Sarkodie And Kweku Flick's Messiah: Ghanaian Artist El Carna Shows How He Did The Cover Art, Video

Sarkodie And Kweku Flick's Messiah: Ghanaian Artist El Carna Shows How He Did The Cover Art, Video

  • Graphic artist El Carna left many Ghanaians in awe of his incredible talent when he showed how he created the cover art for rappers Kweku Flick and Sarkodie's Messiah
  • El Carna showed how he meticulously sketched both rappers on his sketch pad and how he had to take water breaks due to the demanding nature of the work
  • Many social media users took to the comment section to applaud El Carna, and admire the cover art, while others shared positive reviews on his craft
  • YEN.com.gh spoke to talented artiste Adobe Messiah about what goes into the making of music cover art

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Ghanaian artist El Carna has shown how he created the cover art for seasoned Ghanaian rappers Sarkodie and Kweku Flick for their most anticipated song, Messiah.

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Ghanaian artist El Carna creates the cover art for Sarkodie and Kweku Flick's Messiah. Image Credit: @elcarna.tiktok
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Ghanaian artist creates Messiah cover art

The audio for Sarkodie and Kweku Flick's Messiah song was released on all streaming platforms on December 25, 2024.

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In light of this, talented Ghanaian artist El Carna took to his TikTok page to share with Ghanaians and all music lovers how he created the cover art for the song.

Seated in his studio, El Carna showed how he drew Sarkodie and Kweku Flick on his drawing pad and eventually assembled the beautiful cover art.

In the same video, he showed that the process was time-consuming and exhausting as he took water breaks while making the sketch.

In editing the viral video, he attached the Messiah song in the background, which entertained viewers as they watched him draw.

Reactions to El Carna's Messiah cover art

Many people in the comment section were amazed by El Carna's talent, which he displayed in the TikTok video.

One of his former classmates from Prempeh College also shared positive remarks about the cover art, saying that he had always been awed by his talent, even from their high school days.

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Below are the exciting reactions of social media users to the Messiah cover art by El Carna, which he shared on his TikTok page:

Akosua Koney said:

"Woooow!!!!!! This is Soooooo Cooool!’🔥🔥🔥! This song is well layered!! It’s on repeat!!!❤️."

Jay Van Gork Music said:

"Herrrr, talent paaaa this is ma work herrr🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥."

POKBON Marketplace 😇 said:

"Boss, what tool and software are you using on the drawing card?"

Mohammed Alhassan796 said:

"Snr, your drawings have never ceased to amaze me since our days back at Prempeh College. El Carna 🙏🙏🙏."

hushpappi_3 said:

"I watch am like 30 times 😂 it’s very nice, well done."

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Graphic Designer explains the creation of cover artwork

Talented Ghanaian artist and graphic designer Adobe Messia spoke to YEN.com.gh in an exclusive interview about the creative processes involved in creating cover art for musicians.

He said that the creative process started with the song's lyrics. He noted that inspiration was drawn from the lyrics, which determined the outcome of the cover art.

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"You would pretty much go to a particular artist because you would want them to translate whatever is in their head or thieir lyrics to their own visual language that is unique to them."

Adobe further stated that many Ghanaians were conversant with the talent of various graphic designers and would use their services based on the genre of the song they released.

He explained that the aim of creating music cover art was because musicians and the graphic designer wanted it to draw attention. He said that the cover art has to be unique.

"The cover mostly draws people to your song and then it also helps in establishing your song as well. Most people have listened to songs just because of the cover art was nice."

Kweku Flick hails Sarkodie in video

YEN.com.gh reported that rapper Kweku Flick recounted in an interview the benevolent act rapper Sarkodie did for him.

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Kweku Flick spoke about how the Pressure crooner gifted him, Amerado, Yaw Tog, and Kofi Jamal with outfits upon their trip to the UK for a concert.

In the same interview, Kweku Flick noted that Sarkodie went shopping for clothes and sneakers and decided to shop for them as well.

Many people in the comment section highlighted that Sarkodie had a kind heart, and they praised him with kind words.

Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh

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Geraldine Amoah (Entertainment editor) Geraldine Amoah is an Entertainment Editor at YEN.com.gh. She pursued Business Administration at Ashesi University and graduated in 2020. She has over 3 years of experience in journalism. Geraldine's professional career in journalism started at Myjoyonline at Multimedia Group Limited, where she worked as a writer. She has completed Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced digital reporting and fighting misinformation.

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