Julia Using Blender on the Drawfee Show

[@Ringinthetrue17]

“I started taking shortcuts” Immediately starts constructing door in 3D space for a character drawing challenge

[@palindrome2599]

Julia: “So anyways I started blending”

[@IceHeartAlpha]

Julia making a scene as always

[@brokenjelly2739]

@@IceHeartAlpha 😭

[@DeathnoteBB]

Tfw your shortcut is another person’s scenic route

[@chesirecat2969]

The scenic route is just Julia building an irl house

[@TheBestAsbestos13]

Karina's "Julia, is this Blender?" is so impressed but anguished

[@matesafranka6110]

The little "mm-hm" she gives in response when Julia draws the rug pattern has such incredible energy behind it

[@cole2368]

Like she knew it would come, just not so soon

[@Katalystic]

1:32 if anyone’s wondering

[@LEGOEPIC1]

I think that might be the most incredulous I've heard anyone on drawfee.

[@heynyquildriver]

but even better is the ‘yeahhhhhhh...’ julia follows with

[@Navywalrus09]

Julia flexed so hard it gave Nathan psychic damage

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

Nathan gets psychically beaten by Julia three times a month.

[@jmcop30]

This is still by far the biggest flex Julia has ever pulled off.

[@Spookatz.]

everything she does is a flex

[@elooplan]

Has a lot of work yet once u learn how to use blender ya know how technically easy once u know how to use the other edit stuff

[@jmcop30]

@@elooplan I know, I work with blender, but learning it fron scratch like that takes some dedication.

[@elooplan]

Yeah ik but there is a really good tutorial for blender tho

[@fhinpus]

@@aeriarc6946 many tutorial there are many tutorials for blender other softwares (other than ps and ae) Doesn't have that many tutorials

[@Xitout]

"Alright... I want to show you guys what I drew, but first we have to go into VR chat so that you guys can walk around in it."

[@PaperDollWitch]

That would be one the "try blender background" challenge

[@tonkababic9826]

Just wait ,she will do it one day

[@caitlinfriel]

its only a matter of time lets be real

[@LawrienDungo]

@@PaperDollWitch no more like "what's your ideal character"

[@MadCheshireHat]

Drawfee has a couple really old videos of them drawing in VR. They made a space zoo.

[@maxithalo7796]

"Violet evergarden CHANGED how animation is done!" "yeh, now you do it :)"

[@leongkinwai9709]

"Oh oh!" "No biggie! Just change how animation is made!"

[@Peztllence]

You just had to capitalize the word CHANGED didn't you?

[@IrvingIV]

@@Peztllence _I_ didn't say we should kill him! I _didn't_ say we should kill him! I didn't _say_ we should kill him! I didn't say _we_ should kill him! I didn't say we _should_ kill him! I didn't say we should _kill_ him! I didn't say we should kill _him!_

[@popenieafantome9527]

@@IrvingIV beautiful example.

[@1-Eleventeen]

And then she did

[@bluekozmox]

Julia is a fucking _scary_ artist man she just looked at Blender and went like "huh, that'd be fun to learn in the span of a few hours"

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

...

[@skedizzle]

10 hours

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

To be fair. Try. What's the worst that could happen

[@balrogdahomie]

Karina’s comment is definitely iconic, but Nathan’s grunts of combined confusion, astonishment, and terror are severely underrated

[@ShallowVA]

“The background in my drawing is the color green.”

[@TheHillmanater]

I am fairly certain Nathan went through every step of grief during this bit.

[@cole2368]

Uh,, uh,,, what?!?! UH-

[@romxxii]

don't forget the exasperated "Julia when did you learn how to use Blender?!" Followed by "a muttered "ohmygod" after Julia says "you're watching it right now"

[@intolerablescamp1436]

One too many dimensions

[@lordginger1280]

Jacob: "It's just a simple drawing challenge" Julia hovering 3 feet off the ground, light shooting out of her eyes: "NO"

[@Viv1ann0]

Also T-posing

[@key099able]

With a gun.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

​@@Viv1ann0and madly scribbling with both hands

[@pixelproto]

