Biography
Luis Diaz was born in Cardenas, Cuba. His family migrated to the States in 1982 and established themselves in Coral Gables, FL where at a young age discovered drawing. In school his design became the inspiration for the logo of the U.S.S. Miami, a nuclear submarine that had been built for the U.S. Navy. He would go on to attend an art magnet high school and then major in Illustration at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. Diaz has worked as an illustrator and designer for television, product, print and interactive media for over 25 years. He currently works in his home studio near Springfield, IL.
Luis Diaz has shown his work in the first annual "Cartoon and Comic Art" at Society of Illustrators, New York City, "Mass-A-Peel: Paintings by Luis Diaz" at Harold Golen Gallery, Wynwood, "Kaiju Monster Invasion" at Art Basel, Miami Beach, Adapt Conference for Corel®, Montreal, Canada and many others. His work has been seen in comics and magazines including IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Imagine FX Magazine, Spectrum: Best of Fantastic Art Annuals and many other publications.
His cartoon and monster work has been collected by many fans of his work. Currently he is working in his new line of trading cards "Mass Appeal" Trading Cards and can be purchased in his store.