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<title>Surprise!</title>
<description><![CDATA[First things first -- holy crap, I'm not dead!

Secondly, I have a lot of apologising to do. The hiatus turned out to be more permanent than I was expecting. In short, I became really obsessed with drunkduck -- updating aside, I was spending an insane amount of time here -- and when life was making other demands, I had to go cold turkey. I'm really sorry that I just ceased to exist without even stopping by occasionally. That is what I want to put right now!

Unfortunately, Salimah will not resume updating and I'm sorry if I got anyone's hopes up when they saw this page; I was just using it as a way to get this message out to all you guys. ^^ However I do want to become part of the community again and get back in touch with all my friends! I'm trying to get back up to date with everyone's comics, so hopefully you'll see a comment from me in the near future :)

If anyone is interested in how the story of Salimah -should've- turned out, feel free to ask! :3 I may occasionally put up random artwork like this here, but otherwise I'm just here to read and talk. It's really great that so many of my friends have continued with their comics all this time -- I have a lot of catching up to do!

So yeah, those of you who still remember me, please forgive me! T_T]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Salimah/?p=624933</link>
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<title>Hiatus xD;;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hey guys!

I'm really sorry I've been away for so long, and that I didn't even put up a message about a hiatus. I was poorly prepared for artist's block and, having such, couldn't create a filler. xD;; This page now is just really to draw attention to the authors notes. I know it's not finished and it's horrible and their legs are too short but that's not the point. xD;;

But I want you guys to know I haven't abandoned Salimah. I'm rewriting it instead. :3 I'm rewriting the entire script; rearranging events so there are more scenes as-they-happen instead of relying on flashbacks or references to the past to say "oh btw this happened ages ago which is somewhat important but you won't see it nyah!" I don't think -much- of that happened in the story thus far but the direction it was taking, it was going to.

I don't want to start re-drawing the pages before I have everything worked out, and the story itself is being longer than I expected it to be xD; I need to revise it to make it as concise yet effective as possible, but I've nowhere -near- finished writing it first.

I'm sorry for making everyone worry! I don't really have an excuse for it either. x-x But you will be seeing Salimah again... eventually... xD;; This time there will be more background detail so you actually know what's -happening-. The story now starts just before the first attack on Iokina, (though there's a proper prologue of the gods sending Miyoko/Karena to Amara now), and thus learn more about her nature. :3 I hope it'll be worth the wait xD;;; I'm sorry that it took so long to even inform you of that. My sincerest apologies!! Ox I'll work harder in future I swear!!! ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Salimah/?p=210656</link>
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<title>Metempsychosis: page 14</title>
<description><![CDATA[aaaahhh in a rush in a rush i apologise i'll edit the author notes to include comments later ahhhhh sorry sorry sorry]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Salimah/?p=156220</link>
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<title>Metempsychosis: page 13</title>
<description><![CDATA[[b]~Valentines Day update one page back~[/b]

I decided to upload the comic Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Firstly to give people a chance to catch up with updates if need be, but also to try out the delayed updating. So look out for an update on Monday as well! *Prays this page shows up on Saturday rather than as soon as I click "send"*

I apologise for so much white space on this page. It wasn't me being lazy I swear! I just felt it suited the mood most -- time is slowing down for Z. in his mind, and a background wouldn't match that. 

This chapter is taking a new direction all by itself -- a script rewrite is in order! I'm glad though, as it seems to be including a lot of information about other characters that wouldn't be included for a long, long time otherwise. I'm hopeful the story development will take a shape I want it too. Heehee because of it though, I bet a lot of people will get confused between characters... but it'll all become clear in a few pages, so it's a risk I'm willing to take.

Responses! (Currently I'm responding to comments made thus far, on Friday. If more are made on the Valentines page between now and Saturday, I'll edit the author's notes to include replies to those too.)

@eko: Heehee yesh, your manga reminds me of Princess Ai too actually, if you've ever heard of that. ^_^ Just in the way that the main characters are singers at a club! i'm glad you liked my page x3

@Oren: You mean they're actually -recognisable- -as- roses?! XD Yay! I'm glad you thought 'twas cute =3 it will be so fun to get to draw side-by-side.

Apparently, neither am I XD Oh wells I claim innocence!

