I Made Myself Draw Backgrounds Every Day for a Week

[@C.V317]

“We force Nathan to draw fashion”. “We force Karina to draw cityscapes.” “We force Julia to draw actual Pokémon.”

[@juriepica1174]

ok you kid but a Nathan Fashion dive in would actually be veryyy fun (only if he wants to of course love you nathan)

[@beckybea4]

@@juriepica1174or just super cute adorable things in general for julia

[@NessaOfDorthonion]

@user-lg8iw6bu5q Julia draws cute round pokemon from memory for a week

[@jayitsthenerdyninja9891]

I would love an episode set that’s just the gang doing dives on their artistic weakpoints

[@cmrobbins88]

“We force Julia to draw characters-without derailing”.

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

I can see it now…. “Julia draws only round, plump characters floating in an empty, backgroundless void for a week”

[@mackenziedesire7515]

"while sticking to strict prompts"

[@GustavoFernandesKing]

@@mackenziedesire7515 "and not self-teaching a new software or craft"

[@heartofgoldfish]

@@mackenziedesire7515 literally the Guess What Julia Is Drawing I Dare You episode

[@mackenziedesire7515]

@@heartofgoldfish Ah, yes, Bobbygate...

[@AlicornHana]

​@@mackenziedesire7515never heard of Bobbygate, whats that?

[@PankoBreadcrumbs]

I can't believe Jacob Drawfee chose to artistically AND physically flog himself for our own entertainment. Thank you Jacob, I love you.

[@sparpie]

He’s married, please do not ship

[@Luciana-1818]

So Catholic of him

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

Oh my God, now we need Julia drawing characters without a background.

[@lovermillion]

​@@sparpieI am a julicob shipper and you can't stop me

[@GuitarSlayer136]

DBI is somewhere shaking with glee

[@nixand_brennt]

Honestly so inspiring of Jacob to decide "I don't like to practice, so I will practice as EFFICIENTLY as possible."

[@Kyrrial]

Karina has to draw strictly non-sexy characters for a week

[@abniance]

impossible

[@ArtOfShannonLee]

Illegal

[@maggie2556]

Wallace and gromit

[@echo_thenymph]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@jf2801]

​@@maggie2556she'd find a way to make you wanna dog that dog. Don't question her power or depravity. 😂

[@DerangedDurain]

Given that the last episode was "We literally just made Karina draw hot monsters for 40 minutes" and this one is "I made myself draw backgrounds every day for a week", it can be inferred that in the Drawfee canon, every video title is spoken from Jacob's perspective.

[@dr.funnybones]

jacob kinda feels like the main character of drawfee, not because he's better than the others, they're all great, but because it always feels like he's the one trying to make things progress

[@javlatua]

I mean he does do the thumbnails and upload the videos

[@alexandraShm]

​@@dr.funnybones he's just a dmpc, poor thing

[@anthonybowman3423]

@@dr.funnybones I don't know about him being the leader. Maybe. But I will say that when they assigned ninja turtles to all of them, Jacob got Donatello. So...

[@danielbelo6298]

⁠@@dr.funnybones he does look like the anime main. He’s not the strongest, but seems to be the intersection point of the group, is always struggling to be better and is always trying to guide everyone forward despite being constantly bullied by the others. And he always provides amazing moments and drawfee lore.

[@leowidows]

the "it looks ass until it whips ass" phenomenon hit me hard when i started doing acrylic landscapes. i was blindly following a tutorial and it looked like absolute dog ass until literally the last step

[@MercurialJester]

It's so easy to forget that Jacob is colourblind when he busts out works that, even as he says he's not confident, are amazingly executed. Jacob is overcoming a bigger hurdle than most visually capable artists, and rocking it.

[@elvinfp]

Omg, I always forget that Jacob is red-green colorblind! Judging by his art, the colorblindness seems not to hold him back at all, but I do wonder now about his mental process for color picking and how he feels about his color choices, if he second-guesses himself a lot or not. He's talked a bit about it before, but I swear, even then, it's hard to believe that Jacob isn't working with the same visual palette as the rest of the crew.