I remember losing my mind when I was watching the original video

[@somethingknew9152]

I was laughing so hard the entire time. I remember the moment I realized it was blender not Photoshop

[@pixelproto]

@@somethingknew9152 Saaaaame, probably the most ive ever laughed at something in a drawfee episode

[@internetstranger_]

Mood

[@olidon96]

julia: ugh i can’t believe i have to learn a whole new program for this drawing jacob: you don’t need to do that julia: no, i’m gonna

[@dig8634]

This sounds like a trumpet eating pony I know of

[@lian-colechien5528]

🤣🤣🤣

[@delacruise666]

Julia’s mindset in a nutshell: “I don’t wanna do this thing.” Her friends tell her she doesn’t have to, and it’s ok. “Dafukk you say to me you hekkin frick?!”

[@mangachick27]

I absolutely busted a gut at the tiny little stick figure on the ladder before she actually started sketching her character

[@mangachick27]

It's at 9:32 for a brief sec You can hear Nathan laughing about it

[@julien4305]

There's Julia :D

[@hug_bug]

@@mangachick27 I kinda wish she left it like that

[@eoincampbell1584]

"We were meant to draw ourselves into our favorite anime so I've animated an entire sequel show to Violet Evergarden and I cameo in one scene" -Julia probably

[@tehrealcoralsnek7044]

I'm terrified of Julia in the best way possible. She is my artistic role model purely because of moments like Karina exclaiming, "Julia. Is this BLENDER???"

[@voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix]

The best kind of role models imo are the kind that make you go “Excuse me, what the fuck?” but in admiration as well as shock.

[@deniselisboa1]

Im terrified by julia because her ability to impress me is way beyond my comprehension

[@HiiroRocker101]

One of the most terrifying and impressive Julia moments is in a Bloodborne drawfee where she drew The One Reborn. She drew a dude's face, then carefully selected half of it and suddenly split it in half vertically out of nowhere, and the reaction was absolutely golden.

[@dull_demon4717]

Same

[@PowWowChikaBowWow6902]

Julia’s art skills is similar to that of a Lovecraft creature

[@christinestevenson4482]

"Julia, is this BLENDER??"

[@foredee8496]

I swear to god, blender is a powerful tool but has one of the most evilly steep learning curves. This is such a flex it's not even funny.

[@MxAriDuck]

As someone who’s a bit alright at blender I’m confused.

[@ItsYaBear]

Bro remember when SELECT WAS RIGHT CLICK????

[@user-ir9wy8mh5j]

@@ItsYaBear LOL yeah

[@jasonwalker4003]

I'm a software geek that will dip into a bunch of different tools for fun. I've tried MULTIPLE TIMES over a span of like seven years to get into blender. I just can't. it's too much.

[@_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_]

Blender really isn't that difficult compared to some of the other 3D packages.

[@KuzuTomoki]

Nathan's like... angry laughter when the rug designs bust out gets me every time, I have to rewatch it at least a few times

[@NightfallNhilist]

Dear god it sounds exactly like that lmao

[@richpluto6058]

I still think "You are watching me learn Blender." is the biggest flex! When I watched this the first time, my reaction was just like Nathan's

[@red_vibe9984]

Same!

[@JokerCrowe]

Challenge: let's draw our dream house Julia: "Okay, so to really get this right, I built the house I wanted to draw IRL. You know just to get it right. I had to get all the details like electrical and plumbing, and just building it took me like 24 hours, so this speed draw is gonna be a little bit longer than you guys' drawings".

[@roowco1]

"And then after drawing it I scraped the house because it was only a draft, oh and I deleted parts of the drawing and completely redid them, sadly that was after I scraped the house so I just 3d printed what I wanted for the redo, and I made that in blender. Then after that I put it in the background because the challenge was to draw a city, and for the rest of the city design I decided to get a degree in civil engineering to really get a feel for it

[@blackjacktrial]

In order to get a feel for the posing of this gestural drawing challenge, I learned how to create physics engines in real life by building a universe atom by atom. It took 7 days and 7 nights, so this speed draw might be a bit longer than usual. Also, no humans in the first 6/7ths of the drawing. Mastering synaptic pathways and mind control took a bit of time y'all.

