- Hey, I'm Kyra.
- Hey, I'm Butch Hartman.
I've created some shows on Nickelodeon that are animated.
- What are we doing today?
- Today, we are drawing Nicktoons.
- From (whispering) memory.
- This'll be fun 'cause I don't know
what era of Nicktoons.
- Yeah, yeah, 2000s era, 90's era--
- If it were in the 90's, - Modern era.
I'd have a chance.
- But first, be sure to stick around to the end of the video
to find out how you can enter for a chance to win
this Wacom Intuos tablet.
- (reads in foreign language)
- Jackie will not be their new spokesperson.
- (speaks in foreign language)
(upbeat fanfare)
- Are you ready, Jackie?
- I'm ready.
- Are you good with the Nicktoons?
- I did watch my Nicktoons, you know,
I watched a lot more of it the older I got.
- [Producer] Your character today is
Doug!
- Doug Funny!
Now Doug, I've seen!
I've actually seen Doug!
- [Producer] Stimpy, from Ren and Stimpy.
- Wait, wait, wait. - Ooh...
- Ren was the Chihuahua, Stimpy was the cat, right?
- Yeah, right? (laughs)
(pop) - [Jason] Yeah, yeah.
- Wait,
no, Ren's the cat,
Stimpy's the Chihuahua. (pop)
- I think Stimpy-- (pop)
Hold on, which one are we drawing again?
- Dang it. - We're drawing Ren,
or we're doing Stimpy?
- [Producer] Wanda, from Fairly OddParents.
- Wanda!
- [Kevin] Okay.
- Aw, Wanda.
- Wait, pressure's on!
- Because, as you know,
Butch Hartman is here to ridicule and mock us
for our drawings!
- So we better be good.
- So we better be good!
(upbeat folksy music) - Stimpy was the cat.
- Ah, there we go--
- Stimpy was the cat. - Okay.
- Okay, so he's just like a big round thing,
and he's red, right?
- [Jason] Yeah.
- Isn't he wearing gloves?
Am I wrong?
- I don't know, yes?
I think he is?
- Here's the thing about Ren and Stimpy too,
so they actually go off-model a lot,
so there's not really
one very
canonical form that they take.
- So this is not a style that I usually draw in,
it's very angular, it's very much in the UPA style.
- What's UPA?
- UPA stands for "Universal Productions of America",
they were a popular production company
in the 50's and 60's, responsible for a lot of
kind of angular styles that you see in
Dexter's Laboratory and stuff like that.
- I see.
- What do you think your biggest inspiration was?
- I think it changed a lot.
I think as a kid, I really loved
Pokémon, Digimon, that sort of cute anime style,
and then I got more into cartoons,
and I got more into the UPA,
Hanna-Barbera thick outline style.
- Oh my god, I feel like a child again, drawing this.
- [Brent] Yeah, like just struggling to draw
your favorite characters.
- Don't forget the fairy-related items, okay?
- Yeah, I remember,
obviously, she has wings.
- M-hm. - What else?
- C'mon, there's another thing, you can't forget it.
- What is it? - They always have it.
- I mean, their wands.
- There's another thing, Kevin!
- Oh my god, what?
- Figure it out! - Why are you being so--
- (shouting) You're at ten, nine,
(stammering) eight, seven, six, five--
- I literally don't know! - Four, three, two, one!
- Their crowns.
- Oh, crowns!
- (laughs) I freaked him out.
- You did freak me out! (Jackie laughs)
I would've forgotten the crown, thank you for telling me.
- You're welcome!
- What is the origin story behind Fairly OddParents?
- Thank you for asking.
I was at Cartoon Network at the time,
I was working on the Johnny Bravo show,
- Ooh!
- And that show was about to end,
and I was going to lose my job,
and, you know, you have to pay the bills,
and it's like "Well, I need a job",
and I was tired of working for other people,
and so, finally, I said "I'm going to make my own show,"
so I literally sat down and I thought
"Well, if I was going to make a show of anything,
"what would I make?"
I thought "Well, I'll make a show about a little boy."
We always write or draw what we know, right?
I drew this little kid, I decided to call him Timmy
because I've got a brother named Timmy.
- [Kyra] Aww.
- I also have a brother named Mike,
I was going to name him after my brother Mike,
but we had a fight that day, so...
