NorthaVelvet

"You may know me most for my gijinkas on the Titanic. Fucking shocker, I know"

- NorthaVelvet

NorthaVelvet (stylised as NORTHA // VELVET) is a Filipino content creator and artist on DeviantArt. He is mostly known for his various humanisations of the RMS Titanic.

Art Career
NorthaVelvet made his first gijinka on DeviantArt in 24 February 2018 with his own rendition of the RMS Titanic, trying to aim for a more unique design to distinguish himself from other similar creators on the site. His first version of the RMS Olympic showed his intention to set himself apart from other Titanic creators in DeviantArt by adding subtle features on his art serving as a reminder on the true nature of the topic, rather than treating the humanisations as just another character.

He is primarily known for his works on humanisations of the RMS Titanic, and is arguably the headliner of the niche Titanic gijinka circle, having accumulated 2,780+ favourites and 63,000+ views across his Titanic gijinka works, along with being the only creator to have hit the 100 and 200 favourite mark on a Titanic gijinka work in DeviantArt.

He is known to work with other artists. He has also worked with caitlin._art and ade_z, with the two providing the voice for his notable characters Titanic and Helena Müller respectively.

Looking to be more than just a Titanic gijinka artist, he has plans to expand his ventures more in 2021, having started to upload short clips on his Instagram account. He also looks to release a full drawing of Helena Müller, along with one of his two personas, Northa and Velvet.

Art-related

 * He deletes art from his main DeviantArt page if he feels like the piece doesn't live up to his standards anymore, didn't age well, or is not a fan of the piece anymore. Pieces that have been deleted from his main account include Companions, The UK is Fine, and his works on human countries.

Ocean-liner-related

 * He is known to not be a big fan of his own Titanic gijinka artwork, having questioned several times as to why he started doing them in the first place.
 * Unlike similar creators in DeviantArt, he refuses to let his Titanic gijinka be written or considered to be in a relationship. In his own words on the thought process, "She's a ship and she has endless work, why would she want to pursue romance? Also, that's plain disrespectful."
 * Despite having done a gijinka of the SS United States, he revealed that he isn't a big fan of the real ship, even claiming that he would only do it if someone paid him 150 USD.
 * His favourite ship gijinka outside of his own work is Spincontrollerr's Mauretania.

Other trivia

 * He has referred to the duo of himself and another artist, awooga, as the Tangent-cast.
 * His current online alias, NorthaVelvet, is a combination of a typo of his favourite band Northlane, along with his former alias VelvetRose24 (now inherited by Violet, a close friend of his).
 * His love for Northlane is a very open fact, posting about the band on his Twitter page, even having the band's singer Marcus Bridge as his favourite singer.
 * Despite his YouTube channel is no longer active, it ranks in the Top 10 percentile of all YouTube channels in the Philippines as of 12 January 2022.