​Ron Velasco is a Los Angeles-based illustrator, character designer, Visual development artist, and sketch artist. He has been working as a professional in the entertainment industry for the past 16 years.
He started his career as a character artist for Disney Consumer Products, then he took his first steps into animation as a Character Designer and Visual Development Artist, working in studios such as Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks, DisneyToon Studios, Nickelodeon, and Warner Brothers Animation.
Ron is currently back at Disney Television Animation as a character designer for a new, unannounced animated series. 
Aside from animation, Ron has had the opportunity to teach art classes at several art schools. Classes such as basic drawing foundations,  observational skills, design fundamentals, and character design for the entertainment industry. These schools include Art Center College of Design, Gnomon, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art,  The Animation Guild, 3Kicks Studio, and currently at the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles.