Anton Yatsyk was born on June 20, 1981 in the village of Obertyn, Tlumatsky district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, in the family of Roman Yatsik, who was an artist and a local historian.

            He started making his first attempts at drawing at primary school under the guidance of Volodymyr Mondrik and his father. Later on he took part and won prizes at the Olympiads.