[@dig8634]

@@roowco1 You joke, but she WILL 3D print something for reference at some point in the future. Not to the scale of a full house of course, but there is no doubt in my mind she will go down that route if even the possibility that it could be simpler than blender crosses her mind.

[@phi4491]

Coming back to these kinds of comments after she fully sculpted Luigi in clay as a wallace and grommit character truly makes me feel like Apollo gave y’all a prophecy or some shit 🤣

[@nicestpancake]

​@@phi4491 I'm sorry she WHAT

[@UnorthodoxSoundwave.]

The half-pain-half-joy tone in ALL of their voices and laughter throughout the entire clip is the best part

[@Muongoing.97c]

You can really tell that sometimes Nathan feels a rage towards Julia that he can’t communicate before it turns to amusement and he does this little laugh.

[@bobbobber4810]

When you do something and right after that someone does like... 10x more... frustration is normal. But having him throw that frustration away to turn it into amusement was pretty great. This is something hard to do.

[@Muongoing.97c]

@@bobbobber4810 well, they are friends. Nathan knows Julia doesn't flex maliciously, and she's certainly become better about saying bad things about her own work over the years. Just before watching this I watched the one where they created characters based on the same description, and that's another example of this.

[@cnut7383]

@@Muongoing.97c why are you using words like rage and malicious wtf? you aren't Nathan and do know what he feels

[@montanarose4622]

@@cnut7383 Jesus dude, maybe English isn’t their first language? Maybe they’re being hyperbolic? It’s not like they’re being mean, they’re just using dramatic words.

[@PIKAbrusier]

@@cnut7383 you, clearly miss the point of what theyre saying...

[@wolframstahl1263]

Julia blurs the line between a person overflowing with creativity and a twisted dimension leaking into ours. I can't even grasp how her creative process works, but there's definitely tendrils involved.

[@PixieNekoChan]

That’s a pretty accurate definition of Julia.

[@Deadflower019]

I like the image of Jacob walking in on Julia asking for help with his background and she starts sweating BULLETS.

[@jorjeezealien]

Aspire to be Julia, become Nathan.

[@ShallowVA]

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[@deborah2763]

Nathan is amazing in his own way ;)

[@marcfielvlogs8794]

I aspire to have even a tiny percentage of their talents 😂😅

[@unny8877]

@@marcfielvlogs8794 if you think about it you have a very very very small percent of their talent if you have hands

[@marcfielvlogs8794]

@@unny8877 but what if I don't have hands? I'm just a tentacle spawned from the mother of all monsters

[@itshaitime2089]

I've briefly done 3D modeling before and the fact she was able to figure out lighting so quickly annoys me

[@amyoakAnimation]

Blendercan definatily be complicated but so long as youre not trying volumetrics then lightinglike this is actually really easy, i garuntee you will be able to use Blender lighting with a little experimenting

[@squeegel3904]

Eevee + Cycles, the live rendering is phenomenal. I love using blender and this video amazes me as these guys are the best.

[@ShuTheIdiot]

I just use sculpting... almost everything else goes over my head ;-;

[@squeegel3904]

@@ShuTheIdiot Well, what would you like to achieve?

[@ShuTheIdiot]

@@squeegel3904 mostly 3d sculpts to sell as models. But I've figured that out like 90% of the way already so dw. My first model/sculpt is almost done :3

[@designconker4796]

Just a note, when you start learning a new 3D modeling software it feels like you are punching a brick wall trying to get it to do what you want. AND JULIA WAS JUST LIKE “WhAt BrIcK WaLl?!?”

[@thesoupin8or673]

Julia really said "brick wall? You got it. So first I spent 2 hours learning to simulate individual bricks in a physics engine..."

[@Veelofar]

Julia is the Koolaid Man in this metaphor.

[@clawcakes2]

julia punched the brick wall and it shattered immediately under her power

[@Lonely_Moth]

Julia is crazy in the best way possible. She's our guiding star in the realm of art.

