Portfolio and Resume

Caleb Alexander Diaz
Downey, CA | (562)-659-3576 | 84calebcollege@gmail.com

Art Portfolio | Artist Website

EDUCATION

California State University Long Beach — BA Studio Art

Long Beach, CA | Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art | May 2026

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Character Design Final Project – CSULB | 2025-2026

• Understanding and developing distinct character designs by studying poses and expressions to define the character.

• Experimented the character appearances that follow established rules for all three character traits.

• Finalized illustration is completed in Procreate using sketching, coloring, anatomy, and rendering.

Animals to Human Characters Project  – CSULB | 2025-2026

• Focusing on an artistic transformation using animal reference images  into a full human character design.

• Applying important details from each animal by using clothings, face, and poses that connect back to the animal.

• Shapes and silhouette techniques to capture the animal inspiration while the traditional art on paper to experiment with body shape and gender of character.

Vintage Box Label Project – CSULB | 2024-2025

• Determining artistic decisions that display a vintage product design while displaying the item and where it is from.

• Used techniques like color selections and placements of Foreground, background,  middleground to create visual attention.

• The project explores visual advertisement centered on the product to be sold whilst the art provides familiarity for the consumer to understand and remember.

SKILL

Art & Design - Traditional Art, Charcoal, Digital Illustration, Oil Painting, Gouache, and Acrylic

Studio Techniques - Woodturning, Jewelry Casting, Ink Press, Fiber Weaving (Embroidery &  applique)

Software & Tools - Procreate, Ibis Paint X, Clip Studio Paint

AWARDS - President's Award for Educational Excellence – 2021

LANGUAGE - Spanish – Intermediate