[@MercurialJester]

​@@elvinfp As I said, it's super easy to forget simply because Jacob's just a talented dude, and just gets the job done. I think in the episode where they drew in shades of red, he talked about it, and it's mostly knowing where the colours are on the wheel, and then playing with values if needing a particular tone. But since it's such second nature to him now, we barely blink as there's no hint that he's working with a reduced palette at all. The average person stumbling over a Jacob art would never know, and I think that's really cool.

[@RadishTheFool]

I love your username. 🥸

[@dclqworm]

it is wild how frequently he makes me forget this

[@bigscheesy4982]

While i do think these are very impressive and i love jacobs work, color picking is in use here, so theres no guess-work involved. Again i love drawfee and jacobs art but just letting you know the color choices here are not observational, simply 1:1.

[@anastasijahabarova1533]

The moment Jacob added a glow to the street crossing piece it was like he breathed life into it, it was magical! ✨ Also, when Nathan said in the beginning “and I’m Nathan!” and then proceeded to make the most Nathancore contributions to the video for the rest of it, that was very good too.

[@gemsineye]

Ah yes, Nathancore. A notorious and totally nonspecific aesthetic.

[@JamieCracker]

​@Gemsineye You mean to say the best aesthetic

[@fableagain]

"It is a field" cracked me up so much! Out of all the drawfers, his humor is closest to mine. And they're all pretty close tbh, but the venn diagram of my sense of humor and his is basically like an eclipse.

[@greycarlysle3383]

Before he passed, my grandpa always liked to tell me that practice doesn’t make perfect-it’s too much pressure to ask yourself to be perfect-but what it does make is progress. I really loved seeing your progress, Jacob!

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

Very wise words!

[@emmalarsson3822]

That's a lovely way to look at it

[@ginad9253]

Thank you for this. It's kind of what I needed to hear today.

[@cashewbag]

love this, thank you for sharing :)

[@corancoranthemagicalman]

I'm back four months later to finally watch this video, and this was precisely the comment I needed to see. Thanks for sharing that

[@spilledink849]

Noticed that Jacob's "Won't let you make a straight line no matter what" brush is called "Ultimate Scrungle" 😂

[@JensDeBrabanter]

Do you know where I can download a brush like that?

[@Negative_NBG]

@@JensDeBrabanter Lemme know if you find out! I'm dying to try it

[@Ronnywasnotliving]

At 3:35, you can see both the ultimate scrungle and lil' scrungle

[@Smile4ever14]

@@JensDeBrabanter feels like something one would maybe get from a patron sub or something but idk

[@TeaBComics]

if an update is ever made in this thread, id love to know what the csp paint name is of the brush. I remember Jacob mentioning that he renamed and reorganized all his brushes so sadly, ultimate scrungle is not the name on the asset store.

[@astery5410]

Can't wait for "We made Julia follow prompts every day for a week"

[@leopoldbloom4296]

"We made Julia draw Courage the Cowardly Dog & Scooby-Doo fighting a horse on a bike in a field of eggs every day for a week"

[@m0ddotrar]

​@@leopoldbloom4296wearing a cowboy hat

[@leopoldbloom4296]

@@m0ddotrar "...and _everyone's_ wearing cowboy hats"

[@m0ddotrar]

@@leopoldbloom4296 yessir

[@theWeaverofTales]

If you want it to be something Julia's particularly bad at: "We made Julia take a break for a week"

[@riotlolz]

Jacob making himself go through every layer of hell to improve his background skills is literally my motivation model

[@mckaygoodman6514]

The seven layers of hell. Jacob horse, street light, buildings, field, Steven universe, peepee cloud, and fog.

[@Elphie391]

The third one gives me very strong Shel Silverstein vibes. I could absolutely imagine a silly poem hanging out next to it.

[@megbennett626]

That’s is exactly the vibe I was getting. The illustrations of Shel Silverstein or Roald Dahl’s illustrator Quentin Blake

[@benjaminbeach7043]

This! I was coming here to comment that it looks like it could be straight out of Where the Sidewalk Ends

[@elafimilo8199]

I was getting the illustrations from The Phantom Tollbooth

[@KSignalEingang]

I was thinking of an Evan Dahm cityscape, with all the cylindrical shapes and roofs angling every which way. I love the buildings he draws, and the way he draws them - his latest series, 3rd Voice, has some great architecture in it.

