Imgurian Bornin1978, real name Dylan, has been a busy Imgurian in the few months he’s been a member of the Imgur community. He’s made some pretty neat things for the community, including a game featuring an adorable fox and owl, and an amazing t-shirt. We wanted to learn more about this talented Imgurian, so we reached out to ask him a few questions.
Dylan first found Imgur a few years ago, and it was love at first browse. Once he found “this glorious website I can’t pronounce” he said, he slowly realized that he could never leave. Dylan was hooked, especially on animated memes. “I found that they were even funnier in situations when you are trying not to laugh out loud. For example on public transport,” he explained. He also loves anything that makes him laugh on Imgur. “Someone had re-named animals with better descriptive names. An ostrich was something like a ‘no-pants thunder goose’ and an alligator was an ‘American murder log’!”
In real life Dylan is a software programmer, and does some doodling and scribbling here and there. “I somehow managed to continue doing all the things I enjoyed doing growing up and make a living doing so,” he said. “I look over my shoulder almost every day, waiting for someone to say ‘right, that’s enough fun, time to get down that coal mine and do some real work for a living’.”
He first shared his talents with the community by sharing his game design.
The community were immediately on board, and Dylan mentioned this when talking about posting. “Feedback is always fair on imgur. That’s the beauty of the voting system. If I make a terrible joke or a bad meme, I’ll know about it in the first -10 points! Image may be NSFW.
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Equally, if I make a post that’s of any value, imgur rewards effort, especially OC. So I try to put some thought into my posts.”
Dylan soon shared an exciting update.
After no time at all and with the support of the Imgur community, Dylan was ready to launch his game. “I enjoy creating stuff. Imgur is a great way to quickly find out if it’s any good or not.”
The game even made the Top 100 on Steam!
Dylan doesn’t just made awesome games, he also is a gifted artist and a giraffe whisperer. He shared with us a secret blueprint that shows how giraffes actually work. Further proof that that Internet is truly made of cats.
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We loved this design so much, you can now buy it on a t-shirt, hoodie, tank top, and more! Visit our Imgur store to see the full range of options.
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As for what Dylan has next in store for us, he’s keeping it vague and surprising. “I have a couple of new ideas for original content. I think there may be a giraffe involved in it somewhere.”
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