[@CytheriaXylia]

Karina's art invokes such a bizarre cocktail of emotions. At first I thought I was going to play this episode as like,, background noise as I was drawing, but then it just kept getting more and more deranged to the point where I couldn't look away. At one point I was sitting at the edge of my seat, hunched over in an almost prayer-like position like I was some lowly plebeian awaiting in both reverence and dread for whatever calamity my God would impose on me. I had to pee for a significant amount of this video. I had to pee real bad, but pressing pause wasn't an option. It was never an option.

[@hagistb7114]

KARINA has POPPED OFF!! unhinged, beautiful, so powerful! I am in love with the energy of all three pieces, im in awe. crying pissing shiting and humming.

[@madaian369]

Karina ABSOLUTELY popped off, holy hell! These pieces are giving "all over the place, unhinged, but clearly meaningful in some fucked up way" and that speaks to my inner child that also had weird-ass deviantart/little guy/cringe phases. Kinda similar vibes as Paradise Killer, so out there but I loved that game

[@Maradrafts]

This is making me very excited to play Paradise Killer; thank you :) (It's gotten lost in my backlog but after your comment I may dive in and go rescue it soon!)

[@madaian369]

@@Maradrafts I hope you'll enjoy it! It's definitely a bit clunky but it doesn't make excuses for its weirdness, so if you can just roll with it, it'll be a really unique experience 😄

[@werewolf1301]

​@@MaradraftsArguably my favorite game of all time. Take your time with it and question everything.

[@Maradrafts]

@@werewolf1301 Duly noted (your thoughts ass well as Madaian's^^). Thank you for the pointers - there's nothing I'm more afraid of than spoilers when it comes to video games, but on the other hand, people sharing their non-spoilery impressions, enthusiasm and passion for a specific title I absolutely adore. So regardless of what _my_ thoughts on the game end up being, I'm grateful to the both of you! This exchange made me smile :)

[@mokow3732]

This feels like that time julia learned blender. I just dont understand how this is easier.

[@houndgirl7365]

Sometimes it's just the breakup of the monotony of drawing yes it's fun to draw, but sometimes breaking it up just further helps the creativity aspect. It's the same thing for learning something new yes it might be more complex, but it's funner that way :)

[@Cheerwine091]

My reaction was “Karina, is that Real Life?”

[@NoiseDay]

Sometimes it's easier for the brain to do things in a way that seems a lot more convoluted

[@mokow3732]

@@Cheerwine091 Lmao i thought the exact same thing

[@JDM-is-my-name]

As a person who can barely read in silence, sometimes weird things work for different people. Everyone have their own little quirks

[@gloom9799]

this unlocks a part of my artist brain that makes me want to retreat into a cave and draw manically for 80 hours straight while only eating sliced fruit

[@doggyspeak]

this is so specific and yet so true

[@AudileSiren]

Man, I kinda want to do a piece now too, unfortunately my brain is stuck in "from observation practice your basics" because I'm working on tying up a college portfolio and- surprise, surpirse- I've put off my from observation because I don't enjoy it as much

[@cookkeh]

the feral, unhinged self-indulgence of these pieces of literal art are truly amazing. inspirational, even. WHERE IS KARINA'S EMMY?!?!!!

[@yoink7147]

As someone with enough anxiety that any pleasure is a guilty pleasure, this is very inspiring to me

[@BucklingSwashes]

Karina went absolutely mad with this one and I love it.

[@liallen9380]

Karina busting out a Julia level art flex is always fun to see. 'I just kind of did this yesterday.'

[@triumphaladarkshadow4388]

It's so weird. I'm not used to any of their new portrait drawings... except Nathan's. He's just... he's just himself

[@mssnadie]

I adore Julia's, I hope she gets am even weirder one next year ❤

[@triumphaladarkshadow4388]

I like them all. It's weird for me (I'm relatively new to their channel) not seeing Julia's face split in half and one half being weird.

[@mythical_phoenix]

I'm not a fan of Jacob's portrait mostly because the face looks weird to me.

[@glowingpineapple619]

i like jacobs bc it looks like a monkey

[@lucaleone4331]

​@@mythical_phoenixI liked Jacob's more before he rendered. Mostly because it's colored top differently from the others so it doesn't fit as well

[@cramerfloro5936]

As a kid I really love the cartoon "Tom und das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig” (Tom and the strawberry-jam sandwich with honey), wherein Tom starts off each episode on a quest to assemble the eponymous sandwich. As an adult, I realised how much this show is about contentment: not once (as far as I’m aware) does Tom eat a whole sandwich; he either shares it with the friends who helped him get or doesn’t eat anything at all, and still he ends each day being “wishless and happy” (wunschlos glücklich). It’s not the object of your desire that makes you happy, but the journey to get it, and doing it with the people you love. Also, the Strawberrymouse and her Crocodile are an adorable power-couple. (The show is only available in German, but the dialogues are depicted in pictograms in speechbaloons, so if you want to, you could check it out).

