👋 Introduce yourself!

Hi all! Nelson Taruc, Figma Community Advocate for Chicago. Head of Product for LexGo (https://lexgo.work) and Principal Designer at Lextech (https://lextech.com), using Figma for all the things! Big fan of pop-punk and NASCAR, so if you wanna design stuff for Knuckle Puck or Hendrick Motorsports, let’s fire up a Figma file! Find me on Twitter at @ntfromchicago.

Special shout out to @Josh for making Discourse look good in 2021 and for writing THE article that made me switch from Sketch to Figma way back in the day: https://twitter.com/ntfromchicago/status/1288660849192828929?s=21

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Hi - I’m Todd Rinker … @toddnrinker on Twitter. I’m based in Portland, Oregon.

I’m a Senior UX Designer at Elekta designing cancer treatment software.

I was very excited when Figma Component Variants were released, and am getting into the weeds with nested components (variants within variants!)

Looking forward to chatting!

TR

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Hello everyone, I’m Matheus Cardoso, a UX/UI newbie and CS student from São Paulo, Brazil :brazil: in love with Figma almost 6 months. Can found me at ig @ux.matheus

See you soon people :wink:

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It’s great to see everyone introduce themselves and be surrounded by familiar faces.

My name is Gavin. I’m a freelance designer who enjoys making things. I don’t really stick to one thing. I’ve worked as an interaction designer and a user researcher. I recently created a few Figma plugins that make managing your design system a little easier, as well as several community resources. I’m extremely grateful to everyone at Figma, including their Support team, and Community and Designer advocates.

I have a cat called Floyd who thinks he’s a dog. He plays fetch and sleeps between my wife and I when we go to bed. I love Lego but I wish I had more time and space to built it in. I really enjoy cooking (and eating), so if you ever wanna share recipes let me know.

I want to help people just as others have helped me. I to love listen and learn from such diverse and talented people. Feel free to say hello :wave: here or on twitter @gavinmcfarland.

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That’s so neat! Loving this experience so far, really unique too.

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Hey friends! I’m Reony, or @megaroeny (find more about me there), a Community Advocate for the Washington D.C. area group.

I’ve been using Figma since 2016. I currently work at QOMPLX here in Northern Virginia as their Senior Product Designer. We’re a multi-brand/product company, so I’ve had a lot of experience over the past few years making a design system in Figma for multiple brands/products. I also thoroughly enjoy taking advantage of Auto Layout, so I’m happy to answer questions on either topic.

Notably, my other time is taken up by:

  • Being a dad and husband :family_man_woman_girl_boy:
  • Loving food :bento:
  • Gaming :keyboard::computer_mouse:
  • Advocating electric vehicles⚡
  • Doing yoga :person_in_lotus_position: and hiking :hiking_boot:

So exciting to see this LIVE! Congrats to the Figma team on this. I’m loving the experience so far!

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Hi. guys, I’m Ryan Yu from China, a UI/UX Designer.
Currently living in Shenzhen, you can find me in the Figma community. figma.com/@Jungle I love photography; street clothing; animals and plants. I’m quite active in the community. I will do some visual and design system documents from time to time. I really hope to keep communicating with you. Thank you! guys :kissing_closed_eyes:

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Hey everyone,

I’ Hal form China. I’m a UX designer/FE developer. I like Rock and skateboard :skateboard:.

I made a figma related website for Chinese users. I also made a handoff tool.

My Figma Handle: Figma - @leadream

I love Figma.

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Hello everyone, I’m sMao, a UI Designer in China. I have been using Figma for 3 years and really like Figma. I am also a video tutorial producer and I share many Figma videos on Youtube and Bilibili. :stuck_out_tongue:

Twitter:@lijxse

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Hello everyone!

I’m Ann from the SF Bay Area, California!

I’m a UX/UI newbie with a background in Toy Design. Some brands I’ve designed dolls for: DC Superhero Girls, Barbie, Ever After High, Over the Moon, Wonder Woman 1984.

You can find me on instagram @annssunn where I post about my side hustle selling enamel pins, stickers, keychains, and more!

I’m currently looking for my break into the industry! Please reach out to me on LinkedIn if you’re looking for a UX Designer with the eagerness of a newbie but with the experience of an established (physical) product designer.

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Hi everyone,

I’m Rogier, a digital product designer from Amsterdam specializing in design systems, online typography and digital identities.

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:wave: Hey,
My name is Andrei Iancu, and I’m working as a UI/UX Designer at Sparktech. In 2018, we switched to Figma, and since then, we have integrated it more and more in our workflow on both design and dev.

My first plugin is called Styler, and it started as a learning process for both javascript and code thinking. Currently, I’m working on my second plugin, which has as a target to expand features already present in Figma.

I also participated in Biscuit Challenge #1 where we pushed Figma to its limit.

More about me here.

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Hello everyone,
I’m Ozer, a Backend Developer in Turkey. I have always had a curiosity for design and I can’t let go since I discovered Figma and used it. I’m trying to improve. For the moment I’m just having fun.

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Hi I’m Richard Earney - Head of Design for a small offshoot of one of the biggest energy platforms in the UK.
I’ll admit was unsure about Figma when I was first introduced to it having previously done UX design first in Photoshop :open_mouth: then Illustrator :open_mouth: then moved to Sketch when that came along.
A few months in and was a full convert to Figma - now 2 years in and I love the community :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Biggest claim to fame is as the original designer of the Shazam app

Also a photographer - find me at @methodphotonew on Instagram

You’ll find me on the Friends of Figma Slack occasionally. Always happy to help :smiley:

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Hi! I’m Jordan (@jsngr) and I design at Cash App in New York. I :heart: Figma.

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Hi Jordan, Welcome :wave:t4:

Hiya! :wave:t3: I’m Wayne (@worldwydewayne) and I’m a product marketer at Figma!

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Hey there! I’m Laura :boom:

I’m a Product Support Specialist here at Figma and the proud mom of a beautiful pit bull called Knives. See y’all around! :sunglasses:

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Hi everyone! Super excited for this new forum! I’m Karsten, a UX/UI and Interaction Designer based in the US. Also a big fan of cooking, writing, film and music! Looking forward to connecting with everyone here :slight_smile:

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:wave: 'Sup folks, Mr.Biscuit here. I am a UI/UX designer currently whacking backend and data-vis design systems, I like to write ground-level productivity plugins and share open-source design systems and share design hacks with others and… other things
I’ve got a Design Challenge #2 coming up for yall, so hola me if you’re interested, I’ll share the link in this forum when I had it up and running.

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