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* {{CAPSLOCK}}: His username and branding is usually rendered this way.



* MeaningfulName: ''Queen of the Ocean'', the default title given to his works of Titanic, refers to the numerous promotional posters of Titanic at the time nicknaming her "The Queen of the Ocean."

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''Queen of the Ocean'', the default title given to his works of Titanic, refers to the numerous promotional posters of Titanic at the time nicknaming her "The Queen of the Ocean.""
** ''Obsidian'', the name given to his 2023 incarnation of RMS Olympic. Obsidian is usually depicted in video games as an extremely strong and tough element. In real life, however, obsidian is brittle. This can be seen as a metaphor for RMS Olympic's "Old Reliable" reputation, alongside being the only Olympic-class ocean liner to live a full career, outliving both of her younger sisters Titanic and Britannic.



*** ''Lily & The Moon'' is not only named after a Thornhill song with the same name but the hidden text around the drawing (visible when brightened) is filled with lyrics from the entire Thornhill album, The Dark Pool.

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*** ''Lily & The Moon'' is not only named after a Thornhill song with the same name but the hidden text around the drawing (visible when brightened) is filled with lyrics from the entire Thornhill album, The Dark Pool. The drawing's layout is even heavily inspired by the album art of The Dark Pool.

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* NamedByTheAdaptation: It is revealed in a biography for ''DROWNED'' that RMS Titanic's human name is Emily [=McLoughlin=].

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* NamedByTheAdaptation: It For a long time, RMS Titanic's unofficial human name has been Nicci Gindl. However, it is revealed in a biography for ''DROWNED'' that RMS Titanic's her official human name is Emily [=McLoughlin=].[=McLoughlin=].
* {{Remaster}}: ''Queen of the Ocean 2021'' and ''Hoping For Doves'' recently received remasters that improved their color grading and added in decorations and shading.



* YouDontLookLikeYou: ''RMS Titanic.''

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: ''RMS Titanic.''RMS Titanic has drastically changed from her original incarnation in 2018, from the appearance to the personality, despite retaining her blonde hair and blue eyes combination. In 2018, Titanic was a confident and loud girl with a dress to match, while her present-day incarnation is a ShrinkingViolet with a more muted and era-accurate dress suit. One can even argue that she's changed so much to the point that she's an entirely new character.

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'''[=NorthaDawn=]''' is a Filipino digital artist, specializing in AnthropomorphicPersonification of various entities. His work is known for incorporating meaningful themes and symbolism behind seemingly-typical artworks.

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'''[=NorthaDawn=]''' is a Filipino digital artist, specializing in AnthropomorphicPersonification of various entities.entities, mostly the RMS Titanic. His work is known for incorporating meaningful themes and symbolism behind seemingly-typical artworks.



!![=NorthaVelvet=] and his works provide examples of:

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!![=NorthaVelvet=] !![=NorthaDawn=] and his works provide examples of:



* AmazonianBeauty:
** Northa's depiction of the RMS Olympic during World War I portrays her as a tough female warrior who retained much of her beauty from civilian duties. Of course, she became popular with his audience due to this.
** A more recent example: Helena Müller. The personification of German Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich, she boasts a muscular build behind her red home kit.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Most known for his ones of RMS Titanic.
* ArtEvolution: Northa's first ever artpieces were scanned drawings made from very low-quality colored pencils, with backgrounds digitally edited onto the piece from in-game screenshots of Virtual Sailor 7. Having switched to digital art in 2019, they have improved greatly since, if you compared his older work to products like [[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Queen-of-the-Ocean-2021-889457624 this one]].
* ArtifactName: The name [=NorthaDawn=] itself is one. It originally came from Northa misspelling Music/{{Northlane}}, his then-favorite band, to a friend. These days, he no longer considers Northlane his favorite band.
* BadassLongcoat: His RMS Olympic rocks one. Fitting for the ship that served in World War I, rescued the survivors of a sunken warship, and sunk an enemy submarine herself.
** AlternateHistory Titanic in the previously mentioned piece ''The Queen[='=]s Reign'' rocks one as well, along with an [[SmugSmiler armor-piercing smirk]].
* BilingualBonus: It isn't that uncommon for Northa and his works to feature a foreign language on it (usually German); for one, ''Die Schöne Dame von Sankt-Peter Ording'' [[note]] The Beautiful Lady of Sankt-Peter Ording [[/note]]. Northa himself sometimes speaks German.

