How to Draw GIR From Invader Zim

GIR is a cute and cuddly robot from the TV show "Invader Zim." GIR is assembled from random scrap metal, but he's pretty easy to draw. He can be drawn either as a robot or in his favorite earth disguise, a green-zippered dog suit.

Instructions

Draw Robot GIR

1. Draw a large "U" for GIR's head. Cap the "U" with a line curved slightly upward to add depth to the head canister.

2. Draw a smaller-capped "U" just below, but not touching, the head. This is GIR's body. Connect the body and head with 2 short lines for the neck.

3. Draw 2 upside-down "V"s below, but again not touching, the body. Draw lines that are slightly curved downward below the "V"s to cap the legs and make them appear conical.

4. Draw 2 circles behind the top corners of the body for shoulders. Erase any overlapping lines.

5. Add two narrow "V"s tapering off of the shoulders for arms. Add smaller circles at the tips of the "V"s for wrists and 2 small triangles with 1 corner attached to the wrists as hands.

6. Touch GIR up with a rectangle on his chest, 2 large circular eyes and a line for a mouth. You can add stitches to the mouth and lines to segment the arms as well.

Draw GIR in a Dog Suit

1. Draw a large pentagon with a flat side oriented on the top for GIR's head. Add smaller a rectangle overlapping the bottom point of the pentagon and erase the overlapping lines. This is GIR's head and body.

2. Add 2 very large circles for eyes. One eye may overlap the edge of the head. Erase any overlapping lines. Add 2 tiny dots inside the eyes as pupils. Make them slightly too far apart to give GIR a goggle-eyed appearance.

3. Add 2 curved crescent shapes slightly overlapping the sides of the body for arms. Color these in black. Add 2 rounded triangles for legs below the body, about the same size as the arms, and color black.

4. Draw a small tail by coloring a thin triangle pointed up from the back of the body toward the bottom. Add another tiny horizontal triangle below the eyes for a nose. Draw the mouth on top of the seam by drawing a horizontal line. Add a rectangular tongue sticking out from one side.

5. Touch GIR up with a zipper on the body by drawing a thin vertical rectangle and adding a line inside the rectangle back and forth to make it look like an interlocking zipper. Draw a dashed line down the face between the eyes to create a seam.