[@rainghostly]

I haven't thought about this show in years! There were also little "choose Tom's story" minigames about the episodes online and I was obsessed with those as a child.

[@hurpdurp123]

so, this has to be my fav episode, not because it is funny, but, because it is moving, it's motavanional, it actaully helps with my depression, and not just in the escapeism way, it just is the oppsite of my state of mind that makes me depressed. it just screams "Nothing matters, just have fun with it", you somehow mangued to boil down the last two years of learning and seeing how far I have left to go into 30 mins. This is what the next checkpoint of my life is. Karina, thank you for just being you.

[@TomNCatz]

I think just about every episode that I have bookmarked has Karina being possessed by the spirit of the internet and then just letting it free. I envy the madness they bring to the table on a regular basis

[@TomNCatz]

Side note, I DO actually want that cringe one as a poster XD

[@broblerone413]

@@TomNCatz same it's strangely beautiful

[@jayqbird]

karina's clay dolls would fit seamlessly into an analog horror game and i adore them so much. cutie pies tbh

[@governor_explosion]

It reminded me a lot of the mixed media approach in Hylics, I really think Jacob and Karina would love that game.

[@bandidocavalier]

@@governor_explosion i wanna watch a hylics gameplay sooo bad bc every image i seen of it is all i need in life but i keep procrastinatinggg

[@ButterPecan37]

@@bandidocavalierI watched my sister play a bit a Holida and it’s definitely got a cool art style

[@suzaku42]

Pieces like this makes me remember they are whole ass artist and not just shitposters and meme lords, they definitely do art for a living, amazing Karina, it's beautifully executed

[@iamnoone21]

The struggle to mix brown from whatever random acrylic paints you have on hand is so relatable though That music is the perfect representation

[@SqweakySqwizard]

The fact that I knew it was America from the first side of his glasses... That being said, these were absolutely insane and I really wanna see the others try collages! EDIT: Karina painting to clown music at the end is everything 😭

[@monbub]

I thought it was victor from yuri on ice and then I realized it's america bc of the glasses 😭 man I was obsessed with both fandoms back in middle school...

[@equasia24]

I was horrified at how quickly I realized who it was

[@hypoconductor]

Karina, through pained laughter, while her neopet’s legs are spread on screen: “I tried to evoke religious imagery” I’m gonna be thinking about this for a long time.

[@Dovorans]

Karina evoking the Song of Solomon

[@larvaedadindex]

I feel like that last piece was something i wasn't supposed to see but Karina is an absolute gigalord of confidence for showing us

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

Anyone who owns their cringe with as much swag as Karina -- enough to use it as fodder for her career-- is a powerful force indeed.

[@yate0128]

Episode idea: One artist draws something and the other 3 render it. Each in their own style, So there's 3 different renders of the same original sketch.

[@TheDrawfeeBraincell]

+

[@owenharris4412]

+2

[@Arkouchie]

This is an amazing idea

[@thisorthat2497]

+3

[@lukeparsons6305]

i think one person rendering three different pieces might be a better episode. they may have already done that now that i think about it

[@charliiestarStreamVods]

I can’t wait for Stack Of Clay Figures to be a returning character

[@zoinks-scoob]

As a kid I was also obsessed with the 101 Dalmatians, to the point where I had all 101 of them as imaginary friends. Holding the door open for them took a while....

[@PrimRooks]

I’m only a third of the way into the video, but this whole episode feels like a showcase of how explosively creative and talented Karina is.

[@sspearss9112]

Karina has straight up ascended. Fantastic. No revisions needed. These are just perfect.

[@ShinyMew888]

Karina continues to absolutely kill it And yes Julia is right, they should do the album cover idea

[@cameronshook537]

THE GRAVITATION RABBIT AAAAAA and Hetalia America my god I feel called out plus the mixed media.... Karina is so talented and relatable bless this episode

[@starchaic6446]

Can’t believe Destiel confession has his whole biblicussy out in this one

[@SkwiddBall]

15:25 julias "totally cube-ular" is something im gonna end up quoting daily its so unnecessarily hilarious

[@FancyTuna77]

Karina is so dang talented and I love how she just owns her "cringe" These types of 3 panels 1 artist episodes seem really cool! I'd like to see more of them if they aren't too difficult on the artist doing them

[@annikan42]

