Let’s face it, your regular friends are great, but they don’t exactly get your chaotic creative brain. If you feel like you’re sitting on a massive, brilliant idea but have absolutely nobody in your social circle who understands the vision, welcome home. Draw Me Like A Frenchie is here because you officially need cooler, more creative friends. (Hi, that’s us).
Every week, Lead Product Designers Louise Bidault and Guillermo Marloco serve up fresh brain food, blending heavy-hitting expertise with raw talk about creative struggles. Whether you’re a beginner needing direction or a senior seeking a community that actually speaks your language, you belong here.
Grab a coffee, stop trying to explain design philosophy to your normie friends, and join the journey.
📩 We want to hear from you! As we expand this project, your feedback means everything. Reach out to us anytime at drawmelikeafrenchie@gmail.com (mailto:drawmelikeafrenchie@gmail.com).
A pink hairdryer-shaped pig. A yellow boy with spiky hair. A kid in an orange parka who dies every single week. You know exactly who they are, and you haven't watched some of these shows in years. So why do they still live rent-free in your brain?
In this episode we will go full cartoon nerds and break down what actually makes an animated character stick forever. Turns out it's not talent, it's not budget, it's not luck, it's a few surprisingly simple rules that you can steal for your own creative projects right now.
Together they deep dive into the design secrets behind some of the most iconic shows ever made, from Winnie the Pooh's emotional universe to why The Simpsons looked absolutely terrible in season one and that's actually the point.
We dive into:
🖍️ The silhouette test, if you can't recognise it as a shadow, start again
🎨 How colour tells you everything about a character before they even speak
🧠 How SpongeBob broke every single rule and won
🧸 Gender in cartoons, what's changed, what hasn't
✏️ How to start building your own characters even if you can barely draw a stick figure
The most iconic characters in history started as ugly sketches on someone's desk. Yours can too.
Embrace the chaos 🌀
16 Jun 2026
The Creative Come Out | Career Pivoting & The Drama Behind It
Sit down. Take notes.
If you have that hard decision to communicate, where you need to come out to your family as a creative soul, once again, we have been there. Learn from our do's and don'ts and get readu for some mental exercise to break down some walls inside your head. We will explore the social constraints, our best friend the fear of failure and how to get the right support right where you need it.
Let's open up about how we actually got here. The messy, non-linear, slightly chaotic path from "what do I want to be when I grow up" to "wait, I actually love what I do."
This one is for anyone standing at a crossroads. Whether you've just finished studying and you're terrified, or you're mid-career wondering if you're brave enough to change direction — pull up a chair. We've been exactly where you are.
We dive into:
🎬 The childhood moments that quietly shaped our creative careers
😬 Family pressure, mean teachers and being told "that's not a real job"
🔄 Why career changes aren't failures, they're the plot twists that make you interesting
🧠 How fear drives most of our decisions and what to do about it
🌱 Why the job you'll love in five years might not even exist yet
Your path doesn't have to make sense to anyone else. It just has to make sense to you.
Embrace the chaos 🌀
9 Jun 2026
The Creative Dark Side | The Tricks You Were Never Meant to See
Getting played is not nice. Getting played by deceptive design is even worse. Designers use their knowledge to shape the way we communicate, understand and experience certain products or services. This is not a way we support using creativity for.
In this episode we're bringing dark patterns to the stage — the sneaky, manipulative design tricks that apps, shops and streaming platforms use to steal your time, your money and your attention without you even realising it.
From breaking down exactly how companies are messing with you, to the famous doom scrolling that ate your Sunday, to the supermarket strategies designed to make you see what they want you to see.
We dive into:
🕳️ Drip pricing, roach motels and other tricks with terrifyingly accurate names
📱 How social media keeps you scrolling way longer than you planned
🛒 Supermarket layouts, eye-level shelves and the checkout trap
🔒 Privacy zuckering, yes, it's named after exactly who you think
⚖️ What the EU is doing about it and how ethical design is fighting back
Knowledge is your best defence. Everything you need to know for the next time an app tries to trick you.
Stay safe out there & embrace the chaos 🌀
2 Jun 2026
From Zero to Hero, Brands That Say Something & How to Design Them
Did you come up with something really cool at 2am, you love it, and now you're wondering if this could actually be a thing? Monetise? Advertise? Overwhelming thoughts that spiral in your head and probably won't let you sleep tonight?
Once again, we have been there, cried those tears and had those doubts.
Baby steps little padawan, if you have an idea in mind, the strategy is more or less set and you want to showcase it to the world, a nice branding is exactly where you could start to test those waters.
We are breaking down branding in the most human way possible, just the real stuff that actually makes a brand feel like you and keeps it consistent even when your business starts to grow.
From understanding what three little words can do for your entire visual identity, to why big brands and your handmade earring business actually have more in common than you'd think.
We dive into:
🎨 What branding actually is and why a logo alone won't cut it
✏️ How to find your three brand words and why they change everything
🖋️ Fonts, colours and spacing, the rookie mistakes and how to avoid them
📱 How to stay consistent on social media without losing your mind 🛠️ Free tools that get you started without spending a cent
Do you have an idea / a brand or wondering how to showcase it to the world?
Write us to drawmelikeafrenchie@gmail.com (mailto:drawmelikeafrenchie@gmail.com) and Guille will review whatever you have and try to help you with the next steps, he is THAT nice.
Enjoy the mess, embrace the chaos 🌀
26 May 2026
The Creative Life Your Brain Needs To Stay Happy
We get it, we've been there and we've done that.
Life can be pretty messy sometimes. Back pain can appear just because you sneezed in a weird way, and your to-do list probably has a to-do list.
Normally in situations like this, we'd hear that you need to meditate or work out more often. Did you eat your protein? Have you been grateful enough lately? We believe there are other ways of finding yourself and channelling those days.
What if the thing you actually need is just... to make something? Something you can point to at the end of the day and say "I did this. It's not perfect, but it's fully mine."
In this episode we're making the case for creativity as your new favourite coping mechanism, and if you've heard the previous episodes, you'll know by now that "I'm not creative" is not a valid excuse around here. So let's do it.
From using boredom as a mindfulness weapon to managing expectations around your New Year's resolutions, if any of this sounds like you, jump in. We're starting soon.
We dive into:
🧠 The flow state: your brain's happy place and how to get there fast
✏️ Why making things with your hands is basically free therapy
📵 The phone-down, mind-open trick that unlocks your best ideas
🎨 How to use creativity to actually manage stress and anxiety
🌱 Tiny habits that bring your creative spark back
Hear you very soon — and embrace the chaos 🌀
21 May 2026
Unlocking Childhood Power: Stop Being So Serious & Embrace Your Inner Genius
Okay real talk. When you were a kid you could turn a cardboard box into a spaceship, give your Barbies a full dramatic love life, and genuinely believe that Santa made it all over the world in one night.
You were THAT kid. An absolute creative machine.
And then somewhere between school, deadlines, and someone comparing your drawings to your sibling's, you just... stopped.
In this episode we will go full nostalgia mode and get into the good stuff. From imaginary friends and a very rich inner world that still haunts us at family dinners, to Barbies and Kens getting caught mid-scene.
We are not taking questions at this time.
But honestly? This one hits different. Because somewhere between the laughing we actually figure out why creativity doesn't disappear, it just gets buried under all the serious adult nonsense we pile on top of it.
We will talk about:
🧸 Why you were basically a creative genius as a kid and nobody told you
😬 The feedback that wrecked you, and why it was always from someone you loved
🎨 Why being obsessed with the final result is quietly killing your creative joy
🧠 Flow state, imaginary friends and dancing across the road like nobody's watching
✏️ How ten minutes a week can genuinely bring it all back
Guillermo is still walking on the raised pavement bricks like a child. We are all him. Be like him.
Your creativity isn't gone babe. It's just waiting for you to stop being so serious.
Embrace the chaos 🌀
21 May 2026
Just Ship It: Perfectionism & The Episode We Would Have Never Published
Okay so. we listened back to Episode 1 and absolutely hated it. Wrote pages of notes. Rewrote the whole script and had to tell ourselves to just ship it. And here we are doing a whole episode about perfectionism because apparently we can't help ourselves.
If you've ever had a project living rent-free in your drafts folder for three months, a portfolio you're this close to finishing, or a creative idea so precious you're scared to actually make it, pull up a chair, we need to talk.
We get into the ugly truth about perfectionism: how it's basically just fear in a trench coat, why creatives suffer from it harder than most, and how Tinder (yes, Tinder!) is lowkey the best crash course in letting go of impossible standards.
We will talk about:
✏️ Perfectionism vs. procrastination. Same energy, different excuses
🤝 Why your partner/flatmate is the WRONG person to ask for feedback
📱 Dating apps and creative projects, more in common than you think
🚢 The very unsexy but very necessary art of just shipping the damn thing
No script. No plan. Just two designers, a microphone, and way too much self-awareness.
Embrace the chaos 🌀
21 May 2026
Imposter Syndrome: How to Wash Away That Fraud Feeling
You know that voice in your head that whispers "they're going to find out you have no idea what you're doing"? Yeah. We know her well.
In the very first episode of Draw Me Like a Frenchie, we (Louise and Guillermo, nice to meet you) will crack open a gin bottle, sit down in front of a microphone for the first time, and tackle the one thing every creative mind knows intimately, the imposter syndrome.
From navigating brutal design feedback to pretending you're Beyoncé's alter ego before a big presentation, this episode is equal parts therapy session, serious expertise, and a warm hug for anyone who's ever felt like the least qualified person in the room.
We will talk about:
🎨 Why design is one of the hardest fields to shake imposter syndrome
💬 The emotional gymnastics of being empathetic AND thick-skinned at the same time
🦸 Alter egos, Superman postures, and other totally legitimate confidence hacks
💛 Self-compassion, reframing fear as excitement, and embracing the mess
This podcast is for you little creative head, if you ever talked to yourself out of something you deserved, come over.
We may not have all the answers., but we do have gin.
Embrace the chaos 🌀
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