Artists Redraw Their Old Portraits for 2024 

The fact julia spent a whole third of the video making two portraits and then proceeded to pull out a third portrait out of nowhere at the end is sending me

Why does Julia's silhouette look like a fish? HEY, WHY DOES JULIA'S SILHOUETTE LOOK LIKE A FISH!?

for a brief moment at 34:18, I thought Julia was making her portrait be Bobby Hill, and then I remembered Julia can't remember characters from memory and breathed a sigh of relief

I'm really curious as to why Karina's self-portraits are so different from her overall drawing style. She should draw herself as a big, sweaty hunk with whiskers next time.

Nathan was so brave to take off his mask to reveal The Big Boss Man. What an artistic genius

These avatars are the epitome of "a queer friend group never dresses like they're going to the same place." I am, as always, in love with them thiugh.

Jacob's attempted point about drawfee on tv in 1993 is particularly funny because: a) fanmail campaigns absolutely existed all the way back to the beginning of tv b) much like the popular 1993 tv show America's Funniest Home Videos, their show does require viewer submissions.

Nathan: Does this BOTHER you? Jacob, enthusiastically: Yeah!!! :D

my favorite thing about drawfee is that its like a podcast that you can't zone out while listening to because the moment you do there's a lovecraftian muppet on screen and they're talking about cats (2019)

The idea that Julia has this cool new haircut and, instead of creating a short-hair Julia icon, she just draws a fish IS very funny.

This episode is NOT FREE of Cats 2019!!! Thank you for your time and we bring you back to your regularly scheduled Drawfee programing.

J… Julia rendered both her ideas and then drew a completely different one? …Iconic. Nice episode.

Edward: “We’re on that two million creep” Bella: “And how long have you been on that two million creep”

I'm gonna fight them all. A seven nathan army couldn't hold me back.

Can we all just appreciate how divisive Nathan was able to be today?

You know how you have that one friend who never just smiles for a picture? That's the energy Julia's avatars have been giving. I thought maybe we had done our self-reflecting after the year of a literal paper bag.

"Every day I get to see a drawing is a good day in my book." Cut to a compilation of every drawing that upsets Jacob this year.

Nathan: 🧸👿 Jacob: 🙂 Karina: 👊😼👊 Julia: 🐟 Episode: Nice

When Julia's third photo slowly revealed, I started coughing from laughter. The lineup at the end is also hilarious.

Thank God the sardine survived the final render.

Can we just appreciate how there are two Nathans in each of us? A top AND a bottom? So versatile!

i was on edge the entire time during julia's, just thinking like "NEITHER OF THOSE ARE THE SILHOUETTE FROM THE THUMBNAIL"

Let Julia Cook!!! I love Julia's insane energy so if I see Julia's Sardinesona I know what to expect for the episode haha

Can we all just acknowledge Nathan's unending wholesomeness and non-divisive energy? He could teach Jacob a few things.

Can we take a moment to admire Nathan’s creative shift? He’s just a precious little baby boy. He’s wholesome and kind and I wish he were my dad and also my son Edit: ….wow that’s a lot of likes

The lineup of portraits at the end feels like something out of a fever dream. Please, don't change a single thing.

Can we all just appreciate nathan No reason in particular we just appreciate him

Monster eyes Julia was my favourite portrait of all time

the fact julia has gone from eerie portraits to absolute shitposts is my favorite character development

i personally think Julia should have been granted blanket permission to simply be a sardine for a year, but this works

the callout at 2 minutes felt strangely appropriate. I was just talking about this channel with my wife and checked to see what they were up to, only to realize it was a portrait vid! The last time I saw a Drawfee video was the most recent portrait video, just like they teased.

Turning Jacob's "nice nice episode" "nice nice nice nice episode" into morse (by taking nice as one symbol and episode as the other) results in either ..- ...- or --. ---. I used a morse code transtor to determine that Jacob said UV for the first option or GØ (Ø is a letter in the Noewegian or Danish alphabet, and is more closely pronounced as the i in bird or the u in hurt. So itd be like,,, guh). In danish GØ means to bark or howl. Therefore jacob either is talking about the sun, or is a puppy. Thankyou for coming to my ted talk . . . Edited to fix a small typo

I am actually begging y'all NOT to change Julias avatar this time. I see it as the pinnacle of art.

That Julia-shape... It scares me

You mentioned y'all aren't sure why so many people watch these episodes, but keep in mind EVERY EPISODE you do for the next year has the new avatars, so any frequent viewer will want to know the story behind the change and seek this episode out for context. Remember, we love you not only because the art, but also for the fun stories and banter you all have during every episode while drawing and/or commentating.