I get so caught up in art needing to be polished and proper and consumable that the idea of making intentionally cringe-inspired genuine fanart is such a liberating idea. That you for this chaotic gift 🙏 Edit: I FORGOT ABOUT THE POST CREDITS SCENE AND NEARLY CACKLED AT WORK

[@youokaymilo]

i’ve been watching drawfee since at least 6th grade and now i’m starting college in the fall and one of the reasons that i’ve watched and loved drawfee so much all these years and looked up to all four of y’all as artists, because you can churn out amazing pieces week after week but you’re still artists and just like me and y’all sometimes go, “eh idk, i just fucked around” or “i don’t like how this came out but it’s done” just like me, and it makes me feel like i can accomplish anything i want because every artist feels that way no matter their skill level- y’all are so important to me

[@yogurtbunn5394]

I am absolutely floored by every piece this is legitimately so masterful.

[@yogurtbunn5394]

I was going to hit y'all up like "hey do you have the full rez for prints" and bless Karina for making them poster sized and available on patreon THANK YOU

[@markrs25]

Drawing suggestion: draw each other into an isekai. Example- Nathan is king of dinosaurs in a prehistoric world; Karina uses a Digimon deck in a YuGiOh-esque dimension; Julia is a Drawtective in an isekai full of vampires; and Jacob is the leader of a bunch of little guys rebelling against hot villains.

[@Orangeslices00]

Kudos to you to keep commenting this, I’d really like to see it

[@floralvindicate]

I truly do appreciate this suggestion

[@spaciousdawgg]

Hopefully they see this

[@FoldingScreenMonkey]

PLEASE

[@kneau]

Consider settings which are a little more... fish out of water? Or maybe a swap of sorts? Karina ends up near dinosaurs, Julia in a YuGiOh-esque dimension & Nathan with ze vampires. Oh. I've forgotten Jacob. Somehow... the rebellion of little guys, really fits. Additional kudos!

[@feanaro2712]

Amazed that Karina wanted to do a collage, and then it was suggested that instead she do three categorised drawings, so instead she did THREE collages. Wild. Incredible. I'm in awe.

[@cattruong7492]

for every video with these new portraits so far, every time julia pops up its so jarring😂 i love it

[@TheDrawfeeBraincell]

I’m just desperately hoping one of these is someone’s first drawfee video, because I feel like that would be so confusing to see pop up and knowing that’s possible is very funny to me

[@poyitjdr]

The current Drawfee vibe, to me, is like Drawfee Variety Hour mixed with drunk girl at the bar who becomes the ultimate hype man and I am so absolutely here for it.

[@casparnguyen4939]

this was oddly inspirational. thank you drawfee i will embrace the way of "killing the part of you that cringes"

[@kneau]

Karina's, "ripping out the armature" -- is a phrase likely to stay with me today.

[@LincolnDWard]

As a stop-motion animator, that phrase brought back dozens of frustrating memories

[@emh.1178]

Free the skeletons

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

The real drawfee was the armature we ripped out along the way

[@kneau]

@@itisALWAYSR.A. perfect timing. The pause it gives me was just starting to wear off.

[@mamazeta906]

Karina is the embodiment of the little goblin that sits on my shoulder, whispering chaotic platitudes in my ear, and I love it.

[@toyszz5250]

Karina keeps working extra time these days! So many solo work, we love to see it. And GOD MIXED MEDIA REIGNS SUPREME!!! I love seeing the new ideas the team is bringing, in episode formats, mediums, streams, and all around creativity. Also, half of drawfee has done digital... Nathan and Jacob better keep up

[@thetubemz937]

Well now Nathan and Jacob gotta do clay stuff

[@thebadpoet]

I had a weird, complex relationship with for fun art throughout school because I wasn’t on the parts of the internet which had fanart in high school and then in college and grad school nearly all my art was costume renderings for classes or productions and after school it’s still been costume renderings all the way down. 2020, and working remotely forcing me to work digitally for the first time ever with a newly bought Apple Pencil and procreate and absolute panic opened me to a lot of freedom in making art for fun and not for profit. Karina’s joy in mixed media and creating homages to what she loves is entirely inspiring, and I wish I’d been exposed to art and artists like this when I was in high school and early college. It’s good to see.

