Nathan Gets "Gnomed" - Drawfee Animated

[@christopherlundgren1700]

Someday, the police are going to come to Nathan's home, tell him they're investigating a disappearance, and ask him if he's ever seen "this man".

[@Mara_1337]

damn she should really hire like one of those police uniform strippers to do that HAHAHA

[@Jonesy..]

only if they also ask him if he's seen *this* 🤟 before

[@youngblank7850]

That would be insane😂

[@PersonalPariah]

She's got to commit though, the cops need to pretend that she has been murdered and that Nathan needs to identify her body. Stage makeup and everything, he identifies the body and is utterly ruined. The detective tells him that she was clasping on to something, asks whether he knows what it means. Bam. Picture of the gnome.

[@fruitsalad5036]

"He's been seen destroying bathrooms here in this state"

[@minanathans6005]

"Your wife is haunting my every waking moment with this wretched little gnome man." "She is, isn't she?" "STOP SOUNDING PROUD OF THAT."

[@zohabaig6426]

The amount of pride in Jacob's face as he's in this interrogation setting talking about his wife's crimes is so valid

[@vibevizier6512]

Oh wait are they married???

[@minanathans6005]

@@vibevizier6512 yup! Got married a few months back, if I'm remembering right.

[@GraiXS]

​@@vibevizier6512 I believe they got married on New Year's Eve (could have been day).

[@vibevizier6512]

@@minanathans6005 yooo nice

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

In a future description drawing challenge, Julia is gonna describe the gnome for Nathan to draw, isn't she?

[@LuccaAce]

Oh God I hope so

[@benjaminphelps561]

if we all wish it hard enough it may well happen

[@fallenaither]

God I *hope* so, this is so funny to me.

[@Nehu_22]

Hey, God, I know I don't really believe in you, bit of you are there, can you make this happen?

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

You know those challenges where they have to describe the celebrity or the basic shapes and lines of a picture to someone and the person drawing has to guess who/what they're being told to draw? If they do one of those while Julia's still doing the joke, she's absolutely making him/paying Karina/Jacob to make him draw the Gnome

[@bittipasuta]

Julia's going to invite Nathan out for a nice walk in Time Square, and while they're looking at one of the billboards, there the gnome will be.

[@Ttoby89]

omg Lana Del Rey's new promo

[@delicateghoul]

I will gladly bump up to the billboard Patreon tier 💰

[@neonparadise5053]

Nathan slowly turns to see all the billboards and screens becoming the gnome

[@adcon00]

​@@neonparadise5053She'll wave her hand like a Japanese real estate mogul and say "Right now I can only afford ten seconds... of the gnome."

[@merrowtooth]

this is maybe the best bit that julia has ever come up with. and you know that's hard because she has a whole twitch emote for her good jokes

[@a_guy_in_orange7230]

A twitch emote you say. . . An image that could portray say, a gnome?

[@GuitarSlayer136]

Julia is lowkey the highkey funniest member of Drawfee. Not only is she immensely talented in art, she seems to have an innate comic timing that slays in ways only the great comedians can replicate.

[@shockofthenew]

@@GuitarSlayer136 Another important aspect is that she's Merobiba.

[@Professional_Rookie]

You cant convince me that this wasnt a commission by julia as yet another way to gnome nathan.

[@jacobw.6744]

I can only imagine *that* cackle. "Oh...oh Jacob...Jacob, I've got it. I'll commission DeepBlueInk to do a bit about the gnome, knowing Nathan will see all the gnomes." Such a devious criminal mastermind.

[@ashleycrow8867]

not only that, she can look through the comments on this video to get more ideas xD tho I guess julia would not wanna rely on others for her gnoming ideas

[@e.g.2261]

Considering that (I think) Nathan is a patreon, that means he indirectly paid to get gnomed😂

[@dronte_de]

Well I mean... at 1:46 one of the notes says "Get DBI to animate it"

[@CodenameJD]

Julia has such command of a sketch that she's not even in. That's power.

[@simont390]

You say that, but pay close attention at 1:11. Look who's a-spying on the scene through that trapdoor in the ceiling...

[@jtg2501]

@@simont390 :O

[@NovumDoesObservation]

@@simont390 I NEVER NOTICED THAT!!! I was already laughing and that just sent me into orbit

[@astrealove1]

I think Julia & Nathan have the best dynamic, Julia is too unhinged and Nathan is too nice to ask her to stop with the shenanigans, so instead they make a meme about it so we can laugh at it together.

[@frnknfrk]

They also have good chemistry with the puns and the wordplay when it's only the two of them on some of the older episodes.