[@Scrofar]

and maybe a silly little horse too

[@AFrickinDwarf]

Here's a suggestion y'all probably won't see: Jacob, Nathan and Karina each make a character and Julia makes a background that they could pheasibly exist in

[@elafimilo8199]

I hate to be that person, but *feasibly

[@cass6020]

It would be cool to see them draw 4 characters who are friends/know each other. It could be all OC's in one universe (like Ace Attorney or something idk), all people from the same fantasy school, something like that

[@AFrickinDwarf]

@@elafimilo8199 but alas you are that person. Appreciated nonetheless

[@ReatExists]

@@cass6020 drawtectives does have four characters who know eachother

[@durdleduc8520]

@@cass6020 tbf a lot of their videos end up having that lore

[@leowidows]

OKAY BUT THE GEOGUESSER IDEA IS ACTUALLY REALLY FUN! you could turn the first place you're dropped into a scene by adding characters you think you would see there based off where it is and the vibes!!

[@wherethehellRmypants]

A fun spin on this could be if each of them come in with an artist that they do the scene from geoguesser in the style of.

[@fenpoland110]

Would absolutely watch a draw-what-you-see geoguesser challenge. Sounds like a good stream idea

[@annikariise5830]

1000% would be a top stream for me

[@houndgirl7365]

Absolutely ^^ the unique buildings reminds me of Sanfran because of how together those buildings are and unique colors they have ^^

[@Nina-gf1fv]

yes yes yes!

[@kweenkitten6207]

Yes!

[@unconcernedsalad2]

YES YES YES YES YES

[@doispontostres3335]

Jacob is so incredibly good at character design that even the little traffic light guys have so much personality

[@titusmireles664]

"You can't get better if you don't do it, but you don't want to do it if you're not good already." This is the whole reason I haven't done art myself. I just scratch that itch by watching you guys.

[@cass6020]

But you gotta

[@violetsanddragons]

Do it, do the art, I believe in you.

[@raineview]

This is why I keep starting then giving up, it's so frustrating when what's in your head doesn't translate AT ALL... and it just looks bad too 😭

[@---pu7ke]

Learning art is ROUGH but super rewarding

[@a.c.tilstra-smith6336]

So, about at the 9:35 mark, Julia says "It's hard to work on something you don't have a lot of confidence in" and, I literally just today finished a big project for my PhD that I struggled with so much and did a lot of procrastinating on, and just that phrase (and Jacob's follow up about knowing you'll probably mess up at some point) oddly hit so hard. In a comforting way. This is just a very long way to say how I have now found a phrase/logical thinking pathway that will probably help me a lot when I'm struggling with work. It was unexpected, and I'm definitely watching when I should be sleeping, but it is actually really comforting to think about.

[@lightspeedsloth-zz]

I can't believe how much Nathan has grown as a witness to Jacob's speeddraws. Nathan's journey is so inspiring

[@LincolnDWard]

Scrolled down specifically to check for this comment

[@MikaGoose]

I'm so proud of Nathan. I love watching him grow as an artist.

[@copiouskittens3323]

He has a beautiful laugh

[@makhai_draws]

I know we all talk about how much Nathan has improved but can we talk about how much Jacob's art has improved??? Cause holy shit these were all incredible!

[@kayce851]

If you do a landscape challenge, it might be fun to have one of you do a foreground, someone else do a midground, and a third do the distant background without knowing what the other two were doing. Maybe everyone knows the landscape theme so it's somewhat cohesive. Might get some neat results.

[@mackenziedesire7515]

I SO hope they see/do this eventually because that sounds very fun, and in a totally different way from doing an exquisite corpse cause I think it could come out legitimately really nice looking.

[@cguy20076]

And then the last person puts them together and adds details to the scene

[@NINJAfries07]

That sounds like it could be fantastic or hilarious. Probably both

[@ethandoodlez9987]

YEAH THEY GOTTA DO THIS

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

I love concepts like this!