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* AmazonianBeauty:
** Northa's
AmazonianBeauty: His modern depiction of the RMS Olympic during World War I portrays her as a tough female warrior who retained much of her beauty from civilian duties. Of course, she became popular with his audience due to this.
** A more recent example: Helena Müller. The personification of German Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich, she boasts a muscular build behind her red home kit.
fits this trope perfectly.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Most known likely the first artist that comes up when you look for his ones of RMS Titanic.
Titanic personifications.
* ArtEvolution: Northa's first ever artpieces His first-ever pieces were scanned drawings made from very low-quality colored pencils, with backgrounds digitally edited onto the piece from in-game screenshots of Virtual Sailor 7. Having switched to digital art in 2019, they have improved greatly art quality has skyrocketed since, if you compared compare his older work to products recent outputs like [[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Queen-of-the-Ocean-2021-889457624 com/northadawn/art/OBSIDIAN-RMS-Olympic-2023-986546806 this one]].
* ArtifactName: The name [=NorthaDawn=] His username itself is one. It originally came from Northa him misspelling Music/{{Northlane}}, his then-favorite band, to a friend. These days, he no longer considers Northlane his favorite band.
band but does come back to listen to them from time to time.
* BadassLongcoat: His RMS Olympic rocks one. Fitting for the ship that served in World War I, rescued the survivors of a sunken warship, and sunk an enemy submarine herself.
**
herself. AlternateHistory Titanic in the previously mentioned piece ''The Queen[='=]s Reign'' rocks one as well, along with an [[SmugSmiler armor-piercing smirk]].
* BilingualBonus: It isn't that uncommon for Northa and his works to feature a foreign language on it (usually German); for one, ''Die Schöne Dame von Sankt-Peter Ording'' [[note]] The Beautiful Lady of Sankt-Peter Ording [[/note]]. Northa himself sometimes speaks German.
well.



* ColorMotif: Crimson Red.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Northa's Titanic works are this in comparison to the rest of the personified Titanic works found on [=DeviantArt=], mostly due to having grown up learning a lot about the actual ship itself and Northa not wanting to do any disservice to the victims of the tragedy.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His personification of the Titanic used to rock an extremely strange PimpedOutDress. It has since been changed to a dress suit, which made her appearance more period-appropriate for 1910s.
* InsistentTerminology: His gijinkas have been given real names to properly distinguish between whether a person is talking about the actual ship or his gijinkas.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Northa has publicly wondered why starting his art career drawing Titanic personifications was a good idea on several occasions (see quote above).
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent:
** The background of ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Up-in-Flames-to-Ashes-829811678 Up in Flames to Ashes]]'' includes his personification of Australia standing in front of a forest fire, while the Philippines is standing in front of the Taal volcano erupting.
** Northa's personification of the Britannic in ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Patroness-of-the-Mediterranean-843230376 Patroness of the Mediterranean]]'' is drawn standing in front of the Kea Channel, the body of water the real-life Britannic struck a mine and sank on.
* MeaningfulName:
** ''Queen of the Ocean'', the default title given to his works of Titanic, refers to the numerous promotional posters of Titanic at the time nicknaming her "The Queen of the Ocean."
* PrecisionFStrike: Northa's exact reaction when he realized that he was indeed turning into a car lover after announcing a personified design for Literature/{{Christine}}.
-->Northa: fuck lmao
* RunningGag: Northa delaying the release of a full drawing of Helena. Slightly averted as he has announced a release date of October 31.
* ShoutOut: Northa 'really' likes naming works after songs.