- (laughs) Oh, you lost your chance, Mike!
(both laugh)
- No, Mike's a great guy,
(Kyra laughs) but anyway,
I came up with the show with Timmy,
and I was like "What can I do with him, though?"
And I thought "Wait, it would be cool to give him
"a way to get around quickly,"
I thought I could teleport him, like science stuff,
but I couldn't do science stuff
because Dexter's Lab was already out.
And so I decided "Well, I could make magic."
So I thought "Well, I could give the kid magic powers,
"or I could give him a magic friend,"
so I gave him Wanda, I drew Wanda first.
I thought "Okay, he's got a magic fairy godmother
"like Cinderella, ooh, a boy's version of Cinderella,"
"that'll be fun."
I've never seen a fairy godfather before, so I drew Cosmo.
And all of this took about 15 minutes. (laughs)
- Really! - I was like
(imitates stammering)
"That's kind of cool!"
And just kind of went from there.
- Oh, this is a sad day
for Jason and Brent's Draw Off career.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I don't think I really captured
his personality much,
this like some mischievous gremlin.
- You know what, I don't know Wanda's colors.
- You don't know Cosmo and Wanda's colors?
They're very--
- I mean, I know that Wanda is a redhead.
- (exclaims negatively)
- Right?
- A redhead?
- [Kevin] Right?
- (laughs nervously) This episode's going
downhill for Kevin!
- Oh no no no no no, come on,
you have to tell me!
Am I right, is she a redhead?
What?
- Is she a redhead? (laughs)
- You know what, I'm making her a redhead.
I'm committing to it.
- All right, Kyra, how're you doing over there?
- I think pretty good.
I'm trying to remember his outfit.
- You know, as much as I'm struggling,
I think this looks like him.
- Oh, okay.
- I think you could look at this and go
(Brent laughs) "Oh yeah, that's Stimpy."
(Brent laughs)
- I think exactly with that inflection
is what someone would say if they saw this out-of-context.
- Like--
- [Both] (strained) "Aw, that's Stimpy!"
- I love how big these monitors are,
because it gives me so much space.
- These monitors make me feel like a king.
It makes me feel like I'm drawing for the queen.
- Oh no, this doesn't look right.
Oh, I thought I was doing well,
and now, just at the end, I'm stumbling.
The color, I'm screwing up the color.
Jackie, help me.
- Well, all right, all right, all right.
What're you doing wrong?
- Is she a redhead?
- [Jackie] No, Kevin--
- What is she? - She's not a redhead.
- Cosmo is green.
What looks good with green?
- Red.
Orange.
(harsh beep)
Jackie, help me.
- Go down the color line, come on.
- Pink? - Yeah.
- She has pink hair? - Yes.
- Think mine's as done as I'll ever want it to be. (laughs)
- Okay, I'm done, I think,
I can't possibly put any more Doug in here!
- And I am putting my pen down.
- All right.
Jackie, how'd you do?
- I don't think it looks on-model,
as much as I wanted it to,
I thought I could do better than this, honestly,
but still, I think it's not too far off.
- I think I did okay.
I mean, this is a close representation of Doug,
it's like Doug's cousin.
- If I had to grade my performance today,
I would say a solid C-. (both laugh)
Not employable at Nickelodeon at this time.
- If I were to grade my performance,
I'd give it a
D.
- Oh, man, you're a more harsh grader.
- Yeah. - I don't know why
I thought I'd pass.
I think I'm a D too. (laughs)
- I think I stumbled with color,
but I think I got the general construction,
I think I got the face okay.
We'll see.
Okay, I'm ready.
- Switch-y time. - Let's switch-y.
(orchestral fanfare)
- Aw!
- Hey!
- [Both] Hey!
Hey!
- Nice!
- Oh yeah, he's going to go
watch Fairly OddParents. (laughs)
- "I'm going to go watch Fairly OddParents",
that's really good, I like his pose.
- Thank you,
- Very cute, yours is closer. - I love yours' pose.
- He has brown pants, doesn't he?
- Oh, wait!
Okay, you got him!
This is basically him, right?
- This is so far off!
(both laugh)
But I love whoever this is!
- I love yours.
- [Jackie] Aw, thanks!
