✦ RIRITUUU ✦

Hey there!

Alyssa Sanchez (aka "Rigel") is an illustrator and cartoonist based in the Chicagoland area. Currently, she attends the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA '27).In all of her works, she likes to put a focus on bringing the emotions and personality to the forefront! Visual storytelling is of great interest to her, whether it's creating striking illustrations or character-driven stories.Wanna reach out? Contact [email protected]

Da Capo, al Fine

Spring 2025

With retired classically trained musicians for parents, Kamil and Milan Hua's purpose in life couldn’t be any more obvious. Their passion was evident in the swelling vibrations of cello strings, and the sparkling crescendo of piano keys.It’s all impressive while you’re still young. But the bar’s already set so high. What happens to it as you grow taller?A short story (15 pages) about classical music, familial expectations, burdens, and evolving sibling dynamics.Read the full thing here!

Rough Patch

Winter 2026

A 14 page mini-zine inspired by my bad habit of picking at the skin around my fingers.Printed in risograph.

Chores

Winter 2025

Two old friends do chores around the house.
But there is one burning task that neither wishes to deal with.The mirror sits untouched.
It can only remain ignored for so long.I experimented with the layout of a comic in the format of an animatic/short film.

Love Bugged

Winter 2025

March never expected Peri to answer her recruitment pleas for their university's Game Jam event. If anything, she'd be over the moon for getting the chance to work alongside her long-time crush -If only her own creation "Arrow", a sentient being residing within the game's code, didn't make things so stressful! Despite very un-subtly supposed to resemble Peri herself, Arrow acts in all the ways she doesn't. The two butt heads while Peri remains non the wiser. But is that really what's going on here...?My first yuri oneshot (23 pages) about nervous and grumpy girls, self-image, and many, many malfunctions.