[@smarshall4733]

they're like each other's favorite cousin who can't relate to anyone else in the family so they just vibe incomprehensibly at every gathering

[@Mesanin3]

as it should be with best friends. my maxwell is the nathan to my julia.

[@romulusnuma116]

Julia can destroy any bit but Nathan and continue any bit they're the perfect comedic duo

[@killingerblue]

Merobiba moment

[@Fluff_Noodles]

2:08 "DeepBlueInk already said he was gonna animate this." *"Oh gu-"* (Gnathan gnets gneutralized)

[@anemonemilyyy]

0:44 the transition between post-gnome'd Nathan and pre-gnome'd Nathan opening the email is 😗👌 chefs kiss

[@DeepBlueInk]

That's what gnoming does to a man

[@UnreasonableOpinions]

Thanks to that horrible teleporter accident, it turns out the real Julia was inside me all along.

[@snr0n]

Responding to a sustained trolling campaign by saying "She deserves all the happiness in the world" is pure Nathan, omg. Thank you for your delightful and detailed work as always, DBI!

[@webbowser8834]

It's kinda amazing just how good of a sport Nathan is being about this.

[@snr0n]

@@webbowser8834 I feel like he's some kind of pure elemental being from the plane of good vibes. It's the only possible explanation 😄

[@aandyy4791]

The deranged look on Julia’s face when she declares she thought of a new way to send Nathan the gnome is such an amazing visual. Really captured the insanity without making it too over-the-top.

[@aandyy4791]

I thought this might be my best method to try to pass this weird message along, but I don’t have any family to spend Christmas with, and just linked a friend of mine to a Bug Hunter song - only for them to show me all the animated music videos you made for them! I had no idea you did and that made me so happy, I just wanted to pass this weird message along and say your work finds its way into my life all the time apparently! ❤ Hope you and yours have a happy holiday season!

[@DeepBlueInk]

Oh that's so wild! Happy holidays to you Andy ❤️

[@adamroquemore6410]

the way Nathan says "A horrible... little guy... poopin'..." has filled me with such an endless joy

[@abj6920]

I love how Jacob looks like the crush from The Incredibles about to get his memory wiped

[@florbz5821]

This is such a specific reference and I'm so glad someone else has this vision because it is so accurate!

[@depressionpie4859]

Oh my god he does

[@jackharriss9780]

Tony!!! Fantastic shout that!

[@ijlayugan4149]

Good catch!! I was wondering why he was wearing a tutrle neck

[@emilysmith2965]

Tony Reidinger

[@Hannah_Becton]

I love how you addressed the envelope to “Naaaaathan,” mirroring how Julia addresses Nathan in Drawfee videos that she’s hosting. The little details you put into these videos are 11/10.

[@eva1585]

was just about to comment this

[@astrealove1]

Welcome to Gnomefee where we take your Gnome ideas and make even Gnomier Gnomes. I'm Gnomthan, Gnarina, Gnacob & Gnulia. And you've been GNOMED!

[@HikariTheGardevoir]

We're Gnorry!

[@therighttrousers343]

Gnomes! We all gnave em. Gnoo gneeds em? Gney're just like gnus.

[@eva1585]

I think i had a stroke reading this entire thread lol

[@webbowser8834]

Do Do Gnomes? What do Gnomes Do?

[@eva1585]

@@webbowser8834 Read this like the "will you wear wigs" guy

[@hashaamjamil3375]

Nathan is going to come home one day to see all his framed photos replaced with the gnome

[@kfong07]

It’s really too bad Julia didn’t draw Nathan’s Porfmas gift this year because she could’ve gnomed him so good.

[@quinn5920]

I'm imagining that she's already got the canvas set up and there's one layer with a white square on it, right? and she does the classic set-up of gifter-handing-gift-to-giftee, right? and then she deletes the layer with the white rectangle and underneath it's this beautifully rendered digital painting of the gnome with a frame that she made in blender

[@BlightVonDrake]

The shot of Julia saying, "I just thought of another way to send Nathan the gnome." Is cinematic excellence. Holy crap.

[@OctopusOwl]

I love that Julia expresses her supervillany through absolutely harmless bizarre pranks on friends. Cus she would be next level as a villain but chooses to do good 😊

[@Greyjay254]

This is gold. Very Julia. Of course she’d think to do all that, especially the obviously sneaky move of asking DeepBlueInk to animate this as yet another form of media to torture Nathan with. Very good.

