Hello steemians, today I'm reaching you with a new series of drawings I'm working on, based on my favorite musicians and music videos. In this step-by-step I'll show you the process of the first piece based on the "Take on me" music video from a-ha, a Norwegian band from Oslo who rocked starting in the 80s.

![take on me thumb.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeB5wtE4KJD2X67ot7XAYqpc5bb26u5LJhecZBndTjD8H/take%20on%20me%20thumb.jpg)

Before stepping into the process, I need to say that the reason I chose this song goes back in time. It is one of my all-time favorite videos and songs, plus it is very significant for me because my dad loved that song as well, and listened it a lot when I was born. Also, the creative take on the video was inspiring for me and introduce my love for drawing and comics.

*Tools: iPad Pro, Procreate* ---- **Step 1: Sketch** ![Sketch.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNdHMGpLngfpbG6HeztcAXxNkn7wEdB8DZLQWWFTbCEG2/Sketch.jpg)

Before deciding the sketch, I started with another idea which can bee sen on my speed art video at the end of the blog post. At first I couldn't get the right position for our young Morten Harket, so I changed the point of view and eventually got comfortable with the result. I did the sketching in blue this time so I won't get confused with the black inking.

**Step 2: Frontal inking** ![Ink 1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVGFjAD6ntLTEwuiRRkLu3tZf5Hn6NAD1qbSoANM1xqRP/Ink%201.jpg)

There's a scene from the video when the girl sees Morten from a window (or comic vignette) in his real form. I thought this was really cute. Inking needed to be done separately, dividing the girl from Morten who's going to be painted directly on the next step.

**Step 3: Painting Morten** ![Inkcolor.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNZj3DSdvCyDxoXxSweRhKcWniaJoUxVEygp58xgtF7UW/Inkcolor.jpg)

The coloring style is pretty plain, but expressive. I don't think he resembles 100% young Morten (he was such a cute guy) but I tried my best until I got the perfect expression.

**Step 4: Fillings and texture**![Ilustración_sin_título(4).jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQzZd2QYyt62XaLisW3CEfbAmgyzpLgNdSuwoPHcW12PH/Ilustracio%CC%81n_sin_ti%CC%81tulo(4).jpg)

After painting Morten, I used two tones of grey fillings to make more dimension and atmosphere. And for the girl I used a plain white fill to highlight she's like also made of paper like in the video. The final touch was adding a tv screen texture for a more retro effect.

**Result** ![take_on_me__a_ha___gabee_carrera_by_gabeecm-dcj15lg.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbRv9wYN7PLkFaL4PaSux6HrCRyWHe4QpGGa8QqcKLJPH/take_on_me__a_ha___gabee_carrera_by_gabeecm-dcj15lg.jpg) ----- **Check my speed art video below for more details** Hope you have liked my art. ------------ `Please remember to upvote or comment if you like my content, this will help me to grow and study my theme choices for making quality content.` ------------ Follow my Social Media ------------ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabeecos/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GabeeCarreraArts/ Tumblr: http://gabeecarmon.tumblr.com/