[@salted_seaz]

That final piece totally feels like one of those poster designs the national parks put out, it’s so angular and light focused with really nice simplified colors

[@peridotqueen26]

Yes!! I have actual postcards from national parks that look so similar

[@Obrik]

I really like these kinda Show and Tell episodes. Like one person goes on a mini quest or exploration and then reports back

[@kharmachaos667]

I'm going to be honest, I've learned more about backgrounds in this one episode than I have in multiple art classes.

[@Sparky6Voltz]

Saaaaaaameee

[@beardedemperor]

This is just a genuinely good study video, which is a cool break from the usual (and much loved) goofiness of a reg drawfee vid

[@morgandea]

for real though, the amount of new techniques I've learned from watching these guys do a thing in their pieces and going "huh, what if I gave that a go" is more than I can count.

[@pastpresence8173]

gave me so much motivation tbh, really enjoy the feeling of learning along with him throughout the video

[@twocheeky]

holy shit the "can't draw a straight line" brush is amazing. the way jacob used them too is gorgeous

[@taylor3950]

When he first started drawing with it I hated it. By the end it was my favorite!

[@samgonzalez8662]

Jacob needs to know that these are all badass backgrounds. I'm glad he decided to do this, and I'd love more videos of Drawfee just exploring in their art. I'd watch a Geoguesser episode too though

[@AustiPriest]

This was so cool. Jacob said "oh I'm doing some practice cause I'm bad at this" and then slammed down seven amazing backgrounds back to back to back. Loved it

[@Scatterbrained_Watching]

I really like these one-person videos, it’s really fun to just take the time and appreciate each artist on their own

[@Metrion77]

Honestly, that geoguessr idea sounds like a lot of fun for a stream

[@Kurooganeko]

Can you imagine Julia actually drawing character reference sheets for a week? Full body and 5 to 6 different facil expressions?!!! I'd love that! But it DOES NOT have to be seven. I think for Julia 3 or 4 is fine. She already does the most... She basically writes and draws all of Drawtectives. This woman has to rest!!! Not work more.

[@sosukelele]

I was going to say that Drawtectives probably fulfilled this challenge, but I'm glad we're all on the page of how much more Julia needs on her plate (ZERO!!!)

[@caitlynstarrparrish]

Yes, yes Julia are you listening? WE CARE ABOUT YOU

[@Kurooganeko]

@@sosukelele Queen be challenging herself on a daily basis already. Nothing to prove here. That time she actually spent money to make a full 3D scene!?!?!? Girl, go rest. Please

[@lololzaz]

Julia probably does draw a ton of character reference sheets in a single week whenever she's starting a new season of drawtectives, just so she has more time to work on the backgrounds and story

[@auravaury]

I vote for this! Though 3 of those 4 would be backgrounds somehow, maybe in blender

[@adozenballoons9171]

When Julia said "its hard to work on something you don't have a lot of confidence in" man. I feel that so hard. I want to get better at anatomy but drawing people is so hard I really have to kick my ass to be able to do it.

[@Skruffysteve]

I've been in an art funk for months. Every time I feel like I want to do something, I suddenly remember how many artists are "better" than me and I just stop. I try and remind myself everyone has their own styles, and practice really is everything, but it is just so hard to find the will sometimes.

[@rochipastrello4403]

I guess my best tip is to just draw bodies without expecting a masterpiece and following the motto of "kill your art"... I'm by no means the greatest anatomy artist, but im slowly improving. And i gotta tell you, drawing shitty drawings is the best way to do so. Sometimes even try and experiment with trying to draw somebody with your left hand or right hand, with your eyes closed, without looking at the paper.... Just to draw for fun and also study people that are more experienced in what you wanna improve... Hope it helps, and we are all taking it one step at the time and doing hard things we are kinda scared (for me, its also backgrounds) Good luck!

[@leahcarson1822]

@@rochipastrello4403that’s actually such good advice, I’m sure it’s so much easier to start if you have some silly stuff down

[@theodoratheunknowable]

I always warm up by drawing random wiggly shapes. Head empty, lines scrungly, no picking up my pen. It helps me get in that art mood.