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* ColorMotif: Crimson Red.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Northa's Compared to most other Titanic works are this in comparison to the rest of the personified Titanic works found on [=DeviantArt=], mostly due to having grown up learning a lot about the actual ship itself and Northa not wanting to do any disservice to the victims of the tragedy.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His personification of the Titanic used to rock an extremely strange PimpedOutDress. It has since been changed to a dress suit, which made her appearance more period-appropriate for 1910s.
* InsistentTerminology: His
gijinkas have been given real names to properly distinguish between whether on the internet, which are more lighthearted in general, his work leans more towards a moody and grim tone.
* GenderBlenderName: [=NorthaDawn=] doesn't sound like a typical username guys would have. Because of this, nany people who first discover Northa always assume that he's a female.
-->Northa: If I had a nickel for every
person is talking about the actual ship or his gijinkas.
who thought I was a woman until reading my bio, I'd have 38 nickels.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Northa He has publicly wondered why starting his art career drawing Titanic personifications was a good idea on several occasions (see quote above).
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent:
** The background of ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Up-in-Flames-to-Ashes-829811678 Up in Flames to Ashes]]'' includes his personification of Australia standing in front of a forest fire, while the Philippines is standing in front of the Taal volcano erupting.
** Northa's personification of the Britannic in ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Patroness-of-the-Mediterranean-843230376 Patroness of the Mediterranean]]'' is drawn standing in front of the Kea Channel, the body of water the real-life Britannic struck a mine and sank on.
* MeaningfulName:
**
MeaningfulName: ''Queen of the Ocean'', the default title given to his works of Titanic, refers to the numerous promotional posters of Titanic at the time nicknaming her "The Queen of the Ocean."
* PrecisionFStrike: NamedByTheAdaptation: It is revealed in a biography for ''DROWNED'' that RMS Titanic's human name is Emily [=McLoughlin=].
* RunningGag: His attitude and relationship with the SS United States.
* ShoutOut: Probably
Northa's exact reaction when he realized that he was indeed turning into favorite trope. You can always count on him to name a car lover piece after announcing a personified design for Literature/{{Christine}}.
-->Northa: fuck lmao
* RunningGag: Northa delaying the release of
song or a full drawing of Helena. Slightly averted as he has announced a release date of October 31.
* ShoutOut: Northa 'really' likes naming works after songs.
band.



** ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Animate-866989560 Animate]]'' was named after a {{Music/Northlane}} song of the same name. In addition, ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/OBSIDIAN-RMS-Olympic-2023-986546806 Obsidian]]'' is also named after a {{Music/Northlane}} release.
** Northa's first fanart of {{VideoGame/OMORI}}, ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/OMORI-Gone-With-The-Wind-875221341 Gone With The Wind]]'', was taken from an Architects song of the same name.
** ''Patroness of the Mediterranean'' was named after...well, VideoGame/BritannicPatronessOfTheMediterranean.

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** ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Animate-866989560 Animate]]'' ''Animate'' was named after a {{Music/Northlane}} song of the same name. In addition, ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/OBSIDIAN-RMS-Olympic-2023-986546806 Obsidian]]'' ''Obsidian'' is also named after a {{Music/Northlane}} release.
{{Music/Northlane}}'s latest album.
** Northa's first His fanart of {{VideoGame/OMORI}}, ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/OMORI-Gone-With-The-Wind-875221341 Gone ''Gone With The Wind]]'', Wind'', was taken from an Architects song of the same name.
** ''Patroness of the Mediterranean'' was named after...well, VideoGame/BritannicPatronessOfTheMediterranean.
name.



** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which originated from [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] and is entirely fictional. This also can be seen as an acknowledgment of the role the movie played in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic, especially outside North America and Europe.
* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most creators who personify the Titanic like Northa, he has gone the extra mile to make sure that his Titanic personification is as respectful and close to the original ship as it could possibly be, from the descriptions giving a rundown of the ship, to their character design reference sheets explaining the thought process and real-life information about the ship behind every aspect of their personification.

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** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing the "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which originated from [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] and is entirely fictional. This also can be seen as an acknowledgment of the role the movie played in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic, especially outside North America and Europe.
** ''Patroness of the Mediterranean'' was named after...well, VideoGame/BritannicPatronessOfTheMediterranean.
* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most creators who personify the Titanic like Northa, he has gone the extra mile to make sure that his Titanic personification is as respectful and close to the original ship as it could possibly be, from the descriptions giving a rundown of the ship, to their character design reference sheets explaining the thought process and real-life information about the ship behind every aspect of their personification.personification.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: ''RMS Titanic.''
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* BreakthroughHit: The success of ''Queen of the Ocean 2020'' and ''2021'' propelled Northa from being a Titanic gijinka artist to becoming the most prominent Titanic gijinka artist on the internet.


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* InsistentTerminology: His gijinkas have been given real names to properly distinguish between whether a person is talking about the actual ship or his gijinkas.
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** ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Animate-866989560 Animate]]'' was named after a {{Music/Northlane}} song of the same name.

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** ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Animate-866989560 Animate]]'' was named after a {{Music/Northlane}} song of the same name. In addition, ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/OBSIDIAN-RMS-Olympic-2023-986546806 Obsidian]]'' is also named after a {{Music/Northlane}} release.
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* ArtifactName: The name NorthaDawn itself is one. It originally came from Northa misspelling Music/{{Northlane}}, his then-favorite band, to a friend. These days, he no longer considers Northlane his favorite band.

