TW: Blood and injury. Song: I'm Gonna Win by Rob Cantor, Original song: All of My Friends by Joe Hawley Art by Me!! I've found a new passion, and I simply can't wait to learn and improve! :)
;^; me too dude. Me too. I'm gonna canonically say in the canon of this animatic, canoncially, that two frames after the end credits he realises he's pursuing the wrong thing and finds inner peace and everything turns out ok
@@emmae2520 for some reason reason i want dib to join zim to destroy the world, because Dib got treated like garbage too. Dib needs to realize that even if he 'save' the world, no one give a fuck about him
Irkens age much more slowly than humans, so Zim is way older, I think 170? I’ll have to check. But even for an Irken he’s older than Dib, who’s still a child (albeit a smart one).
@@kurayamiify Yes, Jhonen confirmed that Zim was an adult and was FAR older than Dib. Zim's age on Irk is 16 (A kid on Earth to us humans but on Irk, you're an adult.) 1 Irken year is 10 Human years. So on Earth, Zim is over 160
@@cindypicadomolina7814 but physically and mentally zim isn't an adult. Take into account his skinny arms and legs , his big head - he isn't just *short* hes structured in similar proportions to a child. He has lived longer but has not developed mentally (or physically) at the rate humans would over the same span of time (not that anyone has lived to be 160 years old but you understand what i mean) , otherwise he wouldn't be so immature and brash , sure hes intelligent when he wants to be , but he makes glaringly simple mistakes that make his plans fail. Like a kid with access to top of the line science equipment. The same way dog years work versus humans (switch it around and say we are the dogs) they are mature way quicker than humans are. Puppies turn into adults quicker than humans do , in this case Irkens age like humans , and humans age like dogs to them.
The thing that fascinated me the most was that Zim was always perfectly capable of conquering the Earth. Not only is Dib quite literally the ONLY person on the planet who is both capable and WILLING to give a damn, but every other person is pathetically inadequate in some form or another. Zim meanwhile is a super-genius (creating such things as inter-dimensional travel and possibly pocket dimensions) and Zim was quite literally BORN for this; his entire existence is designed to take control of planets. All of his errors stem from his mental and emotional immaturity (which is caused by a PAK malfunction). This is a mental disorder that is both impossible to be fixed and cannot be ignored. If he simply had the ability to self-reflect and try to negate his bad habits, he would be able to annihilate the human race in a matter of days. Possibly even less...
Ok I Googled it and only found a bunch of airplane crash reports I mean it's heavy stuff sure but from your reaction I honestly expected some weird porn or idk Which raises the question why I went to Google it in the first place K have a nice day
Fun fact: Irkens are discriminated against for having those mechanical, spider-like limbs that come out of they're packs, no one knows how they're possible, and only VERY few have them, and even if they did, they wouldn't be advertising it.
I'm only just now realizing that Zim is fully grown but short, which makes sense as to why he's always been treated with disrespect by the others of his species. It never made sense to me why they would look down on him when he's just a child, but it's because he's NOT a child. He is a very capable adult, the others are just bullies who never let him reach his full potential
While yes, the others were massive bullies, i will point out that that's his species' culture. They value Height above all else, and he's so short he blends in with children perfectly, he has a mental disorder that makes him entirely dysfunctional and unable to perform his purpose in society, in a very utilitarian society, and he has a physical abnormality in the mechanical spider legs that come from his pack, which is also looked down upon rather harshly. Zim is quite literally everything his people consider undesirable. Zim's constant failures were actually him doing his best without anyone interfering beyond an actual child. He was operating at his full potential, he's just not suited to what his species wants.
im a firm believer that art can be whatever you want it to be, but to me i thought of it sort of like his conscience. like, the better part of himself is trying to get him to admit his problems and face himself, but he's just to god damn stubborn >:)
@@matthewsnyder9478 The thing on Zim's (the aliens) back. It's a weird kind of cybernetic that has a variety of features, most notably the PAK legs, which are exactly what they sound like.
@@matthewsnyder9478 The PAK also holds all of an irken's self and memories, and they can only survive for about five minutes without it. No one knows how Irkens originally reproduced but they're switched to creating offspring in test tubes, then using machines to raise them.
Honestly I love this a lot. I think it captures Zim's character very well (assuming this is a looser interpretation where he has more feelings other than angry and is less oblivious to being mistreated by the tallest) I also usually dislike the way people draw Zim outside of the canon art style- it just never looks right to me. They either make him too cute or too round which just looks wrong. But this looks really good. I love how you showed him talking to himself (2:10) I feel like he is saying something like "you can lie to everyone else but you don't have to lie to yourself" but he is too determined (and egocentric) to ever admit defeat, even and especially to himself. Which is honestly one of his better qualities. not to mention I finally find IZ content with NO SHIPPING FOR ONCE Sorry I am not the best with words. All this to say: I like it. Subscribed btw
To me the Zim/Dib relationship works best as a Holmes/Moriarty conflict since they both push the other, but I don't mind the idea that maybe there's an underlying and unspoken friendship since they're the only smart ones on a planet of (relative) idiots
@@andrewmalinowski6673 I don’t care if people ship them but it’s borderline impossible to look at fan content for IZ and not just be flooded with shipping stuff. It’s annoying.
No lyrics in the comments? Damn My life is a constant entrapment of tunnels Which tangle and wind and beguile And regardless of where I may tumble or funnel I wonder what's really worthwhile Sometimes it can seem like a merciless dream And I'm falling with nothing to hold Sometimes I get flustered and beaten and blistered Abandoned outside in the cold But I'm gonna win, I'm gonna try I'll never lose, I'll never die You've seen me before, you'll see me again I'll never give up, I'll never give in Til I'm bloody and bruised Til I've broken my bones Til I won't be abused Til I'm laughing alone It's hard to be charming and smart and disarming It's hard to pretend you're the best It's hard to fulfill everyone's expectations It's hard to keep up with the rest But I'm gonna win, I'm gonna try I'll never lose, I'll never die You've seen me before, you'll see me again I'll never give up, I'll never give innn Til I'm bloody and bruised Til I've broken my bones Til I won't be abused Til I'm laughing alone How do you feel? You've been concealing your worries from the world But you can reveal them to me I wouldn't know I go on even though I'll be bloody and bruised I'll be breaking my bones I'll be paying my dues I'll be laughing alone
Imagine you are suddenly thrown into existence and within the first hour of being legally alive you have shit loads of ideas, concepts, and opinions forced into your head. Then you are taught do everything your leader says no matter the circumstances. That’s kinda hard to imagine for me personally. But wouldn’t that suck? Being forced to mature so quickly..
My favorite thing about Zims character in this animatic is the scenes that give him Pink Blood so it makes me think of Danganronpa besides that, this video is a masterpiece it looks like it took a lot of effort sweating and probably a couple of days so i admire the hardwork people put in to make these kinds of videos.
ZIM BBY OH NO Thank you for giving Zim the depth the show didnt dare to. This is absolutly heartwrenching! I hope he's going to be ok! Also, your animation is so clean wth, its really cool! Loved the parallels between Zim being pushed around by the tallests vs. Him pushing around Dib. AAAHH It's so good, you did an amazing job
@@beewithagun5105 proof they shouldn't have let the show get cancelled and give it the proper ending it deserved. Somehow I feel that Enter The Florpus didn't give the show the best farewell possible, y'know?
Because zim has *maybe accidentally* commited many crimes in Irk (i don't even know if It's canon or not), kill the past tallests, causing blackouts on their home planet, being a defective(bruh idek what's wrong with being a defect), being so destructive to the point of destroying half of their planet and not to mention short.
A convoluted simulation just to learn Dib threw a muffin at his head and then ends with shooting a muffin into Dib's face. This is a good example of Zim being intelligent but petty, like when he tricks Dib into revealing a "blind spot" in his security just to rush home and fix it
Okay I've been gaping at my screen for a while now, just replaying the video over and over again. It's absolutely stunning. There is so much thought put into it and every scene and I just really love it. I also love your color choices. They're so soft and pretty. And your artstyle! And the animations!! Simply amazing! Oh and don't get me started on the backgrounds. They're art goal. Everything about this is! You really became a huge inspiration to me! You know, I'm really in love with your spaceship animatic and I'm watching it a lot but now I can't decide which video I like more. You're such an amazing artist and so good at animatics and storytelling! I'm really excited to see more :D
BRO STOP IM ACTUALLY CRYING THIS IS TOO MUCH 😭😭😭❤💘♥️💞💞💕♥️💘💞💓♥️💕♥️💖💞❤💞💞💖💘♥️♥️💘💞💖 You put so much thought into this comment and I really really appreciate it. Thank you so much dude, seeing you enjoy my stuff encourages me so much to keep going and asldkdkglssslldlkl I Love You 😭❤
This is such a good representation of Zims character its amazing!! I always thought that it was sadly ironic how loyal and determined he is for a fake cause considering his mission is fake and that he will probably be obsessed with earth until it is finally conquered/destroyed. I feel like Zim sees his body as nothing but a weapon to a cause and his emotions as something that only gets in the way. Great job!!
ive been rewatching this animatic, "spaceship" and "im not crazy" regularly for the past year or so, they mean a lot to me and they changed me. i dont know what happened to the animator, but i hope u are okay and thriving. your works are very dear to me. im not even into invader zim, i just like your animatics specifically
Holy shit you really went above and beyond here!! I love how smooth your animation is and how expressively you draw Zim. I really like all the abstract elements you used and the reference to the comics in there, and the song choice is pro, very fitting to Zim as a character and how determined he is to prove himself by any means necessary.
your metaphors, they're hnnnngggh every scene is literally perfection and I just really like that maze scene AND the one where Zim is standing side by side with other soldiers, smaller than the rest
I watched this so many times over and over it’s SO FREAKN GOOD. Just the whole aspect that Zim is falling apart going through mazes and mazes trying to figure out how to please his tallest. Deep down he knows something is wrong as he slowly descends into madness in each attempt to take over the world. It’s all so GOOD.