[@calmthefrontdoor]

I love that when Jacob describes Julia thinking of new ways to send the gnome you can really tell in his voice and the way you animated his face just how much he loves his wife and her unhinged shenanigans!

[@adde9506]

I love the way Julia's mind works and I love the way you animate it. Perfection in its truest form.

[@Mesanin3]

she's who I wanna be when I grow up. (even though she's only a year older than me)

[@gracemcginley8150]

Unhinged Julia standing in front of the board filled with gnomes is such a hysterical visual and the idea that she IRL walks around just cackling is more relatable than I'd like it to be.

[@valirysreinhald623]

I love how you take funny but calm dialogue and make it completely subtly unhinged just by making the eyes wobble.

[@runlittlerabbit]

DBI, your videos live rent free in my head.

[@DeepBlueInk]

Thanks Dahlia!

[@MiotaLee]

@@DeepBlueInk I've asked mine to pay rent so that I could forward it to you, but they don't have jobs so I can't. Sorry :/

[@LLoiza]

this is wonderful throughout but i especially love julia being in the ceiling at 1:05 and right after we can hear her cough from afar and nathan looks up and around like a man so worn by the world and its gnomes

[@ijlayugan4149]

OHMYGOD I have no idea how you spotted that- Thats so good!!

[@Shame_of_god]

I love how Julia’s sunglasses are so big that they look like one of those censor bars that you put over peoples eyes to protect their privacy

[@joshrich507]

I love that line at the end! The fact that you seem to have a semi official relationship with drawfee, in that they are all stoked to see your renditions of it all!! I love it too cause I watch your videos, then head over and watch the original clips!

[@DeepBlueInk]

It's very humbling to here them talk about my stuff ❤️

[@blarg2429]

@@DeepBlueInk Who knows, maybe you can be a guest on an episode someday.

[@hp8685]

The corner of the gnome picture sticking out of Julia's travel bag in the photo Exhibit B! Did she travel just to mail the Important Document from an unexpected location? The premeditation!!

[@DeepBlueInk]

I think the bag was just crammed full of them

[@crispymartyr]

She said in an SSS stream that she had it printed and mailed from Georgia, just to throw him off.

[@stealthgrrr]

Always glad that Julia uses her powerful capacity for evil exclusively for mischief

[@j0anna363]

THIS IS SUCH A CLEVER WAY TO PORTRAY THIS BIT. I love it:))

[@shadowknight7932]

I am so glad I got to see the Gnome again before Christmas, thank you for this gift! Also Julia as a criminal mastermind is something I never knew I needed.

[@blarg2429]

"Gnome Again Before Christmas" sounds like a Christmas movie.

[@matthewscorner2990]

I love how well you match up the lip syncing and facial expressions to their dialogue and emotions.

[@DeepBlueInk]

Thanks Matthew! ❤️

[@wynoglia]

Julia DOES deserve all the happiness in the world

[@travisshallenberger9486]

Julia in front of her MASSIVE conspiracy board next to a trash fire has an energy we should all aspire to.

[@BacadoTheSkoggy]

THIS IS SO GOOD. You have a real knack for elevating an already funny bit but this is seriously CINEMATIC. the seriousness of nathan's face and the high quality of the staging juxtaposed to the goofy ass picture of the gnome is absolute perfection

[@elenamorgan4283]

I was just about to comment this but you worded it better I haven't heard the bit before so seeing it with the visuals made it so good

[@brennak2600]

"Just, ah, a haurrible lil guy, poopin" - wonderful sound byte

[@starvalkyrie]

Framing this as an interrogation was so good. I now can't even imagine this dialogue in any other context.

[@FlyAway021]

I love the subtlety of Karina in the background. It really added to the atmosphere lol

[@Harleyishella]

Oh my god this is a magical bit. I love that Julia is THIS dedicated to the joke.

[@ViolentlyNonbinary]

Everything about this animation is perfect: Karina getting the message in the background, the dramatic cut from happy Nathan to detective Nathan, the dramatic zoom on Julia. This is truly art

[@ryantune3325]

The "upside down thank you" was unexpectedly heartwarming. You're welcome DBI, thank you for all that you do.

[@TRquiet]

0:34 Your “giant glasses” style always made me smile, but I was not prepared for how funny “giant sunglasses” would be. It looks like she has a censor bar over her face!