[@emryshaydn6473]

I definitely think Julia should do character studies for a week!! Karina it would be fun to see do timed challenges I think, and maybe Nathan could do clothing or poses or something else he struggles with? This was a really cool episode, both for good art and content reasons, and to see a perspective of how to keep learning and pushing yourself as an artist!

[@FrankMcFuzz1]

But can we just take a second to appreciate how much Nathan's art has improved!

[@qbNone]

So true. He just blows others' art away. I can't think of any three artists that are even close.

[@spacebees86]

I am so looking forward to the "we forced Nathan to draw..." and "we forced Julia to draw..." videos which obviously must be the next two uploads

[@DarkHarlequin]

We forced Nathan to draw for 60 min using only yes or no prompts? We forced Julia to draw cute animals with cowboy hats for 40min? 😁

[@eryn857]

We forced julia to draw characters from memory (again)

[@ShaddyFromHatena]

Keep the "I forced..." As if Jacob is just holding everyone else at gunpoint to do art

[@rus.t]

We forced Nathan to draw anything… without his beard!?!?

[@HelloThere-cz9ti]

​@@DarkHarlequin"Is The nOSE ScALe stANdaRT?!!"

[@oliverdown6287]

Karina does painterly aged celebrity portraiture every day for a week, Nathan does Kopinski-esque scene setting for a week, and Julia does character design sheets for a week. Seeing very skilled artists actively work on their weaknesses is good to see, as it teaches that one never really stops improving

[@emuscreeches6092]

as a certified "audience" I would watch y'all play geoguesser and draw what you get

[@kweenkitten6207]

Yes!

[@sarah-6177]

It'd be especially great with a themed map like one of the 'weird/cool buildings around the world' ones. I bet there's a horse themed one, too. That could be fun! For us, I mean. As the audience.

[@outlinesnotghosts]

Agreed

[@tiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

This but they don't know where it is until after the drawing is finished

[@emuscreeches6092]

@@tiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa genius

[@2pods1pea]

Seeing these different facets of Jacob's art style is so cool! It's such a solid reminder how great artists you guys all are even beyond what we normally get to see on the show

[@wolfania]

As someone who is still very much in the amateur range of art, it is super cool to see really good artists still perfecting their ranges! There really is no limit, there is always something to learn.

[@Sootielove]

Shout out to Jacob. As a fellow background-hating artist this is some impressive dedication to improvement

[@SamAntyx]

Nathan: It is a field. That really got me. Thank you, Nathan, that was such an important contribution.

[@willowm3055]

Something I really appreciate about Jacob is that he's always really vocal about the learning process. Makes artistic growth feel a lot more achievable. Great ep!

[@taylor3950]

Agreed! Sometimes it’s easy to forget that everyone has to learn and practice

[@peridotqueen26]

So true! I don't draw but I like to write, and their growth mindset is still inspirational =D

[@tepuntopunto]

22:00 "where should i apply texture" an art teacher mentioned once that "all texture put in the places with the least contrast in value will be lost, so ONLY WASTE YOUR TIME WITH IT IN KEY PARTS WHERE THE EYE IS DRAWN TO THE LIGHT AND DARK CONTRAST" and he changed my life. So in the case of jacobs exercise here it should have heavy texture on the light road marks against the dark ground and then later on the dark tree branches next to the light fog. The rest the eye is not gonna register or care about.

[@GavinPlesko]

I kind of love this format with one week of practice / talking about learning things. This feels like a super good way to combine entertainment and learning. Also I started writing this during the last drawing finishing and now you all are talking about how I should comment. It is a very meta and surreal experience. I'd love to see you all do something like "I added 1 concept from Bob Ross to my paintings each day this week, THE FINAL RESULT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE"

[@abdielrodriguez1386]

I really like episodes where you guys try to push yourselves as artists. It’s obviously not healthy to do that every episode or else you guys would be putting yourselves through hell but it’s honestly so nice to see how much you guys are capable of wether it’s through fun exploration or sheer determination like blender and clay Luigi Julia

[@0Lottee0]

It'd be really neat to see something similar with each member :3c so everyone pics a subject they feel they struggle with (backgrounds, interiors, animals, whatevs) and each one does a 7 day challenge of drawing that subject.