THIS IS SO GOOD OH MY GOD. i've always associated this song with dib, so it's really cool to see it from zim's perspective instead. it actually kinda shows how similar they are in some ways. anyways i reaaally love the perspectives and movements
this was *chef kiss * !!!!!!!!! The way you set the overarching mood til Zim's self-destruction to show he can keep at it and then he just lets loose and and and aHHHHH i love this so much!!!! you did an awesome job!!!!!! :D
1:31 smol And oh boy the whole sequence from 2:23 to 2:31 is just so AAAAAA DAMN SO GOOD BUT WHY DOES IT HURT?? Also, the labyrinth part is just *CHEF KISS* GENIUS LIKE OMG IT'S SO GOOD AND AAAAA
I'm such a huge simp for Invader Zim as a whole and everything the fandom puts out and this is one of the BEST things I've seen in while. your art and animation is beautiful and the colours are amazing. such a great narrative as well. I'm especially fond of the montage of failed plans and I love how you included Clembrane and the florpus in there. this was super great, I'm so glad it got recommended to me. can't wait to see more!
King Rene same lol. But something i dislike, the Zim x Dib ship. They make Dib sexual? It’s very uncomfortable. Now i support it, I just hate how much they sexualize it
@@gacha_kit_kat1059 yes yes i don't ship them either.. Also i don't ship zim with anyone except tak mybe.. Because dib and gaz are children and zim is a teenage irken. And he doesn't want to be romantic too
@@gacha_kit_kat1059 Same, I don't like the gross ship stuff but I really like to imagine them having somewhat of a friendship Like, c'mon people. Dib's like, 12
Dude, DUDE, THIS IS- JUST- LIKE I'M- I'M SPEECHLESS, THIS IS SO AWESOME. THE STYLE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT THE WHOLE THING YOU MADE WITH THE VIDEO TOOK IT TO A NEW LEVEL. THE SCENES, THE CAMERA ANGLES, THE REPRESENTATION AAAAAHHH EVERYTHING IS SO PERFECT. THIS LOOKS SO PROFESSIONAL. I ADMIRE YOU. I SUSCRIBE INMEDIATLY.
As much as i loved this and the whole show, nothing to me will ever be greater to me than "I put the fires out." "You made them worse." "Worse? Or better?" Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
The timing here is so tight, the contrast between words and actions and the times they match... I keep coming back to this song for a reason, and that reason is that this video is excellent.
oh wow, you just awakened the strangest feeling I had in awhile, where I knew all the lyrics to a song that I've never heard before. this song was orginally "All of My Friends" in early conceptions, a realeased song made by Tally Hall which the man who performed this was in. amazing animation! each transition is so smooth while the lines are really precise in each frame! This song fits Zim very well and really does capture his struggle alot, which was uniquely stylized and framed. Good luck to you on your future animations, as they're lovely!
His pure determination and focus on his task is impressive to me. And his job technically isn’t even real, not to his leaders as least, to him is is very real. His life is his job. He was literally created to do a job. I wonder if any Irkens ever have stopped and thought for a second: “Why are we even invading all these planets? There is plenty of us around, and we don’t die for shmellions of years, so there is no point in invading at such a fast rate..” But then, they are basically robots and aren’t “programmed” to think such thinks.
I want an actual movie completely animated by you- I would watch it even if it meant I had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to watch the preview 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I would LOVE to see Zim absolutely lose it- and become so damned dangerous \o/ ofc- hurt comfort and healing never hurts - but I'd like to see people realise he's actually dangerous if he's pushed too far.
1:12 honestly I love how dib just looks at zim sadly as he laughs he may be thinking an alien could be revolutionary for earth but zim wants only destruction and dib wants peace almost as he is feeling sorry for the alien
If Dib joined Zim in conquering the earth, they could probably do it. Everyone hates Dib but Zim kind of cares about him, the same thing goes for Zim. They would make a great team, but it would take a while for them to get used to working together.