41:00 there would be massive flame wars between the people who want "nice" to be the dot and "episode" to be the dash, and people who want things the other way around. And the wars would never end because they can't understand each other.

The absolute *whiplash* that was the final reveal of Julia's portrait

On this episode of Drawfee: - Nathan embodies that one japanese proverb about having multiple faces - Jacob is normal, in the most "suspiciously normal" way possible - Karina unlocks her full potential. Nobody can stop her. - Julia creates the Kinsey Scale of fishiness, possibly revealing her fursona in the process

This past year (2023-2024) the Drawfee portraits have been my favorites overall and I’m sad to see them go, but I con’t wait to get used to these new ones because they all look wonderfully silly and amazing!

I think we can all agree that Nathan's portrait is really amazing. Literally ALL 1.86M of us LOVE this portrait that Nathan made. Thank you, Nathan!

Time is truly an enigma because I thought they had just done this a few months ago. I’m reeling at the knowledge that I’ve lived with bag head Julia for a whole year.

I can't wait to watch a year of Deep Blue Ink having to animate Nathan in his hat so I can see which mouth he speaks from.

I haven’t watched drawfee in a long time so seeing both your 2023 portraits and new 2024 ones was a shock, heres for more “chillness” and getting taller for this year and the next!

There was a short monent before double nathan, where i thought his big swing for the year was going to be boob windows. I am both disappointed and delighted.

the silhouettes in thumbnail got me because i was unsurprised to see julia completely transmogrified again but i was like… what the hell happened to nathan

On a serious note, the reason that I love the yearly redesigns is how they showcase each and every one of you growing as artists. It's a nice turn of the page and bookmark of progression. It's a brilliant tradition imo.

In 1993 people definitely registered their complaints about tv shows by writing in to newspapers and studios and stuff.

The person who said they wanted to throw Jacob into a blender was later discovered to be Karina’s alt account

I can’t believe they killed Nathan in the ad only to find a clone of him from the distant future to act in the video. Heartwarming!!!

I think this is one of those episodes where everyone really needs to appreciate Nathan's growth. Specifically the one on top of his head -- the one that kind of looks like Nathan.

Ich weiß nicht, ob ich das aufgrund der Entscheidungen von Nathan weiterhin beobachten kann. Was sehr mutig von ihm ist, dass er so divisiv ist und sich so sehr bemüht. Er ist so kompliziert und erstaunlich.

I don’t think Julia should say ‘Sorry’ anymore. She should say ‘Sardine’.

Once you line them all up together, the vibe of Jacob’s new portrait changes from chill, normal guy to tired resignation. He’s just like “okay, I guess.”

Can we just appreciate how hard Nathan is pushing himself, I mean THE CREATIVITY, he’s just a sweet baby angel , nothing he makes could bother us🤩🤩🤩💅💅💅💅

They all wonder why we watch the redrawing portraits episodes and then they proceed to drop massive lore for their portraits and their new personalities throughout the whole video 😂

1:45 this hit too true this year. I totally stopped following this year but i can't for heaven's sake miss this video

they joke about this being a yearly reminder that they make videos, but one of these portrait redraws was the first drawfee video I watched so it is actually an anniversary reminder for me lol

Nathan: I'm going to make CONTROVERSIAL ART Nathan: *Proceeds to make some cute ass shit*

Nathan portrait is looking incredibly phallic.

When I saw the order of portraits in the thumbnail, I though Jacob and Karina just drew each other this year lol

Jacob's avatar being realistic just makes him look more tired dad wrangling his kids energy

11:46 Imagine if whenever they have a guest and Nathan is part of the episode, the second lower face of Nathan becomes the face of the guest. So it’s like, “I’m Nathan!”, and the top face pops up. Then the guest is like, “I’m Caldwell!”, and it’s now Caldwell’s face that pokes out from under Nathan. So now the guest is wearing the hat of Nathan.

I just LOVE how Nathan’s one it is EXACTLY how I imagined Nathan when I first discovered this channel

I genuinely love these so much Especially Jacob’s. Wonderful expression. Very “I want to be friends with this person” vibes.

WARNING ⚠️ this episode is NOT free if Cats (2019)

Not even 45 seconds in and I'm laughing at Julia's frozen stare and Nathan's slow slide.

I really enjoy seeing Julia's evolution in art style, Jacob going from tiny little gremlin man into doing what he seems to think of more as "serious art", Karina continuing her delve into deeper levels of gremlin, and Nathan finding new levels of self deprecation despite the best efforts of the audience.

