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dev.to Show us your octocat alter ego

Andreas Tiefenthaler on October 18, 2018

GitHub released an octocat builder. I was waiting for this for many years and I am super excited. I am curious how dev.to would look like if we a...
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Shi Ling • Edited

Shi Ling octocat

Can't find black hair, and black glasses, but looks about right. :) Can't start a day without coffee either.

(And I feel a sense of accomplishment managing to add this image and comment in markdown on my phone \o/)

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Jhinel Arcaya

I really love this one :D no coffee no morning

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RupankarGhosh

But I can see only five legs 🤔

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Sung M. Kim

Greetings, Earthlings.

I come from planet of water, Meowearth 🌍.
Our species has evolved & can't breathe underwater.

I offer you our treasure, Orichalcum, as a sign of friendship.

octo

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Chinmay Joshi

Looking good. Loved it.

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Ali Spittel

This is amazing. I just want to make it into a sticker now!

Octocat Ali

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Shi Ling

IKR, just what I was thinking. Got to make these into Telegram stickers too.

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Stevie Oberg

I used my natural hair rather than purple cause it clashed too much, but that was fun!

Stevie Octocat

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Jess Lee

I did the opposite and went with purple.

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Stevie Oberg

Very nice!!

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James • Edited

It could be more accurate, but I like it. Sadly, I couldn't find the "oversized jumper" option or the "balding dude" option.

jsrn's octocat

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Andreas Tiefenthaler

I love the Ruby!

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Andreas Tiefenthaler • Edited

I think you forgot to add the picture?!
Didn't load earlier

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James

Yeah, I didn't realise that I had to copy the uploaded image URL and add it to the markdown. I assumed it'd just tack on to the end. Whoops!

Thanks for the heads up. :)

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Glenn Carremans

There weren't enough customisations available to make it match better but got close enough (I got a much shorter beard haha).

octocat Glennmen

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Jhinel Arcaya • Edited

Here's mine! It's not a fancy one, I just work from home.

gioctocat

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Jakob Christensen

Finally, something useful to do today :-)

t4rzsan Octocat

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Andreas Tiefenthaler

Is that bubble tea? What flavour?

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Shi Ling

Mmm... Looks like thai milk tea from the color.

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Jakob Christensen

It's Pepsi Max of course! It is what keeps me going.

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Richard Kichenama

Very much could be customized more, but from the available options, this seems very close

Blue Version

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Palash Bauri 👻

Here's Mine,
Octocat

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Andreas Tiefenthaler

Nice! Great sideburns!

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Palash Bauri 👻

Thank You

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Talan Erickson • Edited

Fun way to start the day!
wizardlyoctocat

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Casey Brooks

Introducing: College Me

octocat

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Jess Lee

hahaha awesome

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Josh Cheek

Josh Cheek as an Octocat

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Joell Lapitan

here is mine :)

newly build octocat

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jess unrein

Too many books. So little time.

octocat with purple ponytail, red rectangular glasses, grey t-shirt with a rainbow stripe, blue jeans, and a pearl neckalce

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Ben Greenberg • Edited

I call it the "Jewish Octocat" and it mainly reflects me as I always have an iced coffee nearby
Jewish Octocat

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simo

my spirit animal

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Stephanie Handsteiner • Edited

Well... I wear black glasses and I don't usually wear grey, but they didn't have anything else, colour-wise. :D

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Ben Halpern

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Yechiel Kalmenson

My Octocat

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olengai97 • Edited

oleecat

I couldn't find a way to place the github logo behind the laptop...

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Tiago Marques

PS: I'm actually more like the next one, I just did this for fun 😊

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Raunak Ramakrishnan

Here's mine:

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Frederik 👨‍💻➡️🌐 Creemers

My Octocat

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ItsASine (Kayla)

This makes me realize that I default pretty androgynous

Jeans, hoodie, sandals, smartwatch, videogames/phone, new bifocals, short hair

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Prasad Chillara

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Here I am , searching for buggy code
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Wes Dunn • Edited

my octocat

Could not have been more stoked for the Viking cap!!! Many moons ago, I attempted to start a record label (The Littlest Viking) and the Viking cap was my main logo. <3

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Nicholas Duffy

Here's me. Though I generally avoid holding squirrels.

