ciel bahena

ILLUSTRATION


COMICS

Pencils, inks, toning on "Bloomer", Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology, vol. 2, 2020, pages 5-9

Apostate, Transformers fanzine, 2018, various pages


PRINT & DESIGN


SKETCH


LAST LEGACY

Last Legacy is a free-to-play fantasy-romance visual novel with optional paid content, branching dialogue and multiple endings for each character route.For more information, check out the game's website here.

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHARACTER DESIGN

CONCEPTS / PROPS

BACKGROUNDS

Ciel Bahena

Ciel is a self-taught illustrator living in Chicago with their partner and two cats, Pidge and Izzy.
They enjoy creating comics and illustrations, and have a special interest in fantasy and sci-fi fiction and animation.
Ciel has always loved imagining stories and looks forward to exploring many different ways to tell them.
Contact [email protected] for work and other inquiries.


Experience

Nix Hydra Games
Lead artist and illustrator for Nix Hydra's visual novel, Last Legacy, on Fictif app
2019-2022

events

Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival 2023
Emerald City Comic Con 2019
Anime Central AA 2015-2018, 2022, 2023
Anime Expo AA 2014, 2016, 2017
FanimeCon AA 2016
Light Grey Art Lab: ROBOSHOW 2016
Light Grey Art Lab: BOSS RUSH 2015
Light Grey Art Lab: Animystics 2014
Light Grey Art Lab: Great Personality 2014

Print

"Bloomer", Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology, vol. 2, 2020
Apostate, self-published comic zine 2018
Spare Parts, self-published art zine 2016
Ladies of Literature vol. 1 & 2, interior illustration 2014, 2015
Hana Doki Kira, Interior and promotional illustration 2013