Sarboat

Akwasi Sarfo Boateng, also known as Sarboat, is a 24-year old Ghanaian digital artist and graphic designer. He was born and raised in Ejisu, in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He attended Ejisu Preparatory School and Konongo Odumase Senior High School. He followed Publishing Studies as course in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. He majored in Designing and Illustration. He graduated from KNUST on June 2013.

Akwasi Sarfo Boateng began creating cartoons in the third year in the university. He was inspired by David Malan, a professional artist and illustrator. His artwork looked interesting to him and therefore conducted a research about it.

The struggles that Sarboat initially faced in his field of endeavour was not having an art background. He was a business student. He didnt know the basics and principles of art at the time.

He learned digital painting on his own and through a friend. Furthermore, he applied the knowledge that he learnt from Designing and Illustration to digital painting.

He has worked for number of celebrities such as Kwaw Kese, D-black, Lighter, Mugeez.

Note: This page is run by his publicist.