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

Survived Dreamforce!
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

Obsidian MD

rogue-like games

italian subs

Balatro

neon signs

Mob Psycho 100

Synology

We are Lady Parts

Evergoods

Pokemon Emerald Rogue

black cats

Midjourney

Hawaiian shirts

French 79

Eleventy

Vespas

Polite Society

Connections

agave plants

FromSoft

noodles

wimmelbooks

Figma

Procreate