Jazza
Jazza is Australian artist and author Josiah Brooks, sharing drawing lessons, unusual art challenges, sculpture and animation experiments on YouTube.
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YouTubeOverview
- Name
- Josiah Brooks
- From
- Victoria, Australia
- Work
- Artist, animator, author and video creator
- Breakout
- Draw with Jazza, his art education channel launched in 2012
Mini bio
How it started.
Jazza began making web animation at 13. After high school, he made animated shorts and Flash games, with support from sites including Newgrounds and Armor Games.
Finding his audience.
In 2012, he launched Draw with Jazza to share self-taught techniques in character design, illustration and animation. Tutorials became the foundation of a channel that also makes room for playful challenges and unfamiliar materials.
Stories beyond the sketchbook.
His 2016 book Creating Characters turns character invention into a practical drawing process. That same year, The Tale Teller brought his writing, animation and music together, with environment art by Greg Bartlett and narration by Toby Ricketts.
New worlds.
In August 2025, he announced his first novel, The Ascendants, the opening book in his planned Threadweavers series. His 2026 videos continue his experiments with painting, sculpture and stop-motion, including a puppet prototype and an upcoming short film project.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2025The Ascendants (Threadweavers, book one)Author
- 2016Draw With Jazza: Creating CharactersAuthor
Animation
- 2016The Tale TellerWriter, animator, director, composer and orchestrator
Awards
Quotes
It's trying to make art really fun and enjoyable while teaching a few things and making it digestibleJazza, ABC Radio Melbourne
Speaking about his approach to art tutorials and challenges in a September 2017 radio interview.
Trivia
- His early Flash games accumulated more than 100 million plays, according to his 21 Draw artist profile.
- He names J. Scott Campbell and Patrick Brown among his favorite artists.
- He composed and orchestrated the music for The Tale Teller as well as writing and animating it.
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