Creating art where magic meets the mundane...

Hansel Dimapilis (she/her) is a visual storyteller based in Quezon City, who likes to imbue her works with whimsy, wonder, and warmth. She loves exploring stories that tackle mental health, women and children's rights, and rural challenges.Looking for representation.

Sequential Art

Award-winning Works

Graphic Novels

Anthology Submissions

Zines & Oneshots

Sequential Art

Award-winning Works > Baby Butterfly

[Contest Submission] A short comic inspired from the story of Marela Yanay, an 8-year old survivor of the Sag-Od Massacre in 1981, when the Philippines was under Martial Law."Baby Butterfly" is the 1st Prize Winner to the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission (HRVVMC)'s Short Comic Book Making Contest 2024, titled “MEMKOMiks: Sulyap sa Nakaraan (ng mga Bata at Kababaihan)".This contest aimed to use the power of comics to raise awareness about violence against women and children (VAWC) during Martial Law, specifically focusing on the experiences of victims from the Brgy. Sag-od, Las Navas Massacre.Specs:  Full color | 8 pages

Sequential Art

Award-winning Works > SMILE:Sunflowers

[Personal Work] A surrealist indie comic about yearningSynopsis: Longing for a sunflower, Smile finds a black hole on their chest, growing bigger and bigger, and they need to find a way to overcome it before it consumes them.Specs:  Full color | 32 pages

Illustration

Posters

Personal Work

Graphic Recording

Graphic recording is the craft of drawing live notes during a talk, conference, or any other type of event. The following visual summaries are accomplished from a partnership with Pushpin Visual Solutions.

2025

2024

Hi, I'm Hansel!

Hi, I'm Hansel!

Hansel Dimapilis (she/her) is a visual storyteller based in Quezon City, who likes to imbue her works with whimsy, wonder, and warmth. She loves exploring stories that tackle mental health, women and children's rights, and rural challenges.She graduated magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree in Creative Writing, but she always had a passion for the visual arts, particularly comics, which she ended up pursuing. Nowadays, she mainly works freelance on a variety of comics and illustration projects. She particularly likes drawing expressive characters and detailed backgrounds.She strongly advocates for more komiks in Filipino mainstream media, particularly children's literature. Aside from comics, she likes books, sweets, and pedestrian lanes.Looking for representation.

Works & Awards

  • "Ma, Pa, Delayed Ako" (2025) - Delay Anthology, Difference Engine. October 2025.

  • "Fishing Stars" (2025) - Entry to Kommunity 2025 Anthology

  • Baby Butterfly (2024) - Graphic memoir oneshot 1st Prize Winner, Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission (HRVVMC)'s Short Comic Book Making Contest 2024

  • On Being Quiet (2024) Receiver of Komiket Komikstarter Award

  • Spirit Sprints: Ang Buyag ng Pook Kawayan (2023) - Graphic Novel, Illustrator

  • Enchantment (2020) - Oneshot Manga

  • SMILE (2019) - Silent comic Komiket Award 2020

  • The Fall of a Sparrow (2018) First Runner-Up, International Graphic Shakespeare Competiton

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