Is there any way, or workaround, to draw other stuff while a gif is playing?

I want to use long gifs but be able to draw while it's playing. 

Possible?

If you select 'Play continuously' the GIF will animate on a loop until the end of the scribe.

Thanks, but I don't want it to loop. I want it to play one time

Then no, when a GIF is set to play continuously it will play once before the next element is drawn.