Drawing in Photoshop CS5 - Loka

[@wallabyshark4893]

I remember watching this video for the first time in 2011, or maybe 2012, and how much I learned as a budding digital artist just from watching it. While my style today is completely and entirely different from this, the lessons I learned from it and from your other videos changed how I learned to draw, and I'm not sure what sort of artist I would be without them. I don't know if you check this anymore or if anyone still watches these videos, but still-- thank you for the years of inspiration, especially for a young artist who had very little support.

[@UncommonCritter]

My god this is beautiful. I always love your speedpaints, I feel like it helps me in my own art, seeing some little shortcut or detailing effect that I don't add to my own artwork, truly inspiring. Keep it up Kaylink.

[@MissNeonMania]

i love how the playful look in the charater's face matches the upbeat tone of the instramentals! your an amazing artist and inspire me to improve thank you so much!

[@lovebirds360]

I knew what both of these songs were the second I heard the first few beats--and was able to go through the lyrics in my head LOL. Great music, Great Speedpaint. Nothing is better than this.

[@KiwiBird145]

There's the weird part of youtube, there's the games and stuff, and then there's all the art like this, which for some reason really makes me relax. You're very good at drawing Kaylink, keep up the good work :D

[@T4Dynimite007]

I usually dont watch speedpaints all the way through, but the music I LOVED IT, and the drawings and stunning colors kept me watching until the very end. It told a story of some kind. :3

[@OmegasPerderder]

I LOVE YOUR ARTWORK. SO MUCH. The shading is so beautifully detailed and the lighting is just perfect. Your pictures are always so full of life and your music choices match the aura of the image incredibly well. I can't wait to see your next masterpiece X3 Keep up the great work!

[@UnicornRobotAttacker]

Vitamin String Quartet

[@zooseness]

kay when you resized the paw pad then drew over it again, i was so happy to see you actually payed attention to it. whenever i see someone do that, they never redraw over it to make the line smoother! quite the pet peeve of mine. its great to see some more speedpaints from you, i love watching them! i learn quite a bit uvu

[@Vianti]

This video got me addicted to the Vitamin String Quartet's songs.

[@tigerheart89]

that is so beautiful. i only hope to be that good at digital art. and i love who evers OC that is. it look breath taking. great work.

[@xTheGraceChanx]

In this speedpaint, what amazed me most was your pose and color scheme.

[@AlasBabylonxx]

This is Beautiful, like the most beautiful thing I have ever seen ever

[@Foxziewolf]

I finally figured out what the instrumentals were. Pocket full of sunshine and shake it. :D The picture was so pretty! You inspire me to work harder at my art. I draw animals relatively well (I wish I could say the same for people) and sometimes I just run out of inspiration. But I love watching people like you make amazing artwork and it gives me inspiration again.

[@maiabellini1]

Great lighting and shadowing, as well as color and illustration!

[@catz537]

I LOVE it! one of the best drawings I've seen, and the pose and the butterflies are so perfect :3

[@puppylovey1999]

so pretty and i luv how the song goes with it

[@Davrainbow]

Yeah that is definitely the most BEAUTIFUL drawing I have ever seen! It's so pretty :,)

[@UnitedWolfPack]

OH MY GOD VSQ!!!!!!!!! I love their music it's beautiful! Awesome picture, I wish I had your talent!

[@InkCollie]

Wow- wonderful work! Your art never fails to astound me! Really- its a great picture, I'm in awe of how great you are with shading! (And not to mention your great patience! Haha). As a young artist, your definitely one of my inspirations, and hopefully I'll be as great as you one day- again, wonderful work! :)

[@KiiCat]

Wow, Kaylink this is amazing! Again, another drawing that leaves me speechless by the end. I honestly love your shading technique as well. You are truly an inspiration, and it makes me strive to improve! Keep up the amazing work, I can't wait to see more~

[@Xtntluv101X]

i think it is to die for....its the best one the artist did....they are all really good. but this one is best.

[@Lex60]

Nice work like usual, i love to watch and im really apreciate the time you take to upload here.

[@lyingfawn]

Aw, you always seem like you're having so much fun when you do these crazy angles and gorgeous pieces ^^ beautiful work, as always, Kaylink :D

[@complexsketh]

I'm a sucker for a lot of blues in a painting :D This is beautiful!

