I think a lot about how irkens are raised within there cast system. They are raised for one purpose and that is primarily to kill and expand the empire or to wait on those who are considered good enough for the task of killing. This is probably fine for most irken smeets because they are hardwired from birth to be ok with it. But zim is not. Zim is defective. He dose not fall into the hierarchy quietly or even particularly well. So zim would have all the negative affects of growing up a child soldier. But because irk s the way it is hey would have no word for ptsd. So he wouldn’t know what was wrong with him. ANYWAY I drew this sad art!!!
I'm not even close to kidding anymore; I think drawing iz stuff is helping me draw more loosely and avoid getting burned out. I had so much fun drawing Gaz!! It was wild "designing" a character after the challenge that was zim. Features wise, she takes after dib/dad, so I was basically just playing dress up with her. And you know what? She can have a little outfit variation, as a treat. (The big skull earrings are clashing and creating all sorts of tangents with her face framing hair thingies, but OH WELL!!!)