[@matthewjensen8681]

chaotic neutrals are good some of the time

[@lemonstarofficial]

@@matthewjensen8681 yes

[@ororion212]

You can never start flexing if you never stopped

[@bobbobber4810]

This is just different stages of flexing.

[@dig8634]

@@bobbobber4810 The metaflex

[@voilet-the-non-violet-vulpix]

I always aspire to be the ‘Julia’ friend. The reaction I crave from people is utter bafflement and mild awe.

[@deborah2763]

Same. Unfortunately I don't do that on purpose, I just overwork everything and end up losing my mind :,)

[@prageruwu69]

god same

[@sanguillotine]

I will never be the Julia friend, I can’t do it.

[@noradyer9524]

julia is truly unhinged i love her so very much

[@Eclipsed_Archon]

"Julia, is this BLENDER?!" is my favorite moment in all of Drawfee

[@calemthecaretaker1298]

Karina's pained mhmm when Julia pulled out that rug pattern is just amazing as well

[@thesoupin8or673]

Also "if I draw The Fool, I'm gonna freak out"

[@Eclipsed_Archon]

@@thesoupin8or673 CLOSE, VEEEEEERY CLOSE second here XD

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

This damn episode made me watch Violet Evergarden fully. It didn't make me cry though, I was just so happy for Violet slowly learning to live again.

[@uncagedrage5239]

Same!

[@mme.veronica735]

Are you okay??? Like, how did you not cry? Like how. I know most guys have a physically harder time crying but are you good?

[@uncagedrage5239]

@@mme.veronica735 it’s really hard for me to cry but I probably do need to get a therapist. But I’m my area no one is taking new patients

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

@@mme.veronica735 I didn't cry for Grave of the Fireflies either. It's not that I have a hard time crying, I cry a lot more than most other men I know, but I just don't cry for sad or depressing things, I cry when I'm angry.

[@irritatedengineer9654]

same and I cried around 17 separate times

[@pixelmace1423]

“Ok, Julia your prompt is a character tha-“ “Hold on I have to create a background”

[@tabeatamm3594]

"Julia, is this BLENDER??" is my favourite Drawfee moment right after Jacob drawing the Fool in the Tarot episode.

[@itslexactually]

God that was frickin funny

[@ReunionMana]

I can tell that “Julia, is this blender??” was rhetorical and she absolutely wanted to vomit as soon as the video started and she realized what was going on lmaooo

[@Emily-tv1iz]

If it took Julia

[@yarro7428]

Julia used the old "background defines the character," method. Miyazaki did that, right? Like, enough to be known for it?

[@cassiemoyles4177]

Julia is literally one of the most insane and creative and TALENTED artists ever, I swear.

[@AnuxeL]

Julia's the type of person to go to a casual family picnic and bring gourmet lobster dishes while everyone else brought potato salad

[@celestial_kitten0834]

Karinas "is this BLENDER?!?" and Nathans incomprehensible noises are really just, so good

[@AtelaLafford]

the rug pattern explanation with nathan's flabbergasted laughter hits just as hard

[@gothbunnyboy6455]

“Julia, is THIS.. BLENDER??” Is very good but nathans immediate “UHH...UWAHHH! WHAT 😨 UHH!!” Is also very good to me

[@nap10001]

So Julia went to fashion school but not fuckn architecture college. My god

[@emilypluseverything5859]

Okay hear me out: an episode where Karina designs a character, Julia designs the background, Jacob does the inking, and Nathan does the render

[@lunahymnpala3081]

I really want a final layer count for this

[@circ3th3witch16]

Ok watching the video it ends with the highest layer being a copy of layer 53 meaning the final layer count being 54

[@lunahymnpala3081]

@@circ3th3witch16 Jesus christ

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

"If you wish to draw an anime character, you must first create a 3D rendered environment from scratch." -Carl Sagan

[@mpreg444]

julia always comes out of the backroom with amazing backgrounds but god if ive never related more to nathan's "the background in my drawing is the colour green"

[@ViLLA1NYyy]

Nathan: (having an existential crisis)

[@Pasta_Crusader]

As a person who uses blender for their job I am very impressed with how quickly she was able to pick up blender and made that

[@beafbuger]

what i really like about this is nathan being stunned to silence for two whole minutes

[@MomDragana]

I am glad we all agree this is the most insane moment of drawfee to ever happen

[@russelljohnson7004]

I adore Julia's approach to learning and practicing art.