[@unvanquishedtruth]

Honestly watching the different Tom faces was a work of art in and of itself, if this was ever displayed in a museum I'd want it to be playing on a ten second loop

[@Zekesterboyo]

I'm back on Tumblr and this is the first Drawfee episode after and I can't help but take it as a sign to continue what I'm doing cringe for life honestly

[@shirisuchodolsky1376]

embrace your inner cringy tumblrina! also its weird meeting tumblr people outside of tumblr

[@MissMisnomer_]

It's Karina's energy, she just draws us out of the dumpsterfire like nasty lil raccoons looking for scraps. She's one of ours @@shirisuchodolsky1376

[@ryliedillman7391]

I cant believe Karina sculpted, cured my art block, and gave me amazing music recommendations in the SAME episode how did she do this it's amazing

[@sarahsant6248]

KESHA'S NEW ALBUM IS SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD

[@xazz]

this might be one of my fave episodes of Drawfee ever. Just one of the Drawfees POPPING off and going insane

[@caseykoons]

I'm here for any and all speed-draws/experiments where you get the time to do something you enjoy. And I love speed-draws that show pieces of the process of a total piece of art.

[@rowan.27]

All these pieces are so good but the cringe one is so incredibly powerful... imagine Castiel, crying, staring at you from your dining room every day (also I love this this multimedia era!!!)

[@Gigglesaurr]

Seeing Karina draw America from Hetalia was truly something I didn't know I needed in life, thank you for this ❤

[@benjo550]

i'd love to see julia's suggestion of an album challenge be an episode !!!

[@birdtunnelparty]

Absolutely! Like when Marvel did comic book covers based on hip hop albums

[@shockofthenew]

This was beautiful, honestly. Mixed-media zine pages combining all your favourite characters from childhood should be the next social media trend for artists!

[@AlkanetEXE]

y'all these multimedia projects are WONDERFUL

[@oristeele9453]

All the art in this episode gives off such a dreamcore/weirdcore vibe and I'm living for it! I love all the mixed media stuff they've been doing recently and this is just sooo good

[@woschaebedip]

holy shit, the render and colors on the first drawing already were so good and then Karina just popped off and unleashed this explosion of creativity. incredible.

[@mollystewart740]

Drawing Suggestion: In honor of Good Omens season 2 wrapping up and having loads of references to Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, how about drawing Discworld characters based on their names or descriptions! Some notable characters include: Lord Havelock Vetinari, Magrat Garlick, and Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler GNU Terry Pratchett

[@mobiusghost]

seconded!!!!

[@siobhanm4417]

LOVE this suggestion!

[@thesunwillneverset]

Did the other Discworld comments guy stop suggesting it?

[@mollystewart740]

@@thesunwillneverset No, that was me lol. I just decided to give it a rest for a while but the GO season having all these easter eggs made it feel topical and more likely to appeal this time 😅

[@thesunwillneverset]

@@mollystewart740 fair enough, let's hope it works this time!

[@BlueCarrotUnmei]

When Karina drew Kumagoro and said IYNYN, I felt a visceral reaction lmao. Gravitation really hit our generation some kind of way.

[@RatherStrangeCat]

Gravitation walked so good BL series could run.

[@paperwattle9493]

this entire episode was utterly feral and unhinged in the most entertaining way possible. thank u.

[@Moonshadownova]

That first piece somehow unintentionally captured the vapor wave aesthetic and nobody mentioned it lol

[@Teamrocketme]

this was so FASCINATINg and BEAUTIFUL. I love seeing these weird collages free from karina's soul and its deeply inspiring

[@DarkwaterSmidge]

I have never felt so compassionately understood yet violently called out in Karina pointedly not naming "that rabbit". Like reaching into my soul to grab my inner teenager and giving them a thumbs up.

[@meotys6276]

What's the rabbit from?

[@nemosomen]

I dug through the comments for this one. What is the rabbit? 😶

[@bluedragon3657]

I want to know too

[@DarkwaterSmidge]

@@meotys6276 It's from Gravitation

[@renatapaiva4805]

​@@DarkwaterSmidgethank you! i knew i recognized it but my brain absolutely could not pinpoint it

[@annalisasteinnes]

Amazing. I loved this deep, hypercolored dive into the Karinaverse.

[@waittheresmoor679]

Karina really out here taking a prompt and making the most poignant triptych of our modern age

[@k_redacted5353]

I want Karina's clay figures on a shirt so so badly, they are incredible

[@bugbearpaladin]

Literally came to the comments to say this. Was she doing merch design at the same time or AT THE SAME TIME, yk?

[@blakelay]

I love it when Karina and Julia go full crazed art mode! Hope we get to see Nathan and Jacob let the art muse poses their bodies and go full crazed art mode one day XD

[@graehampton]

This is the perfect example of why having friends in your field are so important. I feel like the drawfee crew have all been indirectly causing growth that they would never have gotten alone.

[@soulmarxfan]

Karina drawing Destiel confessions with legs spread like she wasn't referencing Artpop. All she needed was the blue ball between its legs!

[@loganrenfrow2544]

I would love to see the other three have episodes of their own with this or similar prompts, though I doubt Karina's masterpiece can be equaled.