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

For sure, but it's one of those concepts that have to come from within and not be forced on a time schedule, haha.

[@thisurldoesnotexist]

Loving the more casual titling format recently

[@starrykev]

as someone who also struggles with backgrounds, this is so helpful - to see the progression from pulling from life to other art, great edutainment from y'all!

[@emilyortega8269]

Literally tearing up a little bit about how genuinely beautiful these are and how intensely passionate Jacob is about learning and improving!

[@jeg4011]

Jacob's been working so much on his art skills lately, it's incredible! This rules and the backgrounds are great. I hope he's proud of this

[@akinanishikawa6193]

@jeg I hope he is too. He did such a great job!

[@masquerader101]

Jacob and Julia's relationship dynamic is always jumping the line between duality and dichotomy

[@FooFoo_CuddlyPoops]

This is a perfect description of their dynamic.

[@leopoldbloom4296]

The Darling Drawfee Duo's Dynamic of Duality and Dichotomy: A Dissertation.

[@luxtobeyou]

Ok I gotta be honest at first I wasn't 100% sure how I'd feel about the single artist episodes but then I realized I was simply being a silly goose because you're all truly entertaining and amazing no matter what the prompt is

[@SirCasticComics]

THIS IS SO GOOD MORE PLEASE!!! Also, Jacob be like "I'm not good at backgrounds" and then busts these out?!? My guy!👏👏👏

[@no1survives]

backgrounds are everything to me. I love that you chose to pursue this for a whole week. This was wonderful and I hope to see more backgrounds from everyone

[@NootNooter34]

For the geoguesser challenge you could collab with one of those content creators who plays geoguesser and guesses where it is based on tiny details. They could try to guess based on your drawings of the locations.

[@alisaishere]

This would be a fun and different collab.

[@LittleCheebs]

Ooohh that would be cool! They could make it as detailed or stylized as they want, making it easier or harder for the geoguesser

[@soapy27]

+

[@ericeaton2386]

This is an awesome idea

[@violetnhz]

+

[@pleaseclap7890]

“Myself” Damn, I can’t believe Drawfee was Jacob the whole time.

[@marcofioretti6908]

His name is Jacob Drawfee

[@juanjuri6127]

(Scooby Gang voice) Time to see who was behind Jacob Drawfee all along! ... GASP! Drawfee Jacob???

[@DarkHarlequin]

He is Drawfees (very exasperated) Dad for a reason. They all form a Drawfee together and it needs all of them. But someone has to drive the car and tell the kids to stop jumping on the bed and that's our Jacob 😋

[@kylieball933]

I would love a stream of everyone just doing studies of things they’ve been trying to get better at. This concept is really nice

[@morgandea]

I've been really enjoying the series of focusing in on one artist doing a thing, it's really nice :) I do really love shapey jacob backgrounds, they're always so pleasant.

[@finchbaby]

Please do more of these! They’re super informative/inspiring/reassuring for those learning to draw!

[@2ndhandshop]

You can tell Jacob is always putting that work in to make his art better and to make Drawfee/SSS as good as possible and I think that’s really admirable.

[@imbored4322]

Obligatory "I'd love to see the other hosts do this" because I really would love to see the rest of ya'll do this challenge, but with a twist! Pick an art subject that you're terrified of doing, and do studies of it for a week just like Jacob did. Would be nice to see everyone else's progression cuz Jacob did a fantastic job with this one - can't wait to see more background work from him in the next speedraws!

[@HowToDoVideoGames]

I respect Jacob's sheer perseverance of doing this, hell yeah Jacob

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

This. Jacob is for sure the best practicer of the group. His drawfee classes on HOW to actually practice are gold!

[@aayyyooooo]

I was going to say that these remind me of Jacob's how to practices too! Glad it's not just me. :)

[@frostbitedragon9]

Agreed, I'd love to see an episode two of this somewhere in the future to see whats changed :D

[@alexanderweakley8527]

I would LOVE to see more crazy training montage/technique study videos like this from other drawfee members and even more awesome background practice from Jacob.

