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Shayla Sackinger grew up in Fairbanks. From childhood she was drawn to the avian world congregating on her family's property, as well as the fantasy world of online gaming. Then she started drawing. In her final year at University of Alaska Fairbanks where she's double majoring in art and Japanese studies, she combines those growing influences (as well as a hint of cartooning) in the lively pieces she creates. She tells her story in the latest installment of the Creating Alaska series.


“Birds have always been a constant. I live out in the middle of Goldstream, we’re in the middle of a swamp. We’ve got lots of ducks. We also get sandhill cranes. But I’m also a huge gamer. In high school it was half art, half games. I would draw during my classes, then at home I would game. Rinse and repeat.”

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