Amanda Lien
@alienfirst.bsky.social
She/her. Extremely anxious creature. Seattle, WA area based and working freelance artist.
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📧 [email protected]
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☕ https://ko-fi.com/alienfirst
Yeah yeah yeah! Honestly so happy the book is in such good shape. I was expecting much worse!
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Yeah yeah yeah! Honestly so happy the book is in such good shape. I was expecting much worse!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah! I am sad I hadn’t read this series when the first two illustrated volumes came out, but I got one! I’ll be happy about that! Thank you dear husband for getting it for me. :3
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Yeah yeah yeah yeah! I am sad I hadn’t read this series when the first two illustrated volumes came out, but I got one! I’ll be happy about that! Thank you dear husband for getting it for me. :3
Flamecraft Duals KS finally arrived! As with regular Flamecraft, everything is just gorgeous. 😍
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Flamecraft Duals KS finally arrived! As with regular Flamecraft, everything is just gorgeous. 😍
He is such a good little man!
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
He is such a good little man!
This is Cooper, one of my dad’s two kitties. We’re pet sitting for a night while my dad is hunting, and this little orange fellow follows us around like a dog. He wants to be with me or Steve at every moment.
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is Cooper, one of my dad’s two kitties. We’re pet sitting for a night while my dad is hunting, and this little orange fellow follows us around like a dog. He wants to be with me or Steve at every moment.
Messing with some brush tip acrylic markers. Hoping I can move it into some sort of state where I like it. Especially since it’s Best Girl 37 and she deserves some nice art. 🎨
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Messing with some brush tip acrylic markers. Hoping I can move it into some sort of state where I like it. Especially since it’s Best Girl 37 and she deserves some nice art. 🎨
I told my husband where I was in the Eisenhorn omnibus last night and he goes "Okay, you need to draw something," and then described this picture to me. And thus I did. 🎨 #WH40k #Warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I told my husband where I was in the Eisenhorn omnibus last night and he goes "Okay, you need to draw something," and then described this picture to me. And thus I did. 🎨 #WH40k #Warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity
Nayuta is unintentionally very funny to me. All her clones just ADHD chatting with each other was delightful.
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Nayuta is unintentionally very funny to me. All her clones just ADHD chatting with each other was delightful.
This is going to be a very silly drawing. 🎨
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This is going to be a very silly drawing. 🎨
Turnaround sketches of my own design for Caduceus! Done in 2019 I believe? The cow look is cute, but I wanted to go a different route. Since they’re adjacent to fae I thought going more weird might be cool. And hey one of the few times I broke out colored pencils! 🎨 #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanart
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Turnaround sketches of my own design for Caduceus! Done in 2019 I believe? The cow look is cute, but I wanted to go a different route. Since they’re adjacent to fae I thought going more weird might be cool. And hey one of the few times I broke out colored pencils! 🎨 #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanart
HE’S FINISHED AS HE’S GONNA BE. My fave my little meow meow who did no wrong. Was going to just be a sketch but I kept going and had to force finish. Anyway, I love Magnus. He has everything I want to draw: hair, wings, claws, horns. A king. 🎨 #WH40k #Warhammer40k #MagnusTheRed #WarhammerCommunity
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
HE’S FINISHED AS HE’S GONNA BE. My fave my little meow meow who did no wrong. Was going to just be a sketch but I kept going and had to force finish. Anyway, I love Magnus. He has everything I want to draw: hair, wings, claws, horns. A king. 🎨 #WH40k #Warhammer40k #MagnusTheRed #WarhammerCommunity
Yay! Tho I have a couple other books to finish first. About halfway thru the Eisenhorn omnibus, and then I want to read First Heretic. After THAT then I’ll start Ciaphas Cain , or Fulgrim. Depends on my mood.
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Yay! Tho I have a couple other books to finish first. About halfway thru the Eisenhorn omnibus, and then I want to read First Heretic. After THAT then I’ll start Ciaphas Cain , or Fulgrim. Depends on my mood.