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Quentin Sonrel • Edited

I guess that's pretty much how I look like arriving at work everyday 😆

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Thomas Dik • Edited

Bearded bunnyflop
I have no mustache in real life but the beard is nice :).
I can't live a day without coffee.
The bunny slippers where too funny not to put the feet :p

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Camilo Martinez • Edited

No Music! No Code!

Equiman Octocat

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Chinmay Joshi

code all the way

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Florimond Manca • Edited

There you go!

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Chung Nguyen

my octocat

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iampaul83

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Guillaume Martigny

That was fun to make. Not that far from the truth ;)

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Erica Suguimoto • Edited

This is my octocat alter ego. Black hair (I liked the blue color), little eyes, indie wear and my cup of coffee.

EricaSugui octocat

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dAVE Inden

I just found this site yesterday. It is super fun. I really like the results of selecting the random button. Super fun. Here's mine I made:
dave as an octocat with wizard hat, hoodie, and a cup of coffee

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Cy Chainey

Somehow the squirrel felt right!
Suspect that's because it's been a long day.

Octocat

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Jay

Simply me..

me_Octocat

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Yury • Edited

Me
me

Me going for job interview

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Ricardo Costeira

As close as I could!

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Johnson Ogwuru

Johnson's Octocat
Just created mine, check it out guys. LOL

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Stu Finn

So great! All that's missing is a stroller and baby octocat.

my Octocat

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Max Antonucci

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Robert James Gabriel

alt text

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Jesse M. Holmes • Edited

I'm late to the party! I blame the identity crisis I'm experiencing while separating from the military!

#OctoCat

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Majse14 • Edited

Hi!

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Jamie

Just went through the process of designing mine, and I think it looks a little like my robot avatar:

dotNetCoreBlog's Octocat

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Isaac Lee

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Jason Ruhlin

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Andreas Tiefenthaler
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Jason Ruhlin

Never mind! I'm a doofus...Haha. I see it at the bottom. 🤪

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Jason Ruhlin • Edited

Why do you think it's not in the main thread? Or maybe I am just not used to dev.to yet.

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Carlos Cuesta

octocat

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Gift Egwuenu • Edited

Here's mine

Alt text of image

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Chinmay Joshi

Coolest feature ever.
octacat

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Lea Reimann 🦄 • Edited

The perfect self-portrait

Leas Octocat

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Harshal Gangurde • Edited

Nothing can beat the music and good ol' coffee!

Nothing can beat the music and good ol' coffee

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Anders Dahnielson • Edited

Octocat

Or at least how I sometimes feel...

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Katie

KatieKodes Octocat

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Lwin Kyaw Myat

Rock style !!! 😀

Rock

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Curtis Ovard • Edited

it me

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Samuel Nitsche

I miss the lightsaber, though

Octocat

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Rachel Soderberg

MyOctocat

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Ender Ahmet Yurt

A rubyist

A rubyist

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Lynne Finnigan • Edited

My octocat! I couldn't decide whether to go with the jester hat or not, so I left it out :D

My octocat

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Juanjo Salvador • Edited

Well, here we are.

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Adithya NR

Here's mine 😂

Octocat

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Dilan Nilaksha • Edited

Coffee anyone !? 😎✌️

octocat of dilan

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Shreyas Minocha

Mine is simple.

my octocat

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Skeudwenn

Coffee and a bit of wizardry, that's how i'm working !
Skeudwenn octocat

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Nans Dumortier

It's the closest I could get to real me !
Nans' octocat

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Niko Heikkilä
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Alexandra

I like the coffee and the accurate representation of my hair situation :P

OctocatMe

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Andrew Wooldridge

Here's mine.

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Corey McCarty

octocat1

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Palash Bauri 👻

@pxlpnk Where can I find the Octocat Builder?

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Andreas Tiefenthaler

Omg I totally missed to add the link: myoctocat.com/
So sorry!

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David J Eddy • Edited

Here I am :D

@davidjeddy

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Dana Ottaviani

I like to read a lot and I'm usually wearing noise-canceling headphones when on the computer so I thought this was the best look for me.

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Harshal Gangurde

Nothing can beat the music and good ol' coffee

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Slavius

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Jonathan Kuhl

More or less

OctoMe

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Joe Beretta • Edited

I ♥ it!
Joe Beretta

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AbhishekDoshi26 • Edited

When the code runs in your laptop and shows errors in your friend's laptop.