- It's exactly what you said, it's not on-model,
but it is very cute.
- I like yours!
I like that your wand isn't even complete,
like you thought it was a magician's wand.
- Right, it's always sparkly at the end.
- It's got a star, though.
- Oh, boy.
- [Jackie] Oh, boy.
- Oh, boy.
- It looks like Wanda.
It's just the little things that are wrong.
- This Stimpy is a great addition
to the Draw Off Off-Brand Character Universe.
(both laugh)
- Very good, very nice drawing.
- Thank you, same!
- Your art style,
(Kyra laughs) your art style is very,
it's like Ed, Edd n Eddy, almost--
- You have that shaky line, - I love that show!
- That shaky yet purposeful line is what I mean,
really cool.
- Oh, man!
- Oh wow, yeah, yours is so far off, I love it.
- You know what?
I got the hairs on the top of his head.
- You did, yeah.
- But yeah, you got the rest of it.
- Right, - Dang!
- He has no toes, though.
- Dang, he doesn't.
Man, I got him way off.
- You got the shoe color correct.
(Kyra laughs) - (laughs) Yay, shoe color!
Yeah, yours is almost dead-on,
that's really good!
I know I got the pants color wrong,
my face shape is different, my nose shape is wrong,
your nose is down like Doug's nose,
You know what?
That's probably the one I got the most wrong.
Well, very cool, nice working with you.
- You too,
- It was great to meet you. - You're very charming,
and I wish you nothing but the best in all that you do.
- Thank you, same! (laughs)
- (laughs) Well, thank you!
Word on the street, out here in the BuzzFeed world,
is that Jackie and Kevin are drawing my characters.
And so, if you'll excuse me,
I'm going to get over there and see what's going on.
(Kyra laughs) That okay?
- (laughing) Okay.
- [Butch] Hey, how do I get out of here?
- Okay, kids, giveaway time,
if you want to enter for a chance to win
this Wacom Intuos tablet,
all you have to do is go to the BuzzFeed Comics Instagram,
that's @comics on Instagram, find this post,
and follow the instructions in the caption.
Best of luck to you!
- Butch
Hartman!
- On his chair of justice!
- How're you? - I'm doing well,
you're drawing pictures!
This is Kevin's picture.
- This is Kevin's. - This is mine.
This is Jackie's.
- [Butch] Can I go over and see hers?
- Yeah, you can see mine, - Okay, coming over here,
- Go ahead. - Wait, let me see this one.
These are very cute.
Here, let me show you what the real Wanda looks like,
and you guys be the judge.
There's Wanda. (Jackie exclaims)
- All right. - What do you think?
- We got the hair swirl, right?
- M-hm. - She put highlights
in the eyes, though, she gave us a little
Walt Disney going on there--
- It's very Jackie.
- Now, Kevin has got a real,
now what is this style I'm seeing?
This is very Sanjay and Craig.
- Okay. - Have you seen
- Sanjay and Craig? - M-hm, I have.
- It's cool to see it in other styles,
did you ever draw Fairly OddParents before?
- This is literally my first time drawing.
- Drawing anything? - No, drawing--
- Drawing anything. - Drawing Fairly OddParents.
- Oh, drawing Fairly OddParents, okay. (laughs)
- So, Butch, while you're here,
can you tell us a little bit about the design style
for the Fairly OddParents?
- Yeah! - Because we were saying
before that it's very kind of UPA-inspired.
- When I first did this at Nickelodeon,
I thought "Well, I'll just do something
"I've never done before", so I'll be honest with you,
I sort of based it on John Kricfalusi's style a little bit,
but as the show went on, I sort of created a language,
like all the characters have the same-shaped head.
I love that design style of UPA,
Hanna-Barbera back in the 60's,
if you look at Wanda's hair, it's like Wilma Flintstone--
- Wilma Flintstone, yeah. - Exactly,
and so everything comes from somewhere.
- Well, thank you for critiquing our drawings, Butch.
- Yes, you're welcome. - We greatly appreciate it.
- I will magically disappear out of here, here I go!
(Jackie makes magic sounds) (Kevin gasps)
- Oh, careful! (smashing sound)
- Oh I smashed-- - Oh, no, no, no!
It's fine!
He didn't almost hit anything.
(upbeat jazz music)