About

Howdy! I'm Ray Yuen, a designer based in San Francisco.

I've worked at startups like NextLesson, medium-sized enterprises like Quantcast, and industry leaders like The Pokemon Company International where I've successfully launched products and design systems and run design teams.

Now

Freelancing—hit me up for work!
Building an Etsy biz with AI generated art.
Helping a friend build her live painting business and website.
Learning conversational Cantonese.
Tinkering with 11ty for building simple websites.
Growing lemon trees and propagating monstera plants.

Updated: April 2024

Past

Participated in Inktober!
Illustrated 2 children's books, Tiger Tiger and Monkey Mo.
Drew caricatures at Six Flags Great Adventure.
Made Darth Pickle, where I host code projects
Studied Graphic Design at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Grew up in NJ, lived in Rochester and Brooklyn.
Can solve a Rubik's Cube >1m.
Pandemic hobby: sewing DOPP pouches.

Things Making Me Happy

Procreate

Mob Psycho 100

Evergoods

neon signs

italian subs

Connections

Obsidian MD

Dave the Diver

agave plants

Synology

Figma

wimmelbooks

Balatro

Polite Society

One Piece Netflix

FromSoft

Midjourney

rogue-like games

Eleventy

French 79

Hawaiian shirts

black cats

Vespas

noodles

We are Lady Parts