#irken

[nexiscool]

Zim and....

AND MORE ZIM! I mean there can never be enough Zims 🙄

#invader zim #invader zim fanart #iz zim #zim #zim iz #my art #digital art #irken #digital artist #Iz #zim fanart #fanart

[l-ii-zz]

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 (Fin)

More pages under the cut 👇👇👇

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In case you're wondering, yeah it's the thing from issue 13 but with more of a toy-like design.

#invader zim #invader zim fanart #space junk au #pre space junk au #spacejunk au #the trial #lard nar #vortian #baby zim #smeet #irken #my art #2024 #liizz

[lumiidragon]

My Irken style practice sheet with Tak, Zim, and Skoodge!

I love these alien bugs~!

#invader zim #tak #skoodge #alien #irken

[brewinghamlet]

shminvader shmim!!✨

#invader zim #brewinghamlet #zim #fanart #invader zim fanart #sweethamlet #zim fanart #alien #iz irken #irken

[fawfulydoo]

ooh thats an eyelash bug

#new oc dropped #fawfuldraws #invader zim #iz #invader zim oc #irken #irken oc #irken elite #thats a glowworm beetle btw #bugs #according to issue 21 of the invader zim comics irkens can grow an extra set of arms at will so

[hawfstuff]

I've never drawn these freaks in their human disguises, Tak's hair is stupid and and annoying to draw.

#art #invader zim #zim #tak #iz fanart #irken

[roztheirken]

This account should be called "Roz sketches" or something like that jsjs, that is the only thing that adult life allows me to draw, I have sacrificed an hour and a half of sleep to be able to make a doodle haha😭; Anyway, what do you think Dib is saying to Zim in the second image? I like to make empty speech bubbles and then imagine possibilities❤

#invader zim #irken #invaderzim #dib #zadr #invader zim art #iz fanart #iz comics

[inbarfink]

So the thing about Tak’s Holo-Disguise is that it specifically might not be an example of Tak using more advanced technology than Zim.

The implication in “The Nightmare Begins” is that Zim maybe also have access to Perfectly Realistic Human Disguises, probably similar to Tak’s Hologram - but he intentionally rejected them because he saw them as too ugly. He deliberately chose his shitty little costume because he thought that was the only one that looked ‘good’.

And these terrible disguises are also pretty consistent with how the actual official Invaders disguise themselves. If anything, Zim’s got the best costume of the lot!

So with Zim dismissing the more realistic disguises as being ‘ugly’ and ‘stinky’ and those being… basically the most common insults he throws at humans. ..I think the implication here is pretty clearly that Zim’s (and the actual Irken Invaders’) disguises are bad because he doesn’t want to look too human because Irken Imperial Indoctrination has taught him every other species in the universe is revolting and so he cannot stand the idea of looking too match like the people he is trying to infiltrate.

So it is interesting that the one Irken who actually uses their advanced technology to actually look like another species is Tak. Maybe she’s just being a bit of a show-off overachiever. So driven by the need to prove how competent of an Invader she can be she decided to suffer through the indignity of Using a Competent Disguise. 

Or maybe there’s sort of an implication that Tak doesn’t really buy into Irken Ideology that much?

Like, obviously, she’s not, like,  some sort of anti-Imperial pro-alien advocate or anything. She’s still trying to gain the respect of the Tallest, she still wants to become an Invader, she is still willing to sacrifice an entire planet in order to achieve her goals. 

I’m thinking more, like, Zim is 100% a true believer in Irken Imperial Ideology. He wants to be an Invader at least in part so he could use his ‘amazingness’ to contribute to the conquests of the Irken Empire. And he legitimately believes the Tallests are superior beings worthy of his admiration. And he legitimately believes Irkens are superior to all other sapient beings in the universe in general and to humans especially.

