Amanda Lien
@alienfirst.bsky.social
She/her. Extremely anxious creature. Seattle, WA area based and working freelance artist.
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🔗 https://linktr.ee/alienfirst
📧 alienfirst@mac.com
🍵 https://www.patreon.com/alienfirst
☕ https://ko-fi.com/alienfirst
Planning to stream more Space Marine 2 with my mom Monday or Wednesday! Hopefully I can remember how to parry. (The alternative for tomorrow might be Darktide if my husband is around and wishes to partake.)
December 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Planning to stream more Space Marine 2 with my mom Monday or Wednesday! Hopefully I can remember how to parry. (The alternative for tomorrow might be Darktide if my husband is around and wishes to partake.)
ADHD is zoning out over cooking videos on YouTube, then diving down some random WH40k lore hole, then realizing it’s 5pm and you’re still in a robe and haven’t showered yet. And also hadn’t taken your meds. That last part is important. Anyway, being showered and medicated better late than never.
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ADHD is zoning out over cooking videos on YouTube, then diving down some random WH40k lore hole, then realizing it’s 5pm and you’re still in a robe and haven’t showered yet. And also hadn’t taken your meds. That last part is important. Anyway, being showered and medicated better late than never.
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voice acting Rubuska's side story with CAVALRY friends! #Reverse1999 #PNGTubers www.twitch.tv/shinybottv
ShinyBotTV - Twitch
Hi there! My name is ShinyBot, she/her. I'm an old robot, and my mission is to learn something new every single day! Follow me for playthroughs on games like Reverse: 1999, Honkai Star Rail, and more....
www.twitch.tv
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
voice acting Rubuska's side story with CAVALRY friends! #Reverse1999 #PNGTubers www.twitch.tv/shinybottv
My dad did not know that geese had teeth and I got to be the one to illuminate him. I’m so happy.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My dad did not know that geese had teeth and I got to be the one to illuminate him. I’m so happy.
I mentioned wanting some sort of HR Giger or Iohn Blanche art book as Xmas gift ideas, and my in-laws DELIVERED.
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mentioned wanting some sort of HR Giger or Iohn Blanche art book as Xmas gift ideas, and my in-laws DELIVERED.
My phone lightened up this photo a lot! It was a much darker spookier blue. Driving on down to my Dad’s place! If you want a place w/Bright Falls vibes, the town my dad lives in has it in spades.
December 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My phone lightened up this photo a lot! It was a much darker spookier blue. Driving on down to my Dad’s place! If you want a place w/Bright Falls vibes, the town my dad lives in has it in spades.
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A wolpertinger to wish you all a happy holidays and new year! I had fun looking up some old Yule traditions for this one. Didn't get to use a lot of what I looked up (kinda just did a version of the German advent wreath and also blood from animal sacrifices), but fun still! 🎨
December 25, 2023 at 1:56 AM
A wolpertinger to wish you all a happy holidays and new year! I had fun looking up some old Yule traditions for this one. Didn't get to use a lot of what I looked up (kinda just did a version of the German advent wreath and also blood from animal sacrifices), but fun still! 🎨
Christmas present for me!!!!
December 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Christmas present for me!!!!
Your honor, I love her. (I spent every scrap of gems I had for miss Galahad. I hoarded for her the moment I knew she was coming.)
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Your honor, I love her. (I spent every scrap of gems I had for miss Galahad. I hoarded for her the moment I knew she was coming.)
I can't believe Hildibrand and Nashu adopted two little blue aliens. Fantastic. Couldn't have asked for anything better.
December 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I can't believe Hildibrand and Nashu adopted two little blue aliens. Fantastic. Couldn't have asked for anything better.
Had a nice anniversary dinner and then did some Darktide-ing. I pulled out my baby psyker to level up a bit and only blew myself up a couple times!
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Had a nice anniversary dinner and then did some Darktide-ing. I pulled out my baby psyker to level up a bit and only blew myself up a couple times!
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I never finish my demos during classes b/c I perfectionist too much, but this was a decent way to wrap December’s class! And since it is no longer needed as a demo, I’m gonna move this one over to Clip Studio to finish it up. Sketchbook is free, so the studio I teach at uses it as the primary app. 🎨
December 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I never finish my demos during classes b/c I perfectionist too much, but this was a decent way to wrap December’s class! And since it is no longer needed as a demo, I’m gonna move this one over to Clip Studio to finish it up. Sketchbook is free, so the studio I teach at uses it as the primary app. 🎨
I’m just heartbroken! @airbubbles.bsky.social is visiting our middle sister in Germany over the holidays! And I am not! 😭 They get to go to Legoland and do a bunch of other stuff and I am so sad to not see our three nephews and one niece. But they all love Auntie Arielle, and Auntie needs a vacay!
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I’m just heartbroken! @airbubbles.bsky.social is visiting our middle sister in Germany over the holidays! And I am not! 😭 They get to go to Legoland and do a bunch of other stuff and I am so sad to not see our three nephews and one niece. But they all love Auntie Arielle, and Auntie needs a vacay!
“Ugh, art is being GATEKEPT and that’s why you don’t like GenAI. You want to be SELFISH.” My brother, I am seeing people make art with FFXIV’s new in game strategy/raid planner, what, in the love of all that is good, are you talking about.
December 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
“Ugh, art is being GATEKEPT and that’s why you don’t like GenAI. You want to be SELFISH.” My brother, I am seeing people make art with FFXIV’s new in game strategy/raid planner, what, in the love of all that is good, are you talking about.
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"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
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FLAT FUCK FRIDAY
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
FLAT FUCK FRIDAY
From 2024. Apparently missed that the first time around. This just destroys my hype for Dark Heresy. If Rogue Trader was made without AI “helping” the concept art phase, there is zero reason to push it on to Dark Heresy development. I am gutted.
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
From 2024. Apparently missed that the first time around. This just destroys my hype for Dark Heresy. If Rogue Trader was made without AI “helping” the concept art phase, there is zero reason to push it on to Dark Heresy development. I am gutted.
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I could see myself voting for someone who campaigns on “I will burn the current White House to the ground and salt the earth where it stood”
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I could see myself voting for someone who campaigns on “I will burn the current White House to the ground and salt the earth where it stood”
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let's keep teaching/learning riichi mahjong together~ maybe also review some of last Friday's games! #MahjongSoul #PNGTubers www.twitch.tv/shinybottv
ShinyBotTV - Twitch
Hi there! My name is ShinyBot, she/her. I'm an old robot, and my mission is to learn something new every single day! Follow me for playthroughs on games like Reverse: 1999, Honkai Star Rail, and more....
www.twitch.tv
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
let's keep teaching/learning riichi mahjong together~ maybe also review some of last Friday's games! #MahjongSoul #PNGTubers www.twitch.tv/shinybottv
I did it, I'm forcing myself to do an art stream! I need to finish my mom's PNGtuber anyway. :3 www.twitch.tv/alienfirst
Alienfirst - Twitch
Freelance game artist and illustrator, teacher, and pretend comic artist. Has relations with crime dramas and Pacific Rim. http://alienfirst.com
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December 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I did it, I'm forcing myself to do an art stream! I need to finish my mom's PNGtuber anyway. :3 www.twitch.tv/alienfirst
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
“There are bigger and more important battles to pick-“ Shhh. Shhhhhh. This is literally the easiest battle to pick. We voice displeasure and then… not buy their shit. I got plenty of time and energy to go pick some other fights.
December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“There are bigger and more important battles to pick-“ Shhh. Shhhhhh. This is literally the easiest battle to pick. We voice displeasure and then… not buy their shit. I got plenty of time and energy to go pick some other fights.