Hello! Tried something here, thoughts?

Hi @dhairya,
I like your bussy bee artwork. I thought of some other ideas, too, like a busy bee talking on a cell phone or working on a laptop typing away. Overall it is a nice badge, and the CommOPS team would be round to have it.

Hello! Thanks for the ideas and the feedback @greenwings23 I'll try this out for the other open commops badges

I got some feedback earlier, so I've updated the design as per that:

There's an issue with that file

Added in numbering

Made some changes here

Looking good :D setting to approved

Hello @riecatnor @smeragoel, I have familiarized myself with the design documents provided in issues. I am very much interested in improving the artwork for this badge, could you please assign this issue to me?

hi @nekonya3 - feel free to take on this task! The artwork needs improvement so you can modify the previous designs or start something new. Looking forward to your work :)

@riecatnor bzz bzz!
I tried an illustration. Please do suggest changes if you don't like the art style. I am thinking of adding either just the numbers as I continue down the series or adding new image for every year (if that is allowed) like going from one busy bee to multiple and finally an entire bee hive.

Hi @riecatnor @smeragoel please i would like to work on this issue as well to try and improve the badge aesthetic.

Here's my Busy Bee badge design. I'm eager to hear your thoughts. Not certain if I used the right background for this. Will await your feedback. Thank you @riecatnor @smeragoel

Here is the corrected SVG file:

Hi @nekonya3 nice work! your bee is very cute :) Some notes:
- I like how you've used black instead of brown for the bee!
- What about trying an illustrative background or maybe even the badges "rays" background? For an illustration you could try having the bee on a flower or a field? It sounds challenging to illustrate but feel free to attempt it!
- I am not sure about the laptop, its a bit hard to read at a small size- if you keep this in there I would suggest playing around with color/strokes.
- Reduce the size of the "1" some, since this will increase it will need more space to fit the larger numbers. Plus at this size it is kinda distracting from the bee design.

@ifeanyinoel nice work, Some recommendations:
- I like your use of the wavy background with a simple design on top! nice job
- I am not sure the laptop is needed, maybe try something else.. What if you gave the bee "tracks" like it is buzzing around.
- The black could work here since bees are notoriously yellow/black. We do try to avoid black in badges as much as possible tho, so I think it would be worth it to explore a dark brown color.

Looking forward to the next drafts!

Hello @riecatnor , I attempted a lot of designs today for the badge. Here are the few I thought were matching the requirement:

Kindly suggest your preference and changes.

Hello @riecatnor thanks for your review. I have modified my badge designs based on your recommendations. I hope you like them. Looking forward to your feedback. :D

Hi @nekonya3 nice work, you've done some great exploration here! I am curious which one do you like best? :) Some notes:
- I think I am leaning towards design 6 or 11. I like the blue ray background with the yellow bee, it is pleasing to look at
- For 6, I would try some lighter/brighter green colors, the dark green is standing out against all the bright colors. I would also play with the colors on the daisy, I wonder if it could go without a stroke or maybe use a light grey as the daisy is white
- For 11, I think this one is close. The only note I have is the "100" is very close the edge of the badge area, and on the left there is quite a bit of room between the laptop and the left side of the badge area. Because of that it looks a bit unbalanced- I would recommend adjusting the placement a bit to balance that out.

Hi @ifeanyinoel lookin good! Notes for you:
- I am preferring the one on the blue background, what about you?
- I would recommend lightening the blue background
- It looks like you've lightened to dark brown, but I think you can try a little bit lighter still
- The pink numbering is very contrasty on the blue, making the background lighter might help, but you might want to play with the colors to make it more readable

Looking forward to the next drafts!

Hello @riecatnor
Thank you for your valuable feedback!
(Personally, I like 11 the best because it clearly speaks for itself to signify a busy bee. )

I changed the stalk colour to a brighter shade while sticking to the provided colour palettes. For the daisy, I remember they have a yellow center, so I tried a yellow bloom variation besides the suggested grey one:

I implemented the alignment changes, tried different orientations of the rays background for this one and made a non-shadow drop graphic too:

Hello @riecatnor Thanks so much for your feedback and guidance. First time actually doing any kind of illustrations lol. I've made modifications based on your comments. Please let me know what you think.

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Another iteration the change was with the template background.

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Hi @smeragoel and @riecatnor Here is an idea for the busy bee series 5. Please do suggest changes.

Hi @roseline-amarachi, thank you for your contribution! I'll do a general review of all the submissions:
- The background doesn't need the stroke on the starburst as it makes it seem very busy, so let's remove that.
- I'd suggest reusing the bees from previous badges, like this one as they fit the badges aesthetic better.
- The outermost stroke on the numbering seems a bit too thick, so let's reduce that

Looking forward to your next draft!

Hi @roseline-amarachi, thank you for your contribution! I'll do a general review of all the submissions:
- The background doesn't need the stroke on the starburst as it makes it seem very busy, so let's remove that.
- I'd suggest reusing the bees from previous badges, like this one as they fit the badges aesthetic better.
- The outermost stroke on the numbering seems a bit too thick, so let's reduce that

Looking forward to your next draft!

Thank you for your feedback

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Hi @riecatnor @smeragoel

Based of the previous feedback, I did this. I removed the stroke on the starburst as suggested and reduced the outermost stroke of the numbering. I also made use of the butterfly that was suggested.