ciel bahena

ILLUSTRATION

PRINT & DESIGN

SKETCH

COMICS

"Leviathan Prologue", 2024, pages 8-11

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

Apostate, Transformers fanzine, 2018, various pages

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

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo 2024
Anime NYC 2022, 2024
MILK Milwaukee Indie Local Comics Fest 2023
Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival 2023
Emerald City Comic Con 2019, 2023
Anime Central 2015-2018, 2022-2024
Chicago Zine Fest 2019-2020
Anime Expo 2014, 2016, 2017
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

Leviathan: Prologue, self-published comic zine 2024
Diviner/Grimoire, self-published zine 2024
"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