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* ArtifactName: The name NorthaDawn [=NorthaDawn=] itself is one. It originally came from Northa misspelling Music/{{Northlane}}, his then-favorite band, to a friend. These days, he no longer considers Northlane his favorite band.

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* ArtifactName: The name NorthaDawn itself is one. It originally came from Northa misspelling Music/{{Northlane}}, his then-favorite band, to a friend. These days, he no longer considers Northlane his favorite band.



* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His personification of the Titanic used to rock an extremely strange PimpedOutDress. It has since been changed to a dress suit, which made her appearance more period appropriate for 1910's.

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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His personification of the Titanic used to rock an extremely strange PimpedOutDress. It has since been changed to a dress suit, which made her appearance more period appropriate period-appropriate for 1910's.1910s.



*** ''Lily & The Moon'' is not only named after a Thornhill song with the same name, but the hidden text around the drawing (visible when brightened) is filled with lyrics from the entire Thornhill album, The Dark Pool.
** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which originated from [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] and entirely fictional. This also can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of that movie in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic, especially outside North America and Europe.

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*** ''Lily & The Moon'' is not only named after a Thornhill song with the same name, name but the hidden text around the drawing (visible when brightened) is filled with lyrics from the entire Thornhill album, The Dark Pool.
** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which originated from [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] and is entirely fictional. This also can be seen as acknowledgement on an acknowledgment of the role of that the movie played in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic, especially outside North America and Europe.
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** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which originated from [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 Movie]] and entirely fictional. This also can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of that movie in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic, especially outside North America and Europe.

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** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which originated from [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 Movie]] movie]] and entirely fictional. This also can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of that movie in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic, especially outside North America and Europe.
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** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic.

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** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which originated from [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 Movie]] and entirely fictional. This also can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] that movie in shaping public perception of RMS Titanic.Titanic, especially outside North America and Europe.
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** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.

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** For his non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.shaping public perception of RMS Titanic.
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** For his non music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.

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** For his non music non-music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.

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* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most creators who personify the Titanic like Northa, he has gone the extra mile to make sure that his Titanic personification is as respectful and close to the original ship as it could possibly be, from the descriptions giving a rundown of the ship, to their character design reference sheets explaining the thought process and real-life information about the ship behind every aspect of their personification. He also add the "Heart of the Ocean" necklace on Titanic, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.

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** For his non music related ShoutOut, Titanic is shown wearing "Heart of the Ocean" necklace, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.
* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most creators who personify the Titanic like Northa, he has gone the extra mile to make sure that his Titanic personification is as respectful and close to the original ship as it could possibly be, from the descriptions giving a rundown of the ship, to their character design reference sheets explaining the thought process and real-life information about the ship behind every aspect of their personification. He also add the "Heart of the Ocean" necklace on Titanic, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.
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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His personification of the Titanic used to rock an extremely strange PimpedOutDress. It has since been changed to a dress suit.

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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His personification of the Titanic used to rock an extremely strange PimpedOutDress. It has since been changed to a dress suit.suit, which made her appearance more period appropriate for 1910's.



* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most creators who personify the Titanic like Northa, he has gone the extra mile to make sure that his Titanic personification is as respectful and close to the original ship as it could possibly be, from the descriptions giving a rundown of the ship, to their character design reference sheets explaining the thought process and real-life information about the ship behind every aspect of their personification.

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* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most creators who personify the Titanic like Northa, he has gone the extra mile to make sure that his Titanic personification is as respectful and close to the original ship as it could possibly be, from the descriptions giving a rundown of the ship, to their character design reference sheets explaining the thought process and real-life information about the ship behind every aspect of their personification. He also add the "Heart of the Ocean" necklace on Titanic, which can be seen as acknowledgement on the role of [[Film/Titanic1997 1997 movie]] in bringing Titanic into global consciousness.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Northa's exact reaction when he realized that he was indeed turning into a car lover after announcing a personified design for Literature/{{Christine}}.
-->Northa: fuck lmao
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->''"Sometimes I read about things around and wonder why I thought it was a good idea to start my art making Titanic gjinkas."''
-->-- '''[=NorthaDawn=]'''

'''[=NorthaDawn=]''' is a Filipino digital artist, specializing in AnthropomorphicPersonification of various entities. His work is known for incorporating meaningful themes and symbolism behind seemingly-typical artworks.

