True love always finds its way back // NORTHSTAR.NU

Northstar.nu is a collective of all fan tributes I make, and serves as my online home away from ~~the craziness that is~~ real life. Bought in January 2019 (replacing domains I bought in 2008 and 2017), this domain is generously hosted by Lysianthus at Leprd Space.

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Name

The north star, perhaps better known as "polaris," has come to mean the star to which the earth always faces. I have heard it used idiomatically to refer to that one person to whom your heart is anchored; labeling someone as your north star is metaphorically referring to him or her as your soulmate. Clearly, the ~~monoshipper~~ romantic in me chose a domain name that is a very apt image for the kinds of lovers that appeal to me the most: one true loves, with whom no one else will do.

Purpose

Northstar.nu is a fanworks-oriented domain, where I produce and house small online projects that have something to do with fandom consumption: reading fics, collecting doujinshi, and creating and joining fanlistings. (I'm a big animation and animanga fan, so you'll see a lot of those here.) Since I consider myself a shipper, you will find that most of my projects are romantic in nature.

I've been making personal websites as a secret pastime (off and on) since 1999. I find it soothing to create something beautiful and functional, using a skill that no one in real life will ever believe I have. (Dissociation is key to sanity, sometimes.) This domain, then, also exists to prove that—apparently—webdesign as a hobby is cheaper than therapy. xD

Aesthetic

Because I am not an artist by profession, I cannot really say there is a theory or method to my design; I just go with what I think looks pretty. I tend to be partial to minimalist, asymmetrical layouts that emphasize whitespace and the merging of the foreground to the background. Occasionally, I would go for balanced, clean lines and a polished look. The art style I am always drawn to is the impressionistic style—I love the look of rough sketches and watercolors, and this will be rather obvious in all sites in this domain.

I respect the copyright of original images and merchandise, so I only use fanart for all my designs, and only when permission is given by their respective artists. Current layout is version tw of the site, and features a Natalie Portman fanart by Mario Teodosio (IG & FB), augmented by royalty-free textures and stock photos from Pixabay.

Services

I offer the following services for free, in case you wish to avail of them:

Beta reading for fanfiction (up to 5,000 words)
Graphic requests (headers, icons, one-page layouts)
URL Masking (your own x.northstar.nu subdomain)
Email forwarder (you@northstar.nu)

Send me an email if interested, and we'll go from there. :)

The design and contents of this site are not to be duplicated nor redistributed.

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Below are all my online projects lovingly produced and housed in this domain. Sites are sorted according to type.

Sitewide

/suki: Joined listings
/log: Network updates
/contact: Contact form

Fanworks

BOOKMARKED: Fanfiction recommendations
BEHIND THE GLASS: My doujinshi collection site coming soon

Listings

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