@Rubygem: Yay the outfits are really fun to design =3 especially Miyoko's dress xD I like her with her hair down O= Z.'s outfit here reminds me of the one he wears in chapter 8, so watch out for that :3

@magicalmisfits: aww thank you x3

@magick: I am shocked! Shocked I say! XD I cannot draw flowers to save my life, so the fact that you commented on them means a lot to me x3

@Dragonzilla: Awww I'm sorry to hear that ): Next year will be different, a lot can change in just a year :3 Thank you~ (about teh pic) :3

@simonitro: Capitalization, making messages sincere and enthusiastic! x3 Thank you for liking the picture so much~ I wasn't sure if it would be -romantic-, as it was hard to create such a mood between characters that aren't together! So yay for being able to convey that anyway ^_^ I hope you had a great Valentines Day~ regardless of what you -did- :3

@Dockworker: Funny you should mention that, as I thought the sky was what I rushed most... XD The page overall took about 12 hours, over two days. It doesn't really look like -that- much time was taken over it ): Just 'cause it's coloured pencil... XD 

I'm happy you like the pose :3 I did a few preliminary sketches of the two in different poses, but nothing really suited -them-... at this stage of the story, anyway. I think tension between them suits Z. and Miyoko much more, so that's what I decided to focus on. I'm glad it worked ^_^]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Salimah/?p=155234</link>
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<title>Happy Valentines Day!</title>
<description><![CDATA[This page isn't late for the holiday *shifty eyes*. Umm, sorry about that. xD; It look much longer to colour than I expected... I had to go over it so many times to get rid of as much white space as possible, I guess you can't even -see- the shading now, huh? But how -was- everybody's Valentines Day? =3 I hope everyone enjoyed it x3

And I don't even like how it came out all that much, after spending so long on it and having -another- late update. xD; I -do- like Miyoko here, however. And I'm so glad I got to colour Z> in something -other- than black (*damns Z. and his dislike of bright colours*) The colour scheme is courtesy of [url=http://www.drunkduck.com/user_lookup.php?u=Toshubi]Toshubi[/url], original appearing in [url=http://www.drunkduck.com/Toshubis_pinup_and_fanart/index.php?p=128076]this picture[/url]. A big thank you to him for letting me use it =3

I know I kept promising Saturday's missing page earlier during the week, but there will definately be three updates in a row for this weekend's updates. (I'm not specifically saying "Friday" just in case it ends up being Monday instead, but I'll do my best and there -will- be three updates. (: )

Responses!

@Rubygem: I know, it's a miracle! XD

@Oren: Seems like I'm not thinking that -anything- is turning out right lately O: Yay for making you feel almost-sorry x3 I love changing people's perspective of somebody. I can't wait until people realise this isn't your typical good guys v. bad guys story... The ending of the second book shows that especially x3 Yesh I -am- rambling about the second book without being anywhere near to the end of the first! but still!

@magicalmisfits: XD He -does-... complete them... eventually... XD It's just that... talking... is too much of an effort... for somebody so hurt. (:

@Peipei: And now it'll probably be that it's only the pages you -have- read that -are- good, and all the rest are crap and not worth looking at anyway xD Aww thank you I'm glad you think she's pretty x3

@Black Shimmer: It'll probably sound like I'm copying you, but your comment is so... exactly the reaction I meant to create, and so I keep reading that over and over too. x3 Z. does indeed feel saddened by the Donovan's death... If I had only managed to update twice last weekend rather than thrice -this= coming weekend, you would've gotten to see more of his reaction Ox I'm really glad you like the wording, writing for the Donovan just comes so easily x3

Heehee I drew Miyoko so badly that I hoped no-one would notice her, but the comments regarding her don't seem to be bad. xD Did you notice her eyes changing while she was surrounded by the aura? When the aura faded, the whole effect it had on her faded too, so she is a little out-of-it. x3 *Celebrates your love of my characters* Hurray and there hasn't even been anything in-depth yet =D

Oh if you dared to hug him, he definately wouldn't chop off your head/hurt you in any way. XD It's been so long since somebody looked -past- him being a Donovan, and at -him- as an individual, he'd be too touched to. :3 He has an interesting past history... I wanna say more but I don't think I should. XD

Keep it up or what? ;P no, seriously, I'll -try- to xD;

@Glass: if they didn't mean "blood" literally, then that would be a great idea XD

@eko: I guessed you meant the Donovan. XD But scars look so cool!

