| “ | G'day ladies and gentlemen, I'm Jazza. | ” |
―Jazza | ||
Josiah Alan Brooks (born: April 20, 1989), better known online as Jazza (formerly Draw with Jazza), is an Australian artist, animator, social media influencer, and author. His content is made up of art challenges, easy-to-follow tutorials, product reviews, virtual reality art projects and much more.
Before he joined YouTube, Jazza was an animator and game designer for a website called Newgrounds; he still creates animations on YouTube. One of the more popular animations on the platform is the 9 minutes long The Tale Teller.
Jazza's old profile picture
YouTube Career[]
Jazza made his first video on April 28, 2012, called "Draw with Jazza - An Introduction" where he breaks down what the entire point of the channel is, which is to announce and host a new series that he originally planned to make on his other channel, Jazza Studios.
On August 30, 2019, he decided to change his username (and his profile pic), and reveal his hobbies besides making art[1].
Jazza's comment about the change[]
"I know I said it all in the video, but I feel the need to say again - I feel SO excited about this change, like I get to creatively be who I've always wanted to be. Sometimes I've held back from singing, or sculpting, or trying something new because of what I'm "supposed" to do. In many ways the "draw with" in the channel name became a creative restriction or at least something I felt guilty about not abiding by enough.
Some people want me to do more character designs or tutorials, and think that would be returning to my "roots", but in truth, my true roots are in trying new things and falling in love with new creative tools and projects.
Now that is the mission statement of this channel - and I can do it because you brought me here. You lifted me up to a place so many artists yearn to be: I get to MAKE ANYTHING I WANT. and it's all thanks to you.
So I hope you'll stay with me on this wild journey. I'll always love drawing - but now I get to love so many more creative things, and share it with you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Let's get creative!!!!"
Channels[]
Personal Life[]
Jazza has an older brother, Shad, who is also a popular YouTuber. He runs the YouTube channel Shadiversity. He is married and has a son and a daughter, who were born in 2015 and 2018 respectively.
Trivia[]
- The name "Jazza" comes from the childhood nickname "Jos".
- He has two children, One of which is called "Mini Jazza" by fans.
- He can sing and play percussion and was in a band during his school years.
- He has a fear of stickers, and a strong aversion to fingerpainting.
- He has a wife named Kate, who is known as “Mrs. Jazza”.
- His favorite color is yellow/orange
- He has nearly burnt his house down on multiple occasions while making videos
- He is a brother of Shadiversity and Archery with Asher
Subscriber Milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: January 28, 2017
- 2 million subscribers: September 23, 2017
- 3 million subscribers: August 10, 2018
- 4 million subscribers: April 8, 2019
- 5 million subscribers: March 10, 2020
- 6 million subscribers: June 26, 2022
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