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

Starting a job at Salesforce!!
Building an Etsy biz with AI generated art.
Learning conversational Cantonese.
Tinkering with 11ty for building simple websites.
Growing lemon trees and propagating monstera plants.

Updated: July 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

Figma

Obsidian MD

italian subs

neon signs

French 79

noodles

Midjourney

Balatro

agave plants

We are Lady Parts

Evergoods

Connections

FromSoft

Hawaiian shirts

Synology

Dave the Diver

rogue-like games

Procreate

Mob Psycho 100

wimmelbooks

Vespas

Polite Society

One Piece Netflix

black cats

Eleventy