[@Nakarem]

Jacob is so damn impressive for doing this, srsly They all look so good!! And it's so motivating/inspiring I love it

[@annoyingkid48]

Honestly yeah I’d love to see each of y’all spend a week working on something you aren’t 100% on :)

[@Sparky6Voltz]

SAME

[@justalostlocal]

​@Sparky6Voltz Yeah, it gives me confidence to improve again

[@shockofthenew]

Ok but this is legitimately inspirational. It's easy to keep always putting off practicing the areas you find difficult, but it's worth it in the end. Also it's cool seeing Jacob put his own style into these studies and interpret each one in different ways. As someone who tends toward realistic/representational drawing, I want to take a leaf out of Jacob's stylisation book!

[@danielskiffen9924]

I love the dynamic of Julia and Jacob's relationship, they are such opposites in so many ways

[@echelonest]

Definitely we want to see moar self improvement! you guys learning new things makes us not only entertain and enjoy your beautiful works, but learning ourselves too!

[@Mjumiman]

I really really loved seeing this. I'm an artist myself, and seeing someone tackle a thing they were insecure about and seeing their process is super motivating to me! Makes me want to sit down and get studying as well. Also some genuine pearls of wisdom in this, like the "I usually prefer pose and character work because it's quick to go from nothing to something, whereas in backgrounds, it only starts looking like something proper later on".

[@annikan42]

I think Jacob's approach here has radically changed the way I think about my own practicing. I usually get very stuck in a "this must be a perfect reproduction" so I want to try to use some of these exercises to jump that hurdle and free myself up stylistically. Thanks for that ❤

[@yate0128]

Jacob i think this is one of your many strengths, to really (as Julia would phrase it) show your whole ass. It takes a lot of self confidence to show off something you're proud of. And here you are showing all you're least favourite things you say you're struggling with? It's something I really appreciate. Thanks for being you 🌟

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

Truly! He's a great artist, but one of his biggest strengths is his very intentional view on practicing!

[@annikan42]

Agree agree agree

[@marys4038]

The third one is soooo “Where the Sidewalk Ends”, nailed the children’s book style

[@katiebirdie7868]

My EXACT thought when he mentioned children’s books, I love it.

[@freshcupofangst]

That's what I was thinking, too!

[@Snagrashable]

I was thinking the exact same thing right before they said child’s 90’s book!!

[@greyisnthere]

I'm glad we were all thinking Shel Silverstein 😂

[@lizzienorton5154]

thats exactly what i was thinking too it looks so cool

[@GriffonKGB]

Oh my gosh, when Jacob added the glow to the crosswalk piece, I let out an audible "woooooah," it just changed the entire feel of the piece from super cartoony and abstract to realistic and detailed, such a cool moment, and a great example of how little things can change a piece completely

[@Cass1521]

I know y'all didn't really go into "seeing what's there vs. what your brain fills in", but this actually taught me how to *see* while using references rather than just letting myself fill in the gaps. Thanks for sharing!

[@Blu3Pho3n1x]

These were all stellar but I truly loved the second one. It really had Jacob vibes with the strong, funky shapes and the lighting was so pleasant and it just felt so fun and warm

[@xlr20ice]

That Geoguessr/Background situation sounds like a great stream idea

[@chandlerrichards543]

I'm loving all these individual episodes! It's great to get a focus on each of you as artists and see how your process is different. It also gives me a chance to really appreciate each of you :)

[@nenybuns]

Jacob Andrews, master of drawing sick tiny dudes, actually also being a master doing backgrounds??! These are freaking fantastic !!! It’s so exciting to see your other side when you work out of your comfort zone! 🎉🎉🎉

[@delaineem]

Jacob did an amazing job with these studies using his style. The sketchy buildings he simplified and stylized so nicely! He says at the beginning he doesn't have a process for backgrounds but watching him do the last one he has developed a clear 5 step process. And it looks great and was successful at communicating the scene. Great job Jacob you defeated the Art Fear!!!

[@2fortsmostwanted]

I think Jacob really found his background style here, i'd love to see more backgrounds from him (once he's emotionally recovered from this)

[@winrycarver7701]

I love that Jacob is showing ways of fighting the art fear and learning something new. It would be great to see the others do a challenge like this too. Seeing Karina and Nathan's learning process would be informative and pretty fun. But Julia's challenge should be taking a break! We draw-fans and yams care about her health, and Drawtectives is such a huge projects on top of everything else she does!