This animatic is absolutely stunning. It's so beautifull. The art style, the transitions, the colour pallette, the plot. This looks like a professional storyboard rather than fan animatic. I'm totally in love with this and gonna rewatch it multiple times from now
Oh My Gosh. That was so amazing. So expressive and the lines and animation is so freakin crisp. 5 seconds in I’m like WOW LOOK AT THAT RUN CYCLE. I just woke up so my brain isn’t working but bravo youre so talented 👏👏👏😍😭💚
Everyone came here because they are fans of Zim, I came here because I'm a fan of rod Cantor's album. I never watched invader Zim and I have no idea what the story is about haha
Well for both of you long story short an alien named Zim who's hated by everyone on his planet for being too dangerous annoying irrational etc is fooled into being sent to a backwater planet nobody cares about as an alien invader. That planet is Earth only one human even notices he's an alien at first Dib Membrane and he's the only human who cares at all to stop Zim from conquering Earth
@@AL-ez9sx Well from my memory, I would say he somewhat did. In the first episode, it showed a flashback of Zim controlling this large machinery and forcing people to use the weapons while still at the base (?) something like that haha. Also in the comics, Zim also killed off (i’m not 100% sure, it’s been a long time since I re-read the comics) this soldier that was introduced in the comics. Basically what he did was setting up bombs? which exploded, killing off his soldier along with other irkens. The other irkens were pissed off at Zim for killing her and the other people as well. Still, I’m unsure but it definitely had something to do with this whole explosion. I feel like Zim has more kill count in his own population than he does with humans
I’ve always been terrified of those that never stay down... those that always get up no matter how bloody and bruised they are. Excellent animatic! I’ve rewatched this....... I lost count lol!
Oh god same- the most terrifying characters are the ones who never lay down dead and take it, the ones who refuse to stop going no matter what the fuck happens (this goes for both villains and heroes)
This was an amazing animatic! I wish Zim would finally realized the tallest don’t care about him. And realize his whole life was a joke, and then just...do his own thing. I mean he could still take over Earth, just in his way this time. 💗💞
THAT WAS SO GOOD- I HIT EVERY EMOTION EVEN THE ONES I NEVER KNEW EXISTED WHILE I WATCHED THIS- YOUR STYLE IS AMAZING- WHERE ARE YOUR SUBS AT??? YOU NEED MORE YOU'RE WAY TOO UNDERATED AND I DONT LIKE IT.
yesssssss, travel through the existential plane. lmao, you make it sound like it's a bingo sheet for emotions, which is a hilarious mental image 🤣 thank you
Netflix broke my heart when I saw the Rockos modern life and invader Zim specials.... I was so excited for the younger generation to get that spark when you see true animated and story telling talent, but alas I love what I got, and getting to find markers like you. Thank you for such a wonderful addition to such a fun reality 💕
you the type of youtuber that makes a literal film to a project than go on on facebook like: "yo this is not even my final form" and 3 weeks later we discover you were not liyng
I completely love this video. The art style for these characters fits so well. I love the sad look that Dib gives Zim after punching him. He realizes that yes, Zim is trying to take over the world and needs to be stopped, but also... Zim's not in a good place mentally, and there's not much he can do about it. It's just kind of sad, and he can't help but feel a little pity for him. The only thing that's been bugging me is those failed plans. I know all of them except the cat. What's the cat supposed to be? I have no idea what episode or comic it's a reference to.
Weirdly this is sorta inspiring. I have the exact opposite problem and it’s comforting to see a character going on despite the setbacks. (Although I acknowledge how unhealthy it is)
This song fits so well. The animation and art is amazing. It feels very accurate for Zim. I can't explain how perfect this is. I have probably watched this 15 times already.
I haven’t seen Invader Zim, not much of it anyway, but I click on almost anything with a song a like in the title! This is great animation, I’m still able to understand his thoughts and motivations even though I haven’t seen the show before! I love your style and your sense of storytelling. Awesome job!
Wth this is absolutely more than amazing and beyond. I could genuinely feel their emotions expressed through the screen, I'm in love with this masterpiece.😭❤💖
Yeah! I just started making animatics but I really like them, and they really help with improving my art skills - so I'll definitely be doing more in the future. And I plan to take a sledgehammer to your feels in every single one of them >:) (tho I might branch out from IZ and into some other fandoms of mine, who knows lol)
To say the truth, I wanted to watch invader Zim but for the moment I watched 1 or 2 episodes + the memes. And dude, this looks awesome for an animatic. And hot damn you bet I'm gonna love to see a full on polished animation. Oh also before I forget, have a good time and stay healthy Beewithagun, the same is to whoever stumbled on this.
Bruh, this is actually really really good! This is awesome, you need to make more Zim animatics!!! There’s a bunch of songs I found that go with Zim really well if you need suggestions. Awesome work, keep it up! 💚 👽
