BIOGRAPHY

Hi!

This is Jo Theodora, an aspiring illustrator.

Drawing was my passion as a child, all day I was drawing Sailor Moon and other anime characters I could rarely see on TV back then. I drew and drew until in high school I suddenly stopped. It could have been all the drama that goes with being a teen, or it could have been just my hormones. Anyway, I took this pause of many many many years, years I was always drawing something at the back of the notebook when I was bored. I never knew that this is what I was missing in my life until I found this passion again, and I promise myself I will never let go of it again. After creating a piece, even though it is not incredible, I feel such great accomplishment (well, my dopamine clearly does its work). Nothing made me happier than this as a child, and I am glad I have found it again... Whether I will ever become a good illustrator isn’t the point... Because: “The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”― John Bingham

After three years of looking at illustrators on Instagram, thinking I could never draw, at the advice of my coach, I managed to do things I never thought I could. Whether I will ever become like my idol, Randi Lynn Reed, or I will ever be any good,  doesn’t really matter. I hope I will enjoy my journey, and yes, maybe, probably, with a lot of work and a stroke of luck, I will reach one day my destination.

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