From Ivy League poster child to Giant ‘Failure‘!

I was the perfect eldest Chinese immigrant daughter… and then I fell off my rocker in my 30s (or rather, stopped pretending I was ever on there in the first place!)

People-pleasing, masking, over-achieving, using eating disorders & abusive relationships to cope, trying to hide parts of me, a queer, neurodivergent rebel, plummeted my mental health to rock bottom.

In my journey of putting myself back together, I now advocate for others to take care of themselves too, and to let their true selves shine.

I use art to storytell, educate & advocate. I create heart-warming custom art, comics, manga, children’s books illustrations & funny memorable educational pieces to support my teachings & programs.

I also summarized my journey standup comedy style (introvert’s nightmare!! but I guess I do fine when I speak on important topics!)

In the world of AI art, I think there is always a place for traditional, custom, hand-drawn art. I use intuition to capture your essence, your most authentic, highest, best version of yourself.

Commissions OPEN – if you’d like a custom hand-drawn drawing, caricature or portrait of a loved one or pet, CONTACT me here, email DrTooni@mail.com, hire me on Fiverr, or hire me with Upwork.


Mixed media, including paint, pastels, and even cake frosting! These are some of my favorite pieces, but if you’re curious to see more art, click here.


Mixed media, including paint, pastels, and even cake frosting! These are some of my favorite pieces, but if you’re curious to see more art, click here.

Illustration for a friend’s story, characters copyright Teen Titans
Still life machine (pastels)
Cosmic Flood (acrylic)
Self-portrait
Paint night where we were supposed to copy a guitar painting, but I figured it needed a player! (acrylic)
T-shirt designed with collaborator Teresa Tan!
Medical Arts paint night! Long term contraception really does liberate you!
High school senior project was to make a manga (Japanese-style comic)
A caricature for a friend, colored on Photoshop
A cake decorated with a makeshift pipelle (a plastic bag with an edge cut)
Window painted with collaborator Teresa Tan (who drew Captain Hook)
Festive red lanterns (pastels)
Experimental sketch on my tablet
High school junior year cardboard figures and painted with acrylic
Colored pencil comic
Colored pencil comic

Imagined YuGiOh cards

Imagined YuGiOh cards

Imagined YuGiOh cards
Imagined YuGiOh cards

Sketch of Peeta from The Hunger Games
Caricatures of friends from college
Will and Lyra from His Dark Materials series! (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)
Sketches while in class (pencil and pastel)
Sketch of Peeta from The Hunger Games
7th grade French class comic (markers)

7th grade French class comic (markers)

Themes & Missions:

1) Acceptsians: Self-Love & Acceptance, Changing Toxic Asian Customs

2) Women’s Health & Empowerment

3) Learn Mandarin Chinese Through Comics

I’m always down for collaborating on important missions (i.e. mental health, social justice, etc) so feel free to comment or email me with your ideas!

Commissions OPEN – if you’d like a custom hand-drawn drawing, caricature or portrait of a loved one or pet, CONTACT me here, email DrTooni@mail.com, hire me on Fiverr, or hire me with Upwork.

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