Shakina has been toying with digital portraits and different traditional mediums (namely gouache, coloured pencils and water soluble pastels) since early 2019 before she got scouted for a children’s book illustration gig. It was published by Yaa Bunayya SG in March 2020. She has also worked with Booku on a digital children’s book, which will be published in the near future. On top of that, she sets aside time to practise designing characters and painting backgrounds.