Rafa
@rafa.design
Designer and app developer, working on Sketch and Hand Mirror ✨
I made a new app, Night Knight 🌙
It's a Night Light, a Noise Machine, and a Wake Aid that switches the color of the light at a certain time of day to let my kids know that it's “morning" and they can get off bed.
It's also free: apps.apple.com/us/app/night...
It's a Night Light, a Noise Machine, and a Wake Aid that switches the color of the light at a certain time of day to let my kids know that it's “morning" and they can get off bed.
It's also free: apps.apple.com/us/app/night...
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I made a new app, Night Knight 🌙
It's a Night Light, a Noise Machine, and a Wake Aid that switches the color of the light at a certain time of day to let my kids know that it's “morning" and they can get off bed.
It's also free: apps.apple.com/us/app/night...
It's a Night Light, a Noise Machine, and a Wake Aid that switches the color of the light at a certain time of day to let my kids know that it's “morning" and they can get off bed.
It's also free: apps.apple.com/us/app/night...
This design would have definitely been rejected if I wasn't building it on my own 🙈
Weird chromeless UI that renders outside the window, that you can resize, and move anywhere in the screen, with drawn annotations that you'll need to keep track of their position and scale… 💀
Weird chromeless UI that renders outside the window, that you can resize, and move anywhere in the screen, with drawn annotations that you'll need to keep track of their position and scale… 💀
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This design would have definitely been rejected if I wasn't building it on my own 🙈
Weird chromeless UI that renders outside the window, that you can resize, and move anywhere in the screen, with drawn annotations that you'll need to keep track of their position and scale… 💀
Weird chromeless UI that renders outside the window, that you can resize, and move anywhere in the screen, with drawn annotations that you'll need to keep track of their position and scale… 💀
Having fun working on Hand Mirror again 📸
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Having fun working on Hand Mirror again 📸
Favorite project of the year ✨
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Favorite project of the year ✨
Final result: a modern iSight 4K Camera ✨
July 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Final result: a modern iSight 4K Camera ✨
3D printer to the rescue: got a main shell for the components, a little ring to keep the lens in place, and some fake FireWire plugs to make it work with the original base…
July 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
3D printer to the rescue: got a main shell for the components, a little ring to keep the lens in place, and some fake FireWire plugs to make it work with the original base…
This meant that I could probably make it fit my iSight camera body and have a 4K, plug and play camera (and upgrading my old PiSight project) 👀
July 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This meant that I could probably make it fit my iSight camera body and have a 4K, plug and play camera (and upgrading my old PiSight project) 👀
I decided to open up my Opal Tadpole webcam, because I was curious to see how they managed to make it so small… and to my surprise the camera was not installed directly to the board, but with a cable instead!
💡 I don’t know if you know where I am going with this…
💡 I don’t know if you know where I am going with this…
July 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I decided to open up my Opal Tadpole webcam, because I was curious to see how they managed to make it so small… and to my surprise the camera was not installed directly to the board, but with a cable instead!
💡 I don’t know if you know where I am going with this…
💡 I don’t know if you know where I am going with this…
If you're like me and are trying to study and inspect the new Liquid Glass effect, I've built a small utility app for you!
Test Liquid Glass with all the different options, tinting, sizes, and backgrounds — only for macOS Tahoe for obvious reasons.
💾 rafa.design/glasshole
Test Liquid Glass with all the different options, tinting, sizes, and backgrounds — only for macOS Tahoe for obvious reasons.
💾 rafa.design/glasshole
June 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you're like me and are trying to study and inspect the new Liquid Glass effect, I've built a small utility app for you!
Test Liquid Glass with all the different options, tinting, sizes, and backgrounds — only for macOS Tahoe for obvious reasons.
💾 rafa.design/glasshole
Test Liquid Glass with all the different options, tinting, sizes, and backgrounds — only for macOS Tahoe for obvious reasons.
💾 rafa.design/glasshole
All of these animations are randomized, so every time I see them they're slightly different.
For this one I took the super cute illustration from @raphaellopesph.bsky.social, isolated some elements like the background blobs and shines, and then replaced them in code
For this one I took the super cute illustration from @raphaellopesph.bsky.social, isolated some elements like the background blobs and shines, and then replaced them in code
June 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
All of these animations are randomized, so every time I see them they're slightly different.
For this one I took the super cute illustration from @raphaellopesph.bsky.social, isolated some elements like the background blobs and shines, and then replaced them in code
For this one I took the super cute illustration from @raphaellopesph.bsky.social, isolated some elements like the background blobs and shines, and then replaced them in code
Here's some other details that I bet most won't ever notice, but (for the sake of my career) I hope some will _feel it_:
We've added subtle animations to some of our illustrations, like this background and shines, as well as some hover effects on the cards that accept a click
We've added subtle animations to some of our illustrations, like this background and shines, as well as some hover effects on the cards that accept a click
June 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Here's some other details that I bet most won't ever notice, but (for the sake of my career) I hope some will _feel it_:
We've added subtle animations to some of our illustrations, like this background and shines, as well as some hover effects on the cards that accept a click
We've added subtle animations to some of our illustrations, like this background and shines, as well as some hover effects on the cards that accept a click
Did you spot the Easter Egg? There's a hidden dusty corner where you can find @sketch.com 's original icon, back from when it was still called DrawIt 🧓💛
June 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Did you spot the Easter Egg? There's a hidden dusty corner where you can find @sketch.com 's original icon, back from when it was still called DrawIt 🧓💛
I gotta come clean, me joining the @sketch.com team was all part of a LONG CON, just so that I could ship a dynamic app icon — muhahaha, FOOLS!
May 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I gotta come clean, me joining the @sketch.com team was all part of a LONG CON, just so that I could ship a dynamic app icon — muhahaha, FOOLS!
Playing through #F1 24 career mode and having a blast — I’ve printed a F1 style wheel rim for my old Logitech G29, complete with swappable custom plates for when I switch teams 😂
January 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Playing through #F1 24 career mode and having a blast — I’ve printed a F1 style wheel rim for my old Logitech G29, complete with swappable custom plates for when I switch teams 😂
Anotha one!
I love my monitor, but I don’t love that it doesn’t have a camera: this is an XDR MagSafe Mount to use Continuity Camera, and finally getting rid of that ugly webcam wart 😅
I love my monitor, but I don’t love that it doesn’t have a camera: this is an XDR MagSafe Mount to use Continuity Camera, and finally getting rid of that ugly webcam wart 😅
December 17, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Anotha one!
I love my monitor, but I don’t love that it doesn’t have a camera: this is an XDR MagSafe Mount to use Continuity Camera, and finally getting rid of that ugly webcam wart 😅
I love my monitor, but I don’t love that it doesn’t have a camera: this is an XDR MagSafe Mount to use Continuity Camera, and finally getting rid of that ugly webcam wart 😅
Seriously, getting a 3D printer was a mistake
December 6, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Seriously, getting a 3D printer was a mistake
Another print: custom stands and labels for my lightsabers 🤓
December 2, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Another print: custom stands and labels for my lightsabers 🤓
OMG Tim, I’ve been in pursuit of this saber for a long time, it’s my favorite saber design 🥰
December 2, 2024 at 8:02 PM
OMG Tim, I’ve been in pursuit of this saber for a long time, it’s my favorite saber design 🥰
And third, my son keeps barging in my office while I’m working, so I designed a custom door lock to keep him out (I love him though) 😅
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 PM
And third, my son keeps barging in my office while I’m working, so I designed a custom door lock to keep him out (I love him though) 😅