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
Last Legacy cover art, 2020
Last Legacy cover art, 2021
unused concept sketch for cover art
concept sketches for rain illustration
CHARACTER DESIGN
Felix concept artwork
Anisa concept artwork
Scylla concept artwork
Ayanna Sprite
Ayanna expressions
Saaros sprite and expressions
Sage sprite
Sage expressions
Rime sprite and expressions
Rime battle sprite
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 cielbahena@gmail.com 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
"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