In 2006, when he was 17, he started getting sponsorships from websites for animations, and after graduating high school, he got into producing animation and online video games.
JazzaStudios, where he releases animated shorts;
JosiahBrooksMusic, for his original
music videos. His biggest influence was Christopher Hart, an artist who authors many how-to-draw books. He joined other YouTubers in Los Angeles to work at YouTube Space and produced a series of short films titled
The Tale Teller, which was a three-part mini-documentary that follows "an old man who enters a city with nothing to his name but the stories he has spent his life gathering, which he wishes to pass on before he dies." He published the book
Draw With Jazza – Creating Characters: Fun and Easy Guide to Drawing Cartoons and Comics. Brooks regularly attends conventions including
PAX,
VidCon Australia, and Comic-Con. == Personal life ==