Northa can mainly be found on his Website/DeviantArt page [[https://deviantart.com/northadawn here]], and his Twitter account [[https://twitter.com/NorthaDawn here]].

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!![=NorthaVelvet=] and his works provide examples of:

* AlternateHistory: ''The Queen[='=]s Reign'' depicts a scenario where the Titanic does not sink after an iceberg collision, and instead goes on to serve in World War I as a troopship like her older sister Olympic. Almost doubles as an AlternateSelf for Titanic.
* AmazonianBeauty:
** Northa's depiction of the RMS Olympic during World War I portrays her as a tough female warrior who retained much of her beauty from civilian duties. Of course, she became popular with his audience due to this.
** A more recent example: Helena Müller. The personification of German Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich, she boasts a muscular build behind her red home kit.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Most known for his ones of RMS Titanic.
* ArtEvolution: Northa's first ever artpieces were scanned drawings made from very low-quality colored pencils, with backgrounds digitally edited onto the piece from in-game screenshots of Virtual Sailor 7. Having switched to digital art in 2019, they have improved greatly since, if you compared his older work to products like [[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Queen-of-the-Ocean-2021-889457624 this one]].
* BadassLongcoat: His RMS Olympic rocks one. Fitting for the ship that served in World War I, rescued the survivors of a sunken warship, and sunk an enemy submarine herself.
** AlternateHistory Titanic in the previously mentioned piece ''The Queen[='=]s Reign'' rocks one as well, along with an [[SmugSmiler armor-piercing smirk]].
* BilingualBonus: It isn't that uncommon for Northa and his works to feature a foreign language on it (usually German); for one, ''Die Schöne Dame von Sankt-Peter Ording'' [[note]] The Beautiful Lady of Sankt-Peter Ording [[/note]]. Northa himself sometimes speaks German.
* ColorMotif: Crimson Red.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Northa's Titanic works are this in comparison to the rest of the personified Titanic works found on [=DeviantArt=], mostly due to having grown up learning a lot about the actual ship itself and Northa not wanting to do any disservice to the victims of the tragedy.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His personification of the Titanic used to rock an extremely strange PimpedOutDress. It has since been changed to a dress suit.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Northa has publicly wondered why starting his art career drawing Titanic personifications was a good idea on several occasions (see quote above).
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent:
** The background of ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Up-in-Flames-to-Ashes-829811678 Up in Flames to Ashes]]'' includes his personification of Australia standing in front of a forest fire, while the Philippines is standing in front of the Taal volcano erupting.
** Northa's personification of the Britannic in ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Patroness-of-the-Mediterranean-843230376 Patroness of the Mediterranean]]'' is drawn standing in front of the Kea Channel, the body of water the real-life Britannic struck a mine and sank on.
* MeaningfulName:
** ''Queen of the Ocean'', the default title given to his works of Titanic, refers to the numerous promotional posters of Titanic at the time nicknaming her "The Queen of the Ocean."
* RunningGag: Northa delaying the release of a full drawing of Helena. Slightly averted as he has announced a release date of October 31.
* ShoutOut: Northa 'really' likes naming works after songs.
** The title for ''Down With The Sun'' was excerpted from the lyrics to Nightwish's song Sleeping Sun, a song that is highly associated with the sinking of Britannic.
** ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/Animate-866989560 Animate]]'' was named after a {{Music/Northlane}} song of the same name.
** Northa's first fanart of {{VideoGame/OMORI}}, ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/northadawn/art/OMORI-Gone-With-The-Wind-875221341 Gone With The Wind]]'', was taken from an Architects song of the same name.
** ''Patroness of the Mediterranean'' was named after...well, VideoGame/BritannicPatronessOfTheMediterranean.
** ''Hoping For Doves'' was taken from a line in the lyrics to Thornhill's song Red Summer.
*** ''Lily & The Moon'' is not only named after a Thornhill song with the same name, but the hidden text around the drawing (visible when brightened) is filled with lyrics from the entire Thornhill album, The Dark Pool.
* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most creators who personify the Titanic like Northa, he has gone the extra mile to make sure that his Titanic personification is as respectful and close to the original ship as it could possibly be, from the descriptions giving a rundown of the ship, to their character design reference sheets explaining the thought process and real-life information about the ship behind every aspect of their personification.

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