[@Luphirasoul]

Lol in the sketching process it looked like she was waving at us XD Beautiful as always Kaylink!

[@MisakiBlossom]

ahhhhh Orchestra melodies from popular songs are so nice

[@ButterFluffer]

Wow, this is amazing! Your art is always so flawless! :)

[@iamthecowboysmuggler]

Fantastic work! I just love the shading and color choice!

[@guardianhawkpool]

i lovw it the music fits perfectly with the drawing itself!

[@downtowngoats]

You are so freakin pro I can't even believe it. This is amazing!!

[@stellacat123]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@TheCraftyApples]

I love your work. You truly inspire me. Thanks for sharing this masterpiece!

[@djenglish7726]

amazingly beautiful kay

[@NSjavik]

I think that drawing lineart with a 1 pixel-brush like that is so hard, but you are doing it amasingly! :D Really good work done!

[@StripedHyena1]

I ADORE that you used the rule of thrids

[@RubyDachshund]

Such a beautiful drawing and music! :D

[@Sacredwolfe]

I love your work. I have only just gotten a KZbin, so I wasn't able to say this before, but you and Avyris and my inspirations. And I love the songs, too. :)

[@Yaroons]

You 're simply one of the BEST digital artists I 've ever seen. Great style and that pose is awesome. My overall feeling: Does it get any better than this?

[@RosieUnknown]

Incredible as always. I'm hoping I can get my work as good as yours some day. I also post and dA and I follow your work. Fantastic.

[@wolfsop]

Holy mother of art! This is.. i dont even think theres a word for it... Epic-super cool- professional- Detailed- Brillient - Mind blowing - Master piece - Jizz worthy - Perfection in its truest form!!! Need i say more?

[@SparkWolfy]

that is just insane!!

[@Kaytothelink]

@Finchday 1) Just the standard Photoshop hard brush. 1 pixel size I think. 2) Not sure what exactly you're reffering to. My shading is just done the standard way, on multiply layers, and the highlights are on soft light/overlay layers.

[@GuitarM0use]

Artists have an amazing talent.

[@Countrydog123]

its its awesome i couldn't ask to see any thing more beutiful

[@Damshii]

Absolutely incredible. Amazingly beautiful and just... agkgaiuuegtliulte! Words fail to describe it!

[@Onyxpelt]

I just found out about this, and I completely love your art now xD It's amazing O.O

[@55alfaromeo55]

that's a awesome drawing ever.

[@lopsu44]

Wow, thats amazing!!!!

[@xoxJustMoixox]

This is just so amazing...i am sitting in frot of my computer and i opened my mouth 5 minutes ago......because....OMG!!!!! THIS IS SO F****** AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[@CyrilleDethan]

great work, great technik , you've got skillz!!!!

[@RedRidinghoodK5]

Absolutely beautiful, as always, Kaylink. x3 I hope you still have more trades to show us, because I think we can all agree that watching your speedpaints is Ah.may.zing. :D

[@SoulLessAngel1001]

Thats beautiful!

[@mykamir23]

Feliz Navidad!!!!! Tu dibujo es hermoso tienes un gran talento ^~^

[@whitewolfgirl246]

This is beautiful

[@Halestorm012]

that is beautifully amazing!

[@BrownWebkinzDog]

You've got serious talent! o: I picture drawings coming out like this, but they never do.. ANYWAY THIS IS AMAZING XD

[@lltreezllllunitezll4418]

Wow, just wow.

[@KulFox]

@pivotamster321 Yes; in Photoshop you can add as many layers as you want and change the opacity of each, so it's easy to draw over a scanned-in sketch. From what I know, quite a few artists draw this way, while others do it completely on the computer.

[@KyrieNamkamize]

awsome. using photographic refs. are they good to use for properly drawing the anatomy for first timers or for later on for better experince of drawing. Tablets what kind do you used (sorry i had to ask.) what do you recomend for a first time user of a tablet. please reply sorry for spelling or grammer mistakes thanks

[@dvalred]

Beautiful drawing! And I LOVE this music :D

[@alexandramcdonnell8891]

I started really trying last year... My picks will only be realistic if I have a pic, even if it just on my phone. It just helps to have some type of guide u know :)

[@dragonluvr531]

SO CUTE!

