[Visual Design] New Recognition Badge: API Ace Badge

[ritiksaxena124]

Current Behavior

Layer5 recently announced an enhancement to the ways in which it recognizes milestones achieved by contributors and users. (see community handbook) with an improved badge award system --> https://badges.layer5.io/.

Desired Behavior

An initial set of badges exists, however, there are a number of new badges that need to be created. This issue calls for a volunteer to draft a new badge.

Who is this badge for?

Contributors

What milestone does this badge recognize?

This badge is awarded to those contributors who contribute to developing and maintaining project APIs.

Implementation

1. Leverage Layer5 brand guide to create designs for a new badge.
2. Create one or more new badge design drafts in the community Figma file on the Assets: Member Cards and Badges page. Alternatively, after submitting a community member form, request the badges.ai file if you prefer to work with Adobe Illustrator.
3. Post your Call-for-Design-Review on https://discuss.layer5.io/.
4. Attend a weekly "Websites" meeting (held on Mondays), present your design, and receive feedback.

Acceptance Tests

1. Community (at-large) has been given an opportunity to review.
2. Maintainers have reviewed and approved badge designs.
3. Once the design is finalized and approved then you can make the PR in the badges repository after adding the badge in the badge folder inside assets and the static folder in repo.

Mockups

See existing badge designs for inspiration and brand styling

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[StillAbeginnerr]

@ritiksaxena124 Can i work on this issue?

[StillAbeginnerr]

Thank you, I'll upload the screenshot here first ASAP before any requests for PR.

[ritiksaxena124]

Hey @StillAbeginnerr thanks for taking this up. you can join our slack channel where other contributors can also review your design and provide feedback faster.

[StillAbeginnerr]

@ritiksaxena124 Sorry, I got badly ill that week and wasn't able to do the work. Can I start again if this issue is still open for contribution?

[ritiksaxena124]

I hope you are good now. Sure you can start working on it, although it's been a month we haven't got any progress on this from you 😅

[nwanduka]

@Ruhi-Khan, do you think you can take a stab at this?

[Ruhi-Khan]

Yes , sure I will do... @nwanduka