[@58209]

that slow zooming buildup to the reveal of julia looking down maniacally while perfectly lipsycing jacob's words is *so good*

[@DeepBlueInk]

Thank youuuu! ❤️

[@Eisofice]

I love Nathan and Julia's friendship so much

[@alzzarla4610]

God, the added lore of Julia being a criminal mastermind is so good, and the way you lipsynched Jacob to Julia was amazing! 😂

[@KO-vb4tg]

I love the dialog between your animations and the Drawfee gang. Edit: I also love that Julia’s Pepe Silvia board is mostly pictures of the gnome.

[@Bionic_B]

The next level for the gnome I can think of is getting a custom temporary tattoo and somehow sneak it onto his arm.

[@ashleyguthrie572]

I used to do this with a friend! Not with gnome ofc, but other pics. Did send one via paper mail tho lol. Idea for Julia: screenshot the gnome and hide it in Nathan's phone photo gallery so he will just stumble it across it some day

[@TransCattyAcid]

I'm just waiting for the reveal when Nathan walks up to his desk only to find that Julia somehow put a life-sized cardboard cutout of the gnome in his chair.

[@archsteel7]

The choice of animating this like it's an interrogation is just... Excellent.

[@Kaoss134]

She should gift him one of those mugs that shows images when it’s heated up and make the image the gnome

[@Kaoss134]

Or buy it and just leave it with his stuff so he takes it home and washes it thinking it’s his.

[@namara-ashina]

i absolutely love FBI karina in the background XD

[@sorio99]

Moments where the joke isn’t on Jacob, and he loves it compilation

[@jbproductions9]

I just played Case of the Golden Idol, completely forgetting that it’s where this picture is from and went “Dang it! I got gnomed! I can’t believe they referenced Drawfee in their game!”

[@ShinyMew888]

You know Julia's going next level on her jokes when its Nathan that looks exhausted and put upon and Jacob just gets to sit there with his shit eating grin in a DeepBlueInk animation (Also I have not see whatever stream/episode this bit is from, this is freaking hilarious, I adore Julia)

[@blarg2429]

I'm pretty sure it's from "Vampires Vs Frogs," which is a V Rising stream on the Drawfee Extra channel (obligatory "Gamefee real?!"). I don't remember what point in the stream contains the Gnoming though. Edit: I was mistaken, but the stream I mentioned was another time that Nathan described the gnome-in-the-mail he got.

[@DeepBlueInk]

Check the description for where the clip's from! ❤️

[@SirWonkotheSane]

I love the follow up in your "Oh Hitman" short.

[@sethswheelhouse]

Love your work Deep Blue. Your character expressions are spot on and always kill me in the best way.

[@SeventhEve]

I love when Julia does her bits. Like when a full hour or more into an SSS stream, she randomly pulls a cookie out of her jacket pocket, to Jacob's chagrin of course, and responds by pulling out a second one and offering it to him. And waits SO LONG for the follow up that we learn there is a THIRD pocket cookie. I said it then and I'll say it again: big Savannah and the coat oranges in church energy.

[@Boney0ne]

This animation just continues to be so good. The details - the lighting in the interrogation, the shift from Nathan opening the email to him back in the interrogation, the shift from Jacob in the interrogation to in the apartment with Julia, Julia's twitching eye in the end scene, Karina turning away from the gnome in disgust. Man I would love to get a Drawfee gnome update

[@erikm8373]

When my brother first got his job (working for an office from home) I would always come in to ask whether he was "workin' hard or hardly workin'," and found increasingly abstract ways to do it. My magnum opus was when I sent him a google form under the pretense that I was conducting a survey for an english class. The only question being: "Describe your current activity:" -Workin' hard -hardly workin'

[@munohlow]

This is such a cool way to recontextualize the story and very accurate to Julia’s mastermind

[@steveaustin9899]

I got so psyched when I saw the ad for the game during the Game Awards and the Gnome was shown to the masses watching!

[@mossdarragh]

your animations are always immaculate, i'm a huge drawfee fan so of course i understand the context but i have a habit of showing these animation videos to my roommate (he's big on animation, doesn't know much about drawfee) and he loves them every time. the fact that you're able to make such a stellar out of context piece of art that would make anyone laugh is just... chef's kiss. beautiful. stunning. 10/10

[@DeepBlueInk]

Aaaaaa thank you for saying so Moss!

[@__dane__]

Julia should commission an artist to create a small statue of the gnome

[@jwaffles9269]

I want to hear the news that Julia bought a billboard and just put a giant picture of the gnome on it super stretched out to meet the dimensions of the billboard

[@sofiachair1437]

1:06 HOLY SHIT IS THAT JULIA IN THE CEILING how many times have i watched this without noticing that

[@DeepBlueInk]

Sneaking

[@EbbermanEmily]

I love how subtle of a prankster Julia is. She seems calm and collected but under that is just the most creatively conniving person you'll ever done meet

[@kook.a.doo.]

