Juan Salas was born in Merida, Venezuela in 1978. He studied for a while Visual Arts in his hometown university ( ULA ) where he begin to explore the character design world. Ever since he has worked on different animation projects in his country.

Juan is best known for his line and sketchy work, and his crazy and sarcastic character. He was heavily influence in his childhood by old video games, and the violent and funny situations of cartoons like Tom and Jerry, and the Looney Tones.