[@cae2212]

9:31 i would have loved it, when the video just ended here, we have the background and a blue stickfigure, challenge masterd

[@viridian8786]

"I learned this in like 10 or so hours" *IMPOSSIBLE*

[@unal.05]

It’s actually less then 10 hours since it took 10 hours WITH the painting of the background,character and lighting

[@unal.05]

It’s actually less then 10 hours since it took 10 hours WITH the painting of the background,character and lighting

[@lucasbdantas]

Julia: "Yeah, I learned as I worked in this" *Looks amazing* Me who works with blender for 5 years: *Cries*

[@terryclip...]

big fan of nathan's Confused Noises

[@frostyflames7864]

Julia sees the nodes editor: "Save changes before closing?" *Don't save*

[@SoaringLettuce]

Reminds me of John Carmack hearing about texture mapping for the first time, "spinning the idea in his head for a bit", and going "yeah, i can do that".

[@Emily-tv1iz]

Everyone had a visceral reaction to Julia adding rug designs and that's like the least of the flexes she did in her drawing. Like straight up I'd put that lower on the totem pole than her character bc the character is at least at a weird angle. The rug was just "draw 1/4 decal, copy+flip, transform tool to proper perspective"

[@resq2nick]

i love at 9:32 where she has this super detailed background and then literally draws a stick figure

[@Jackodanter]

I know I'm 2 years late but i can't be the only one who revisits this vid soooo I just want to say you HAVE to watch the whole thing. You can't just watch the start of it cuz the levels of FLEX Julia shows thoroughout this speed draw is incredible There is the general reveal, the time it took there was a SKETCH before it she did floorboards AND a costum rug patter painting over the objects THEN the actual caracter design. And at THE VERY END SHE REVEALS THAT SE EAS STRESSED THE WHOLE TIME DUE TO THE PROCESS BEING RECORDED *AND TIMED*!! Absolutely legendary...

[@calemthecaretaker1298]

Jacob: It's just a simple drawing challenge. Julia: Blender says otherwise.

[@Max-Parker-Buxton]

my favourite thing about when Julia pops off like this is that you can always tell that Jacob KNOWS as he transitions to her turn

[@abjaaksm]

The crazy thing is that her background is so incredibly good that her character almost looks out of place since it took her a normal amount of time for the character

[@popenieafantome9527]

Yup, a Julia classic. Character showing up at end and a beautiful background when not needed.

[@sepiasmith5065]

I LOVE HER I watched Violet Evergarden because of that episode. I'm not into anime generally but damn dude it's so good. "when did you learn Blender??" "you're watching me" THE F L E X

[@TioChesnaughty]

This was literally the reason I started watching Violet Evergarden tbh

[@suppermike777]

What your not seeing is that animation can probably get backgrounds for 500-2880 (~20 seconds to two minutes) frames out of this process from a single talented team or artist, with dynamic angles and shots, without compromising quality. Far more if its a recurring location. Saving man hours pushes more of the budget into character animation, which needs far more to CGI properly at the speeds needed for anime production schedules.

[@fe_three_rosses]

7:42 i've never seen anyone comment about this (the complication makers like putting this one in their compilations, if nobody got me i know the Drawfee compilers got me) but i love that Nathan doing a voice mimicking Jacob, Karina does the voice too, then _Jacob himself_ does the voice with them, it never fails to make me laugh and it's an instant morale booster

[@matsuba3009]

julia is honestly a monster out of the four of them and i really REALLY love her for it

[@abaddonarts1129]

Coming back to this video again, it's fucking wild that Julia both learned Blender to a professional degree, and then proceeded to make sure the topography on most of the model was correct and *usable*. She closed and changed so many things the end camera won't even be able to SEE

[@abaddonarts1129]

Oh hell yes this is amazing. I love seeing other people model so I can see their workflow. Just ten seconds of this has me dropping my jaw since I never learned what some tools did, and just through watching it I can tell how she accomplished most of the project. Holy shit it has me inspired.

