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Amani Kato

Digital Portrait Artist

[email protected] Kampala, Uganda

Summary

I'm a digital artist who paints lifelike portraits that capture the personality behind a face. I work from photographs, sketches and the stories people tell me, building each piece layer by layer until the likeness feels alive. Families commission me for anniversaries and memorials, brands for campaign faces, and writers for book covers. Every portrait starts with a conversation about who the person really is — the detail that makes it theirs is usually in that story.

Portfolio

Family heirloom portraits

Painted family portraits rebuilt from old and damaged photographs — restoring faces and colour so three generations could hang together on one wall.

Faces of the market

A personal series of twelve portraits of traders at a city market, each paired with a short story in the subject's own words.

Book cover characters

Character portraits for novel and poetry covers, developed from an author's description of people who only existed on the page.

Memorial tributes

Portraits painted from a single treasured photograph for families marking a loss, prepared for framing and for sharing online.

Experience

Digital Portrait Artist · Independent studio

2021 – Present

Paint commissioned lifelike portraits from client photographs and briefs — family and wedding portraits, memorial pieces and gifts. Take each commission from the first conversation and reference gathering through sketch and colour to final high-resolution files for print or screen.

Illustrator & Retoucher · Creative agency, Kampala

2018 – 2021

Painted character portraits and key art for advertising campaigns, and retouched and colour-graded photography for print and social media. Turned rough client ideas into finished visuals on tight deadlines.

Junior Graphic Designer · Print & branding studio

2016 – 2018

Designed posters, packaging and event materials, and began drawing portrait illustrations for clients who wanted something more personal than stock imagery.

Skills

Digital portraiturePhotorealistic paintingProcreateAdobe PhotoshopPhoto restoration & retouchingColour gradingCharacter illustrationLighting & compositionVisual storytellingClient consultation

Education

School of Fine Art, Kampala — Bachelor of Industrial & Fine Art
2012 – 2016

Languages

English · Fluent Luganda · Native Swahili · Conversational
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