Born and bred New Yorker Joana Avillez combines her drawing and writing practice to express herself seamlessly through visual essays. “I started drawing because of my father,” Joana tells It’s Nice That. “We drew constantly together… It was how we communicated and laughed and saw the world.” Joana’s father had a successful career as an editorial illustrator for the likes of _Harper’s_ and _The New York Times_. Whilst he was away traveling he would send home “long, scroll-like faxes” that...
