Digital artwork.
My day job is Director of Engineering at Octopus Deploy. One day, my friend and coworker Kim asked our CEO for an official branded Octopus mug. Sadly, they weren’t made anymore. So I drew a likeness of the Octopus logo on my phone as a joke and turned it into a mug. And that’s how Badly Drawn Octopus became an internal meme at Octopus.
By popular demand, I turned the Badly Drawn Octopus into t-shirts, even designing a customised Octopus for each of the software development teams. Soon everyone from engineers to VP’s kids were wearing the Badly Drawn Octopus.
Eventually, this Badly Drawn Octopus made its way into the product itself. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, a Badly Drawn Octopus will appear to offer suggestions.
If your heart desires a Badly Drawn Octopus of your own, you can buy stuff from my Redbubble store.