Meanwhile, Tak’s main goals might just be to gain as much power and prestige as she can - no matter what or who stands in her way. If she lived in a society that valued dentists above all she would’ve become a dentist. But she was born in the Irken Empire, and the most prestigious not-height-dependent position available to her in Irken Society is the one of an Invader, so that’s what she dedicated her life to. Not out of any ideological commitment to help the Empire's conquests.

She tries to gain the Tallests’ favor because she knows she needs them to get ahead in life, not necessarily because she craves their tall, superior approval the way Zim does. She can kill a lot of non-Irkens on her way to ‘greatness’, but it’s more of a general callousness towards other people - rather than loyalty to the superiority of the Irken people. 

That might also explain why she’s the one Irken with the sense of individuality to customize her uniform

And design her own version of the Irken Empire Flag, based on her own look.

Because maybe she’s not trying to serve the Irken Empire, maybe she’s just trying to serve Tak.

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[deceptiveshadow]

#invader zim #the almighty tallest #the tallest #tallest red #tallest purple #irken #scribble #iz

[zernna]

Inspired by a conversation with Skeleion about Zim's zipper teeth, and how this joke is long overdue to make about them XD I wish this had been done in the series some time.

#Zim #irken #dib #invaderzim #comic #zerna #fanart #art #myart

[kovablue]

#invader zim #zim #iz #invader zim fanart #iz fanart #irken #trying to remind myself i'm just doing these for fun #my art

[l-ii-zz]

Part 1 of 4 More pages under the cut 👇👇

So.... new comic :) This time we're entering past and "present". Nothing too relevant for the au but it is something that I wanted to let it out from my mind.

Also, I already named the scientists: Toro, Khao Taen, Pad Lao, Tofu and Suki Hang (left to right, last picture). And yeah! Pad Lao is the head scientist. Strict old lady in charge of Vort Research station 9.

-But Liz, that's probably more of a male charact-- -OLD LADY I SAID!!!

(Also, the term "pup" is taken from the amazing fic "Important Messages from Beyond The Stars" , go read it!!!........or else 🔪)

#invader zim #iz fanart #spacejunk au #space junk au #pre spacejunk au #lard nar #vortian #irken #smeet #my art #2024 #liizz

[ink-mar-qin]

I know what you are

#ahhhaha I haven't done with my work harhar #*cries #invader zim #invader zim fanart #zim #dib #dib membrane #iz #art #doodle #zadr #maybe #zade #irken dib #irken

[cyyberspace]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZIM

i redrew this art I made a couple years back

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[fawfulydoo]

Here's Veen, my irken oc!!!

Veen is a feminine irken who is around Zim's height and has uneven teeth. She works as a surgeon, and her PAK color, white, indicates that she is of the medical class (headcanon by deviantart user FaithFirefly).

She is confident with herself and her abilities, compassionate, and not exactly what you would call a rule follower- she lets her morals guide her. When put under enough pressure, she becomes a nervous wreck.

Despite her small stature, she is incredibly skilled at what she does and is valued highly. She got lucky to be in the position she's in.

She appeared to me in a dream a few days ago and I just HAD to make her real. Fun fact- she originally had jagged, sharp teeth in the dream and was a medical student, but I decided to tweak her a bit to fit in with the universe more.

#fawfuldraws #invader zim #iz #jhonen vasquez #invader zim oc #irken #irken oc #original character #veen #IM GONNA DO STUFF WITH HER JUST WAIT!!!

[hawfstuff]

cringe-fail-girl Tak, abandoned by the Irken Empire after deserting her original post, misappropriation of Empire property and interfering with military planning. Gives up, ditches the Irken uniform and gets stuck living on earth in Zim's basement because she has nowhere else to go. Spends her time wearing large band shirts and watching old angsty anime. I have no idea what compelled me to draw this.

#invader zim #art #iz fanart #zim #tak #skoodge #comic #this is a tumblr exclusive im not posting this to twitter because its so god damn emberassing #ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ talking heads and yellow magic orchestra mentioned #irken #i just like the aliens #we need more bug eyed green aliens in media these days