. A B O U T . RTTO.NET .

Run to the Ocean began on February 11, 2000 under the name Second Star. It was first hosted at gurlpages as an attempt to teach myself HTML. What I started over there eventually split off into Jedi Girl - SSR and this, and moved to Angelfire. The site continued to grow, and as I found myself wanting to put together a better site and a portfolio, I decided it was time to buy a domain name.

The name "Run to the Ocean" comes from the lyrics of U2's One Tree Hill song off The Joshua Tree album. I am a huge U2 fan and I have a very long love of the ocean. So after deciding on a name, I bought the domain and set up the web hosting. RTTO.net officially opened on October 20, 2002. I got it finished one day before my 20th birthday as a gift to myself. The site received over 6,800 hits when it was Second Star, but I reset the counter with the name change. The site is currently hosted on Atlantic.net.

I make all the graphics myself using Adobe Photosho. The HTML is written in Simple Text. All of this work is done on my trusty Mac.

. RTTO . N E T W O R K .

I've been on the internet since February of 2000 and during that time I have created a variety of various web projects. Here you can find the network of sites that I have created as well as past projects that no longer exist.

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Collective
This is the site you're currently at. It's your basic domain collective such as wallpapers, icons, photos, links and the like. It has been online since October of 2002.


Portfolio
As an artist, I find that having an online portfolio of my work has made sharing my work with others much easier. Plus, it's a way for me to try and get my work noticed and will hopefully lead to some good opportunities. This site has been online since October of 2002.


Sketch Blog
My sketch blog is a place for me to post unfinished drawings and images. It's a great way to get feedback and I find it fun to share my visual ideas with other people. It has been online since November of 2002. My current working sketch blog is now located here and my old sketch blog is being kept up as an archive.

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Ithildin
Ithildin is the Sindarin word that means "starmoon" and is also the name of the material that was used to illuminate the West-gate of Moria. It reflects only starlight and moonlight. I built Ithildin because I wanted the Lord of the Rings graphics and drawings that I make to have a little place of their own to sparkle. This site was never meant to become a huge fan site. It was simply my own little Lord of the Rings corner on the net. Ithildin was online from January 16, 2003 until October 17, 2005. During it's life online it had over 26,600 visitors, which wasn't bad for such a small little fan site.


Elevation
I'm a huge U2 fan, so in June of 2001 I created a fansite. The site was closed in December of 2003. It was never anything big and was done mostly for my own amusement. It gave me an excuse to make some U2 based graphics. ;-)


Jedi Girl - Second Star to the Right
This was a Star Wars fansite I had originally started when I was first learning HTML. It kept growing and growing until it became a pretty popular site. It lasted from February 11, 2000 until February 21, 2003. While it was online Jedi Girl-SSR had over 34,600+ unique hits.


Second Star
Second Star was my blog/collective site before I bought my own domain name. After I bought my domain Second Star evolved to Run to the Ocean. It was hosted on Angelfire from February of 2000 to October of 2002. During that time it received 6,800+ hits.