Hello, I'm Yuki ✦
I'm an interdisciplinary designer from Toronto!
I am currently a third-year undergraduate student studying multidisciplinary design with a focus in UX/UI, interaction, and mainly visual design.
Despite being named after my older brother's love for manga, I'm Chinese-Canadian. I was born, raised and currently still live in Toronto, Canada. As a city-native, I love the diversity of living in the city, its vivid culture deeply resonates with me and has allowed me to experience many aspects of life.
Outside of design, you can find me dominating competitive lobbies in video games, getting lost in a web novel from the comfort of my bed, or indulging my love for matcha and smoothies.
My design strategy ✦
My work is rooted in visuals—I love working with typography and illustrations—blending modern aesthetics with alternative approaches to create unique and engaging experiences. I don't think there's only one correct method when it comes to designing, I rather use multiple tools to create my vision than being constricted to one program. Which is why I use a variety of tools for every project. To me, the most important aspect of design is its ability to feel immersive within its context, prioritizing strong consistent visual narratives over fleeting trends or niche aesthetics. If art is what you see visually, design is what you can hear visually. I strive to be the opening verse of a song rather than the chorus—setting the tone, making an impact, and leaving a lasting impression. As I like to summarize my personality and work: bold and concise.
Resume ⬈
Click above for the .pdf version, it's like a cheat sheet about me.
Experience
Social Media Manager
Torisho Canada (Hybrid)
June 2022 - August 2022
Education
York University
Bachelor of Design, BDes
(Currently completing)
Sep 2022 - April 2026
Design Focuses
+ Visual Design
+ Information Design
+ Interaction Design
+ UX/UI
+ Motion Graphics
+ Product Design
+ Packaging Design
+ Branding
+ Concept Design
Technical Skills
+ Adobe Illustrator
+ Adobe InDesign
+ Adobe Premiere Pro
+ Adobe Photoshop
+ Figma
+ Blender
+ Unreal Engine
+ Adobe After Effects
- Sapphire
- BCC (Continuum)
- Trapcode
- Element
- Lottie
- Universe
A little more about me ✦
All of this started on an 8GB RAM office laptop—not exactly the ideal setup with the right CPU or GPU, but it was my dad’s work laptop. It was all in Chinese—and I'm only fluent, not literate in the language—so I'd memorize the iconography for what to click. Before diving into design, I was deep into video editing, starting in middle school with Adobe After Effects. I'd post VFX edits of anime and shows on Instagram and had a sizeable following. At one point, I even made After Effects tutorials on YouTube, and my most popular one racked up over 200,000 views.
Below is some fun facts about me!!!
Favourite drink and food
Matcha and strawberry milk. Icha Tea has the best strawberry matcha in Toronto! Also, I love soup. Specifically, fish maw and crab meat soup.
Favourite anime
Violet Evergarden. The animation, quality, plot, character development is top tier.
Favourite games
Valorant and Minecraft, occasionally I'm an ARAMs in League enjoyer...
Can you guess my favourite champion?
Favourite music
Chase Atlantic, been an avid listener since late 2018.
My favourite songs are 23 and LUST, here's my favourite songs at the moment.
I'm a bit of a nerd...
My personal record for solving a Rubik's cube is 42 seconds.
Sneaker collection
I own 20+ pairs of shoes, but who's counting?
Before design
I wanted to be an astrophysicist to study space matter and chemical structure.
Fell off
I peaked diamond in VALORANT and Fortnite. (I'm terrible at everything else)
Let's get connected ✦
Submit a form and I'll get back as soon as I can. You can also connect with me through my social platforms or send me an email:
yuki@ikayuki.com
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