DPI, I never really thought of this but I have come to the point of watching your videos where it could be anyone voicing over the drawfee characters and it will just… BE them. That is how powerful you are. The pure, unfiltered, quivering Julia expression made me forget that she wasn’t physically there for this bit. I can still hear her voice, yknow the way she talks when she’s in on something? Except the something she’s in on is so far beyond us mortals that only the leviathans at the pits of hell could understand. Anyway, you’re perfect and also my favorite ❤️

[@DeepBlueInk]

Aaaaaaaaa Grace thank you! This is so lovely!

[@gnomes6366]

Excellent work as always

[@DeepBlueInk]

Thank you gnomes

[@gnomes6366]

I usually don't comment, but I had to seeing what the video was (lol) Your videos are always a delight to see

[@Sunari]

My favorite part is how the end came true :) Thank you for this gift

[@cactusqueen6125]

The eye twitch at the end has me absolutely sent

[@davidcoenraads910]

OMG, I JUST noticed Julia creeping in the vents at 1:06. That's amazing, love how many little details you put in your videos.

[@graceunderpressure8092]

Your premise for this animation has me d y i n g. The gnomer is still at large but we did apprehend her equally devious but less slippery husband

[@iPyromantic]

I only JUST noticed Julia peering down through the air vent. Dammit, DBI, and here I thought there weren't really that many secret bits in this one!

[@ccherry.berryy]

0:35 “children of Tod” that’s amazing

[@twojuiceman]

I'm gonna have to start carrying around a picture of the gnome in my wallet just in case I randomly run into Nathan.

[@oliverholm3973]

"I'm in the market for a sort of chewing character" -Julia Lepetit, 2022

[@ourDreamcatcher]

I scrolled, searching for this comment. And here you are.

[@Daeeedal]

This in incredible, really well done framing it as an investigation. Really love all your drawfee animations.

[@lokiiago_x0x]

I pause for all of your text jokes. Aways worth it 😂

[@ijlayugan4149]

0:45 I like the implication that Nathan just hung out at J&Js apartment while they were away. They probably gave him the keys to take care of the producers and their apartment but no I think its funny he probably saw his chance and broke in.

[@MajorMandyKitten]

god the fricken "Naaaaaaaathan" on the envelope was an amazing touch

[@joseruirodrigues5130]

I wish I had as much dedication to my job that Julia has to surprise Nathan with yet another gnome xD

[@jebnordost7487]

What I think is incredibly funny is that you are a Drawfee Patreon and the Drawfee people support you back on patreon

[@desi_the_duck]

I enjoyed the SSS stream of this game and now I can enjoy your animation of this Drawfee bit

[@danherondraws]

gosh, it's great all around, but Jacob trying to hold in the laughting and looking all smug is some of my favorite bits XD

[@jessakinney]

I adore these! I used to screen record drawfee bits that made me laugh but now they have VISUALS 😍

[@lostmarble540]

based on the sheer menacingness of this animation, Nathan's gonna wake up one day in an underground labyrinth where all the walls are this gnome

[@Tuaron]

The prophecy is fulfilled! I can only hope Julia blind links this wonderful video to Nathan as just the latest way to perpetuate the gnome.

[@devinspencer1678]

I love the small details. Like the envelope being addressed to "Naaaaathan", because that's how Julia always sets him up when she's hosting Drawfee

[@jacobw.6744]

I will never, ever not be excited when I see another DeepBlueInk Drawfee post. As far as I'm concerned, it's an official supplement to the Drawfee channel. "Required reading" equivalent

[@scarylion1roar]

also whenever Julia says "Naaaaaaaathan... Naaaathan." gives me the good brain tingles

[@AlexQ]

Fully read “Naaaaaaathan” in Julia’s voice

[@octoberspirit]

The cinematic masterpiece of the zoom in on Julia and slight movement when she says she thought of a new way to send the gnome; it’s so good. XD I’ve watched this one like 40 times, no joke.

[@hayleydid]

The case notes 😂 Can't stop coming back to these! You're so good at capturing all of their idiosyncrasies ♡♡♡

[@crispymartyr]

Karina recoiling in disgust constantly in the background is so so good.

[@strixcaelumbra7820]

I wish they would make an official "Get Gnomed Gnathan" shirt.

[@Dyneamaeus]

Oh wow, I've watched this once or twice before, but I only just realized that Julia Gnomes Nathan at least three times _during the interview._