@pv_chan: Good composition? Storyboarding ability? Hurray I'm finally improving! XD

@Tantz: I'm glad the transformation managed to come across still, as I had to crop some of the bottom of the fourth panel off in order to straighten the lines -- it wasn't much, but a few pixels can change the clarity completely. I like the first panel too -- it shows more of what Z.'s disposition is like, when he's not forcing himself to be happy for Miyoko.

Hmm... I want to explain briefly about what the Donovan are without giving too much of upcoming storylines away. Basically the Donovan used to be human, but were murdered by Zotia for one circumstance or the other. Zotia doesn't kill his victims and that is that; he steals their soul from them. They can't depart to the afterlife, or reincarnate without it: They are trapped. He uses his ownership of their souls as blackmail, in order for them to do his bidding. They don't agree to evil, nor wish to be so; they still have human minds, and as humans their desperation causes them to do things they regret. Malek (the main Donovan fighting against Z. and Miyoko), actually -did- denounce fighting for Zotia... but as a result, the only way he would ever earn his freedom after such betrayal would be to get Miyoko and Z. out of the way for him. After years of nothingness, Malek just wanted to leave that existence behind... and now he doesn't exist at all.

Emailing a main character and asking a character questions is a totally original idea of mine! ;D Not yours at all! Neva!

@Jashiku: Hee that's okay, I keep doing so too xD;
Yea ): 

@magick: Thin faces! They shall be the bane of me. I'll try to make them rounder, or at least wider. It's ironic that my heads originally started as too round and squat and now are too long and thin... I just can't get the shape right XD Are the drawings off in any other way? Or just need to improve at the faces?

@Adariel: Thank you :3

@JillyFoo: I'm glad you think so ^_^ The Donovan are fun to write for.

@EmilyTheStrange: Thank you for thinking so ;-;

@animegal: It's funny you should mention the word spirit... it reminds me of a line to come later in the story, in regards to this very same Donovan. :3 But why are you calling your own jokes lame and then running away? XD It was a good pun.

@simonitro: I wouldn't say that it would be -easier- next time x3 As for upgrades... any physical manifestations they may have is limited to Zotia's warped mindset. They won't grow more powerful until Zotia's mind falls further into chaos. :3

@Luminous: It's not just you x3~ I'm so glad Z.'s sadness for the Donovan was so easy to pick up. Omg I want to hear about your idea >> You can't say you have one but not say it that's mean! XD 

@insanelysane: The way I see it, or Z. sees it, causing death of another being can never be a good thing; no matter who or what they are. And I really wanted to convey that. I'm glad that it seems this page has caused the effect I wanted it to x3

@cameron: I once heard, it's easier to get emotionally attached (one way or another) to a character when you know their name. It makes me so happy that so many people have done so anyway, even without knowing his name (Malek). =3

@Jenshin: OMG THAT PICTURE IS SO AWESOME THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH! X3 She looks so focused... like she's praying x3 I showed my sister and she was like, "Wow! Her hair looks like it's -real-!" You are such an amazing artist =D thank you so much for taking the time to do something for -me-, I am not worthy x3 E>~

Yay, you thought about the connotations of their "freedom" x3 this makes me happy 

@shaneronzio: X33 Why thank you!

@DRose: Yesh! That is exactly it! =3

@Frail: Thank you for leaving comments on the last... 4 pages! I appreciate it muchly. x3 I hope to be doing more pages giving insight soon... there is just not enough in this comic. There is just so much I want to explain which I have been failing to do so xD;;

@Twin: x3 heehee thank you. And that means a lot. :3

@Dockworker: Me? A good story-teller? Oh, no... Either I spend too much time covering all angles of a story that it never progresses, or I don't do -enough- perspectives. 

I don't have character... All the time I spend replying to comments is time when I'm not reading those people's -comics- xD; After people taking the time to read and comment, to acknowledge their effort is the least i can do.

@Nigellashade: They misinterpreted Zotia's orders, in regards to freedom. If they appease Zotia, he will return their souls to them. But Zotia did not want them to harm Z. at all, only prevent him getting in the way... that's the Donovan getting carried away, I'm afraid.

Heehee all good vs evil scenarios are really just human nature fighting against itself. I hope you enjoyed your Valentines Day too ^_^

@kyupol: Thank you x3~

@Collosus: Heehee lol x3

@I Hate Dirt: Your avatars keep on getting scarier and scarier XD]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Salimah/?p=154684</link>
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