[@francescofavro8890]

throughout the video i could only hear the voice of jacob in my head, repeating "you know what a rectangle is?"

[@battle.crafted]

This is the most iconic Julia going off the deep end moment.

[@bianca741]

This has to be the most insane yet amazing moment in Drawfee's history. Julia is such a flexer.

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

I relate to Julia a lot. Particularly in my scenic design classes I'd always have a lot more detail and I have spent more time on my projects and my classmates would be like "Dude how the hell are you able to put this level of work in all the time??" and I'd be sitting there nursing a latte like "I literally don't know how to turn it off"

[@Lonely_Moth]

Now we need a part 2, "Julia Using AcTuaL CLaY on the Drawfee Show". Jesus Christ, Julia XD

[@ulyssessanchez2328]

I think about this episode every know and then, and just thinking about Julias determination motivates me with a lot of my projects now

[@lordknightalex]

julia learning blender for an episode cinematic parallel to me learning stuff on the spot to finish a piece for a fanart event

[@silvercandra4275]

This and the random eldrich horrors, are why I'm almost most excited for Julia's drawings. Not that I don't love the other's as well, but I've been caught of guard by Julia so many times, that it's just especially exciting.

[@sterlinga.5410]

I feel like it's been a while since Julia pulled out this level of ridiculous flex. I'm glad she has been letting herself be a little more chill.

[@aweckzs]

im so glad we all can appreciate the sheer awesomeness of this clip

[@everett9199]

This only solidifies my conviction that Julia is and always will be extra.

[@lwilso9152]

I love how they start losing it and the laughter becomes a level of absurdity higher about 8-9 minutes in

[@creativeandfunnyname3744]

Nathan's almost pitiful: "My background is the color green" killed me

[@aromaladyellie]

I'll never stop being both amazed at this and fascinated by how Julia somehow fucked up both of her own character's arms xD The right one less so, it's more like she forgot to adjust the sleeve after making her arm more slim, but the left arm is so jarring xD

[@quill_bee]

Julia is such a proficient artist, they are all so good, but if Julia did what they did at the same level it would take her a fraction of the time, so she always pushes herself to be better, to learn something new, I wish I had that passion

[@SL-wt8fm]

This is so terrifying yet inspiring, like, I'm almost sure Julia is a human, and she was able to pull of THIS level of quality for a little challenge? Talk about beating mediocrity into a pulp with a baseball bat

[@squa-squathedragon4124]

Okay i’m going through all these comments as an artist *named* Julia, and I’ve gotta say- I’m feeling pretty good about myself all the sudden ;)

[@KnightSweeties]

Julia is the reason why I wanted to try blender months ago, when I opened it up I immediately backed out but watching this again gives me motivation to try this time

[@Asdayasman]

You can do it, I believe in you!

[@matthewscorner2990]

This used to be the greatest Julia flex in all of Drawfee history. Then Aardman Luigi happened.

[@GardensAndGames]

One of my all-time favorite Drawfee moments.

[@NotOnLand]

I love Nathan's brain breaking, like "buH? EuGUhhEHhhdUh?!?"

[@zifny3035]

"Julia, is this bLENDER??" "yeahhhh" "Juuuliaaa!"

[@gab4315]

Me a non artist that literally doesnt know anything about art but still watches drawfee: "Wait why would Julia be using a blender for a drawing? Smoothie break?“

[@popenieafantome9527]

Also the fact that this is a “character challenge”

[@cameronjadewallace]

That was initially my thought when seeing a bunch of comments on another video

[@Neutral_Tired]

Violet Evergarden was the first show in ages that made me cry. The episode with the mother and the episode with the soldier were the two that got me

[@dylanmatthisen8977]

"Ok, 1 frame done. 50 more till you're off for the day."

[@Psycchan]

this is why julia is and will always be my art senpai

[@blender_in_training]

This episode of Drawfee actually got me to start learning Blender, and it's been such a fun experience learning and just creating art with it ♥️

[@nichaaael]

coming back here to say thank you for this clip, this is what got me into drawfee. best thing to happen in the past two years