Spincontrollerr

Spincontrollerr (stylized as spincontrollerr) , better known by their name Jo, is an American artist and musician.

Career
Jo initially created their Instagram account in February 2017, but it wasn't until 2019 where the account was renamed spincontrollerr (a nod to the 2014 side-scrolling platformer Shovel Knight) and began posting art. Much of their content prior to 2021 was mainly Hollow Knight and Cookie Run fanart. While Jo was mainly active on sites such as Tumblr, they mainly revolved their fanart (particularly Hollow Knight) around bizarre and random subjects with little or no clear direction. In early 2020, they were making primarily Cookie Run content and had an art style of bright, pastel colors with "hard" linework.

Mid-2020 saw a major content shift from the bright and "sparkly" fanart into muted and "mature" originals. Jo struggled with figuring out their future content, until an isolation period in November 2020 resulted in their first run-in with the ocean liner gijinka community. At the time, they were creating gijinka orchestrions and automated instruments, and were immediately captivated by NorthaVelvet's designs following a random google search. Jo nearly made their "official entrance" into the community in December 2020, when they intended on asking NorthaVelvet permission to cosplay as his gijinka Olympic. The message, while written, was never sent, and Jo would proceed to "spy" on the community for a near seven months, until in July 2021, where they finally made their "official entrance".

Jo, while associated with the gijinka ocean liner community, does not associate themselves with the Titanic community. While they do create gijinka and have an interest in ocean liners, they primarily want to focus on music and architectural-themed gijinkas. Outside of designing gijinkas, Jo is also a textile artist/cosplayer, and designs lolita fashion with intent to start an indie brand in the future.

Jo is a classical musician and plays both the piano and the French horn. In their personal life, they have played piano as a solo performer and with various ensembles.

JUNKORGAN
In early 2021, Jo created JUNKORGAN as an way to present their stories, art, music, and other forms of entertainment. While Jo has not stated what exactly JUNKORGAN is, it is implied to be an "entertainment company" and like a sister brand to sardinette (Jo's lolita fashion series).

JUNKORGAN's first major work is the PERSOLIUS trilogy, consisting of Project: Solstrion, Project: Majestillia, and the untitled Project: (TBA). While very little has been said about the format and development, it is known that PERSOLIUS revolves around gijinka (personified) orchestrions, performance halls, architecture, ocean liners, and cars just to name a few. After the future completion of the PERSOLIUS trilogy, JUNKORGAN's next project has been confirmed to be an untitled art deco-inspired horror story set in a fantasy 1930s Shanghai.

Jo has intentions for JUNKORGAN to produce stage productions in the future.

Trivia

 * Jo's DeviantArt page reveals that they were a rejected alto saxophone player. No direct reason has been given as to why, though it is believed that they were switched instruments last-minute in favor of their piano experience.
 * They have rented four different horns throughout their music career. Three out of the four are still functioning and in-use to this day, though the rental contract is still active on only two.
 * Asides from playing piano and horn, they also have experience with playing flugelhorn and trumpet. However, Jo rarely touches these two instruments and is unable to read in the key of Bb.
 * Many of their gijinkas are inspired by their own life experiences, and when put together, are intended to be allegories. Jo has intended for the storyline to reflect and retell key moments of their life. Though some parts of the story are made up, majority will be influenced by their own upbringing.
 * Though much of their personal life is unknown (as it should be), Jo was a former participant in the Tournament of Roses and has appeared on national television before. An Instagram highlight series can be seen documenting their adventure as a performer.
 * Jo has came out as bisexual and while is fine with any pronouns, prefers they/them.
 * They have a five-year-old blood parrot cichlid named Cheese.