I was not prepared for Julia's third form

Last year Julia shed her mortal flesh and became an entity of pure spirit. This year, Julia bound her spirit to a flesh construct. Cycles are beautiful

Nathan is so brave and cool for trying to be the controversial one, we love him for that.

NOT THE KNUCKLE HANDS REMOVAL😭😭

what i like about nathan's silhouette is that it is clearly almost 100% hair at the edges

Can we all take a moment to appreciate how decisive Nathan was with this new portrait? It looks like the type of guy I wouldn't put into a blender in real life.

Surprisingly the only one that horrified me was Jacob's. It gives me Freaky Fred vibes. Nathan's is more like Santa on the top, Cave Of Wonders on the bottom. Katrina's reminds me of Yo-kai Watch. And Julia, did such a brilliant job blending her two concepts together. The silhouette is SO strong. I feel like she is asking, "Would you still love me if I was a fish?"

I’d love if Jacob would say “Everyone, except Karina, pretend-“ and then proceed with the bit.

Julia proposing making her portrait a sardine despite not even eating sardines has led me to realize that she embodies true randomness. Most people think of random as “pineapple, zebra, octopus, wow so random”, but I’m convinced that Julia’s brain is actually a network of mysterious fungus or something, because I cannot comprehend her thought process. Even if she’s doing it on purpose to be funny, she’s still captured randomness in a way most others have failed to.

Haven't watched the video yet, but judging based of thumbnail alone the main changes are: Nathan got more dwarf-like Karina got more impish Jacobs earring switched sides Julia is a fish

Can we take a moment to admire Nathan's artistic shift? He's just a precious little baby boy and he's wholesome and kind and I wish he were my dad and also my son.

nice episode, i will not email any of you guys about any of my complaints

Julia every year : *Making it the hardest possible for Deep Blue Ink to depict me* Challenge

There are two wolves inside you. One is Nathan. The other is also Nathan.

Can we just appreciate how appreciatable Nathan is?

Julia went from sardine in tin --> short hair icon --> julia in tin --> julia in a fish mascot suit

I feel like Karina is not getting her due praise for instilling a firm boundaries about not being treated as 'smoll and precious' in an overly familiar way. The talent and I will cut you energy is appreciated ✨️ ❤

Nathan's new icon is giving "Mr. Man vs. Big Boss Man" dichotomy

What an interesting video! 🎨 It was impressive when Nathan, Jacob, Carina, and Julia talk about the tradition of redrawing their portraits every year. It was also interesting to discuss how portraits have evolved over the years and the mixed reactions they receive. I laughed, especially when I was joking about wanting to evoke a divisive reaction with my persona. 🧠 Recalling the creative process and the uniqueness of each portrait, it was really enjoyable to see the team playfully exchange jokes. 💬 As an artist, I also felt like I wanted to create this tradition! Thank you for the good inspiration. 😊

Although seeing Julia fully transformed once more did not surprise me, the silhouettes in the thumbnail really caught my attention. Nathan, what the hell happened to you?

So nice of “typical Nathan” to let “Nathan when Julia is chatting about pokemon”to take shelter in his beard.

So this time, Nathan embodied Julia, Jacob embodied chill Jacob, Karina embodied the previous Jacob who was embodying Karina, and Julia Julia-ed harder than anyone could expect.

nathan's portrait is gonna be really relatable to me this year, i can already tell

36:12 - “I’m trying to think of what style would be funniest when you see what I draw in episodes” Petition for Julia’s 2025 portrait to have her with the Bobby Hill face Edit: Nice episode.

I don't know if I can keep watching this because of the choices Nathan made. Which is very brave of him to be so divisive and try so hard. He's so complex and amazing.

i actually liked the idea of the second portrait being printed on the sardine can but every now and then its just peeled down to show the fish

I look forward to this episode every year! 4 years now!

i am an extremely big fan of julia fish. its like her mangaka sona

*Nathan's beard parts* *A grumbling sound is heard* *Eyes appear from the neck* "I'm the big boss man."

Love the redesigns. I get the impression that these are the characters of a beat-em-up game and Karina is the balanced "leader," Jacob is the hacker with high speed but low attack, Nathan is the Jekyll/Hide character with high attack but low speed, and Julia is the secret OP unlockable character that the devs added for fun when you find all the collectibles.

The NOISES thst Julia's final image pulled out of me

The fish is amazing no notes

it's always a mystery for me which portraits are... controversial? they're all so chill and just got different vibes rest in peace julia's eye-horror, you couldn't be appreciated in life