[@01BlackRose9]

this is really beautiful! I'm a bit of a photoshop noob so I was interested in the technique you used to create the shadows and lighting?

[@zioma500]

Thank you, I will try this. Any suggestions for Painter SAI? I like that software more.

[@MistyTheCat92]

shake shake shake shake sha shake it lool gimme ur talent great art

[@Kaytothelink]

@VelVel456 Yes. I keep a block layer like that when I shade so that it's easier to concentrate on the form and not the colors.

[@IllusionWolf01]

Love the fur and shading! How did you do it? Like, how did you start?

[@Lillyrosechan]

Your drawings are so lovely, watched a few of yours already. 3 em

[@TheYonderlander]

I noticed that you do your shadows in a very well-done manner. Now, could you explain why you did the gray layer with the blue? And how does one go about doing that in the first place? Thank you and sorry for interrogating you on your style (is that a several? I love those cats!).

[@RiverSpirit]

Are you using photoshop? How do you get the lines so awesomely straight?! Amazing artwork, you're excellent at drawing

[@Assassinthewolf]

I had to watch this about 5 times before i realized the violins were playing "Take me away" xD

[@YukiOnna689]

It's beautiful

[@propranofol]

Thank you! I really love your drawings.

[@dragonYurble]

i love it! :3 just a question... what brush(es) did you use to do the highlights, the black markings and the clouds? and where could i possibly get them? thank you anyways :p

[@zioma500]

Question: How do you make those straight perfect lines? I am struggling with my tablet to do those. Is it some sort of tool that makes up for the hand shakes, or is it just practice and practice?

[@coolwolf2089]

I HAS A BUTTERFLY!

[@Bloodhshadewolves]

by far a great speedpaint, wonderful music choice, and might i ask: is that creature your drawing an ocelot caracter of someone's?

[@briannamendez2823]

WOW that was so amazing why are you so epic?

[@BOBERT761]

I think Finchday meant how did you get the selection shade to work, like when you turn the whole serval blue and when you select areas they turn grey, but when you disselect them they become brighter colors of the ones on the actual cat

[@Wolfcomet203]

wow....AMAZING

[@lovebirds360]

I've been drawing ever since I was a little kid as well, but I only started trying to professionally draw around mid-way into 4th grade (I'm in 7th now, and I can draw well if I try really hard xD)

[@sladunkaAa]

i just....how do you art. This is amazing..i just..woah.

[@Therbis]

wow, you shading style is really cool! One question, the way you turned the picture at for example at 4.51 where its laying a bit on the side, is it also possible with cs4? if so how?

[@chieftainofshapshift]

I... C...can't stop.... Watch....watching.....

[@Kaytothelink]

@danaremick12 It's called rule of thirds and it's a trick to help with composition. Google it if you're curious, it's a bit much to explain in a KZbin comment.

[@edwinno3456]

I just realized this was submitted onto KZbin the day before my B-day. :D

[@katarttv]

hello!, i only just bought an apple mac lion and I'm wondering what screen recorder you use ???? relpley ASAP would be great if you could thankyou\

[@MrDralian]

WTF O_o This is just AWESOME!

[@amberbeach3720]

I'd give a limb for a tutorial vid on how you do your value and shading TT3TT Wonderfully drawn!!

[@dfhaklsfadsfadga4098]

beautiful...

[@37310]

what kind of brush did you use to outline and draw the yellow grass at the bottom? plz reply :D

[@BullofBeans01]

it soungs like poketful of sun shine x3

[@cannedcatfood]

how do you get the lines so smooth? did you freehand all of it?

[@mareekah]

Seriously, GREAT work! What kind of tablet you used? :) I use WACOM Bamboo Create full size, how about you? :)

[@SpyroAndMrKatFan]

@Kaytothelink Can i ask you how did you rotate your pic like paint tool sai?

[@TheWolfyattitude]

How many layers did you use? Also, what was that odd blue thing were you applied shading and such?

[@RixonNoxir]

She uses the lasso tool, gradient tool, and a soft round brush for shading.

[@themaddierocks1wolf]

Beautiful :)

[@JavierTJL99]

Nice! Could you do some tutorials and tips on drawing with photoshop cs5? Thanks