And the final four! Poor Samara has been the least popular of the set, but I have a soft spot for her. I wanted a creepy lop bunny and she just felt right for that! 🎨 2/2
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
And the final four! Poor Samara has been the least popular of the set, but I have a soft spot for her. I wanted a creepy lop bunny and she just felt right for that! 🎨 2/2
Happy Halloween you lovely peoples! Enjoy these horror bunnies from a few years back. A set of 8 done with multiliners and Copic markers that I made into postcard prints. Still love these lil' guys. 🎨 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Happy Halloween you lovely peoples! Enjoy these horror bunnies from a few years back. A set of 8 done with multiliners and Copic markers that I made into postcard prints. Still love these lil' guys. 🎨 1/2
Reverse 1999 continuing to absolutely slay in every possible way. The bitch is back, we barely stopped the world from ending (sort of), there’s a damn squirrel from Florida who decided to go to Antarctica at the WORST TIME, and mommy issues abound. I barely understand the narrative but I DON’T CARE.
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reverse 1999 continuing to absolutely slay in every possible way. The bitch is back, we barely stopped the world from ending (sort of), there’s a damn squirrel from Florida who decided to go to Antarctica at the WORST TIME, and mommy issues abound. I barely understand the narrative but I DON’T CARE.
It’s Bunday and I have something! Art’s been hard. This was a quick demo in one of the classes I teach, and while I definitely could’ve improved it, I got a voice message from one of my nephews and my niece and they both loved it and that’s all the feedback I need. 🎨
October 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It’s Bunday and I have something! Art’s been hard. This was a quick demo in one of the classes I teach, and while I definitely could’ve improved it, I got a voice message from one of my nephews and my niece and they both loved it and that’s all the feedback I need. 🎨
Oh shit, and definitely don't let Bluesky see pieces of Leda and swan!Zeus by (in order) Cornelis Bos, Michelangelo, and Ammanati. (Had to redo this one, I got the attributed artists incorrect initially, my apologies.)
September 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Oh shit, and definitely don't let Bluesky see pieces of Leda and swan!Zeus by (in order) Cornelis Bos, Michelangelo, and Ammanati. (Had to redo this one, I got the attributed artists incorrect initially, my apologies.)
Hmmm what about this one by Caravaggio? I mean, it's not sexual content, but I don't think Holofernes consented to being beheaded.
September 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hmmm what about this one by Caravaggio? I mean, it's not sexual content, but I don't think Holofernes consented to being beheaded.
What about this one by Goya? I mean, that would definitely be a no-go according to Bluesky.
September 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
What about this one by Goya? I mean, that would definitely be a no-go according to Bluesky.
So according to Bluesky, come October 15th, I can't post this Bernini sculpture? Like, I'd be reported for this, yeah? What if I did a study of this sculpture and posted my study? Would that be more damning?
September 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
So according to Bluesky, come October 15th, I can't post this Bernini sculpture? Like, I'd be reported for this, yeah? What if I did a study of this sculpture and posted my study? Would that be more damning?
THE BITCH IS BACK. (Spoilers yes, but this shot is taken from the intro cinematic when selecting the current event, so I figured it was safe to post now.)
September 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
THE BITCH IS BACK. (Spoilers yes, but this shot is taken from the intro cinematic when selecting the current event, so I figured it was safe to post now.)
I love this game. (The first gay and the third gay are lesbians with each other. Ones an opera singer and the other is a psychiatrist and they are both TRAGIC. One of the best story chapters TBH.)
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I love this game. (The first gay and the third gay are lesbians with each other. Ones an opera singer and the other is a psychiatrist and they are both TRAGIC. One of the best story chapters TBH.)
I KNEW I had seen Pierce County in the news w/something gun related before this! Today I see the news about the 13 yr old, and I remember that EXACTLY ONE WEEK AGO, the Pierce County sheriff was showing his whole ass.
September 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I KNEW I had seen Pierce County in the news w/something gun related before this! Today I see the news about the 13 yr old, and I remember that EXACTLY ONE WEEK AGO, the Pierce County sheriff was showing his whole ass.
Today, Steve and I took a step toward preparing for a garage sale! Which was mostly just organizing our board games (which I succeeded!) and our TTRPGs (which Steve made good progress on, but we still have books strewn about our condo). Nothing was picked out to sell yet, but the process began!
September 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Today, Steve and I took a step toward preparing for a garage sale! Which was mostly just organizing our board games (which I succeeded!) and our TTRPGs (which Steve made good progress on, but we still have books strewn about our condo). Nothing was picked out to sell yet, but the process began!
Gonna stream some Darktide today with my mom in an hour or two! Hopefully I can get this little reactive icon working for her on the stream!
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gonna stream some Darktide today with my mom in an hour or two! Hopefully I can get this little reactive icon working for her on the stream!