"In the last second of life, they're gonna show you how
How they run this show, sure, run it into the ground
The stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet Earth
The stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our minds down to this planet Earth
Everyone wants a double feature
They wanna be their own damn teacher, and how
All the stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet Earth
It's all about moderate climates
You gotta be cold and be hot for sure
It's all about the moderate climates
You wanna be blessed and be cursed for sure
All the stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet Earth (x2)
Everyone wants a double feature
They want to be in their own damn teacher, and how
All the stars are projectors, yeah
Projecting our lives down to this planet Earth
You've got the harder part, You've got the kinder heart
And it's true
I've got the easy part, I've got the harder heart
Aint this true
Right wing, left wing, chicken wing
It's built on finding the easier ways through
God is a woman and the woman is
An animal that animals man, and that's you
Was there a need for creation?
That was hiden in a math equation
And that's this...
WHERE DO CIRCLES BEGIN?"


First, questions. One by one I'll sort them out. Please read all of this. If you ask a question that I put here I will not answer and tell you to refer to the description.

What is this for? Obviously, my graphic novel. It will be a ZIM and Dib Romance graphic novel, but the ZADR does not start until later. It is the cover of the graphic novel, conviently named "Where Do Circles Begin?" a line from a Modest Mouse song, "The Stars Are Projectors", which is the theme for this graphic novel.

What did you use to create this? Traditional media, no digital. Mainly prismacolour markers with a twist of prismacolour and prang coloured pencils. It was outlined in black Micron pens, .05 and .03.

Did you use paint? Not really. All the white stuff that seems to be paint is white out. How did you smear the white-out like that? Simple answer: using my fingers.

Why is Gaz's face messed up? I messed up on it when doing it, I shaded it all wrong, so I overdid it with white-out in a vain attempt to correct it. Ouch. Failed. I decided to leave Dib's face alone in that aspect.

Full paper project? Yes.

Why is Dib's shirt yellow? Watch the pilot. In the pilot, Dib's shirt is yellow. I prefer it that way, though I like the blue also.

What is the plot of the graphic novel? Ah, it will be revealed. Let's just say pay CLOSE attention to the interviews on the third DVD about future episodes.

Some things to think about, the meaning of the circle down there (with its radius and point center) was in class I went around asking everyone where circles began. Several people said, "At the center". So I decided to draw the radius coming to the center. The reason they have shovels is because they are digging their own graves. Literally, and metaphorically. Everyone got kind of close to it. Thanks for your suggestions. Though it could still mean anything else you want and I'd like to hear different interpretations on the comments. As well as different interpretations of what all this means... (the beam of light, them as angels, the crystals, etc.)

*Why are you calling it a graphic novel? Because seriously, the styles in it will not flow consistently in the different chapters or panels. It will sometimes be a comic, it will be funny and gleefull and full of insanity! Other times it will be like a manga, maybe drawn in a slight anime style or not, maybe sometimes drawn in a dark style, none the less, when it gets serious, it's going to be serious. Filled with angst. Pain. Yes. And blood. *squeals!! -- loves working with her fake blood* And other times.. er.. it will get a iittle graphic. If that ever happens, be sure to check my journals frequently because I will have a link to those pages and on the next page I upload after the sex stuff I'll give links for reference. The sex will be essential to the plot, however you don't need to actually see it to know what's going on. Don't worry. It's just for those smut fans and for me to practice the sex0rz. But trust me, that's WAY later. This is epic!

Inspirations are as follows: ~ Gatobob-Spotty for being an awesome IZ artist, *bleedman for the inspiration for Gaz's legs and such, *Darqx also for just being an awesome IZ artist, ~ heptad for the fact she always does traditional art and told me to do this traditionally, ~starlighthexacle for inspiring me to apply to Exeter (which inspired me to want to get this done to show off some skills during the interview), and of course, ~Skitterklat for being an awesome IZ author and liking this picture so much I had to finish it.

Good day to you all, in which I'll leave the ending statement with a question:

WHERE DO CIRCLES BEGIN?





AND DAMMIT, THE FULL-VIEW LOAD IS WORTH IT. I could understand if you're on 56k but come on you lazy-ass DSL and Cable people.


And of course, let's thank my dad who I made run out and go buy me another white-out pen when my current one ran out from trying to fix Gaz's face. XD