[@patrickallan5408]

there's an artist called Maddy Bellwoar who does background paintings from a geoguesser type random location thing and it's great, she started doing it for exactly the reason that she only ever did characters, now she's pretty much only a landscape artist.

[@dldetter]

As someone who also doesn't like drawing backgrounds, this was very inspiring. Good job Jacob! And thank you for sharing this with us!

[@worldcitizen3371]

As much as I absolutely lose my mind with the regularly scheduled hilarity that usually occurs on this channel, I absolutely love these more technical exercise focused videos or segments in them. It's very wholesome to have a guy come on the internet and do something he's not comfortable with while his friends encourage him. Love it, love you.

[@Subwayboss]

Oh Jacob Andrews, OH JACOB ANDREWS! You make my wrinkly art brain so happy thank you. Maybe this will motivate myself to study backgrounds as well.

[@rafaelcastro9033]

as a fellow character obsessed artist, this challenge definitely lights a spark of motivation, specially with the "shortcut" of (or focus on) doing blocky, shapey bgs with nice compositions, since it feels more comfortable than getting lost in the details and ending up making a mess

[@Chris-rs6lk]

The “Background Drawing CHALLENGE” episode is one of my favourite comfort Drawfee episodes. So, I’m super happy and pleased to see another Background-Centred speed draw! This was so relaxing and inspiring to watch.

[@seggy9880]

Jacob showing and talking about his approach to practicing and developing his skills has been genuinely inspiring for me! I've been trying to have something more like that that attitude myself in life. This was so fun to watch!

[@morgana7544]

Jacob always says he is bad at backgrounds, but a lot of my favorite Jacob drawings are ones that are largely background/scenery (like I loved his drawing in the "travel poster" episode)

[@alexl6510]

can we just appreciate nathan? i feel like no one's talking about his growth smh

[@gracengeier1149]

We love Nathan in this house

[@oldcheese4]

LMAO

[@baffledmouse]

Really enjoying watching the progress he has made on his art journey tbh.

[@bobb.boberson4437]

Do we stop to appreciate each breath we take, each time our heart beats? No, for if we did, we would be able to do little else. We are all constantly appreciating Nathan every second of our day, but to type out each cry of Nathan Adoration as it occurs would lead to us to remain permanently hunched over our keyboards. Just as our general feeling of love for life is an abridged summary of our appreciation for each and every heartbeat and breath, so too is our general love for Drawfee an abridged summary of our infinite instances of appreciation for Nathan.

[@hazimesahe]

He has become more confident in himself when it comes to his art

[@evanmurphreegamble575]

I'd love to see the other hosts do this. (Esp the version Julia mentioned, where you each focus on growth areas!)

[@xalicejae]

ive liked these two episodes so far of basically, one host marathoning. Its fun to just specifically see their process repeatedly, especially this one!

[@s.grey.k]

I know it was a slow process, which was the conplete opposite of the goal here, but I loved the jitter brush background. I can 100% see that in a kid's book or an illustrated poetry book

[@KallisArt]

I would love to see the others do it, really loved the idea of Julia doing characters for a week that would be so cool!!!!

[@josh34578]

Jacob leveling up. Really cool to see this from him.

[@strawbunny0338]

It’s honestly amazing how many colors are in these that I didn’t notice in the original until jacob added them in his!

[@annikan42]

Completely agree! The pink he pulled out of the first one really shocked me, and then I couldn't stop seeing it. Half of art is just about what you see, so it's fascinating to get to see what other artists see

[@nicholewarren4229]

I really like these deeper dives y'all are doing recently!!! Its a really neat look into your process as artists that I really appreciate

[@Cheezbuckets]

“I don’t like doing this because I’m bad at it because I don’t practice it,” is literally me with drawing, so good to know that really good artists can feel exactly the same about things they don’t like to draw lol

[@thewarriorcat121]

I would definitely love to see more self-improvement stuff from y'all! I feel like I've learned so much from this one episode