Artists who draw Twitch emotes have contributed so much to the Twitch community yet receive so little recognition on Twitch for all their work.

It'd be nice if these artists could received some sort of "Global Paintbrush Badge" as recognition for all the hard work they put into creating emotes for Twitch users to use.

A suggestion is that after an artist has designed emotes for a certain number of channels (e.g., after designing for 50 channels, they're considered a "verified emotes artist") they can receive the badge. This could be something that artists have to apply for after which their application would go under review to ensure that they did design these emotes and they would receive the badge.

Credit for the idea to T1Appalled on Twitter.

As a lot of streamers are probably aware there are a lot of people who came by streams at the start who may have subscribed and got the founder badge but no longer show up, this means people who do still show up but missed out on the badge due to being the 11th sub etc can not have it, or if a partners channle 26th sub cannot have it.

I think the streamer having the ability to remove the founder badge from a user and have it go to the next available user would be very beneficial so they go to users who do show up still, do still subscribe and therefore are not going to waste.

Light and Dark mode are native features to Twitch but certain colours or designs don't translate well to both palettes unless you add a stroke, drop shadow or some kind of accenting design around the icon.

At 18x18 pixels that's a lot of real estate to lose at such a small scale..

My proposal is simple. Allow people to upload altered versions of sub icons that display well in Dark Mode.

I currently have a design I like but it can't work in both modes. If I were able to upload one with white portions and the other with black to contrast with the backdrops of each mode, I'd be golden!

I'm well aware people might try to abuse this system by essentially doubling their sub icons by having them be drastically different in Dark Mode but this can be policed with manual approvals.

I wouldn't mind waiting a little longer for sub icons to go live if it required somebody at Twitch giving them a quick glance and saying "yup, that's clearly an adaptive change"

This would be a huge quality of life feature and I can't imagine it's too difficult to implement

Partners have worked really hard to earn the benefits that they get. More than emote, personal bit badges, personal bit emotes, etc they earned what they get & I am happy for them & don't wanna take that from them in any way. The one thing they get to have that I think affiliates should get to have is sub badges past the one year mark. Let's be fair. There are a LOT of streamers now. With so many people out there the odds of becoming a partner are a bit slimmer than they were before. It could take awhile to build yourself up to the point of partner, if at all really. But I think it would be nice for affiliates to be able to have sub badges past a year. So the people who are with you, stick with you & continue to support you even though you aren't a partner can be recognized for the full time that they have given. Some of us could be affiliate for 2 years... maybe more. I think it would just be nice to recognize those that support us all the way. That's it. Nothing else. Thanks for your time. All you partners out there did a lot of work & I hope to one day be amongst your ranks!

~Panda

Emote artists go so unrecognized and under-valued in Twitch streams. Would be amazing if they were given a special global badge after they designed a certain number of approved emotes. The Partnered/Affiliated streamer would confirm they designed the emote, Twitch would of course review it, have the artist provide a portfolio, make sure it is their actual work.

It would allow the artist to get recognition while they are in the Twitch channel for the emotes they designed, as well as allow other Streamers to find someone they can ask for design services.

It could work either globally or maybe just in the channel they designed the emotes for.

I love the idea of the Founders Badge. However, I don't like that they can be "taken" and "gone" by those who only sub for that first initial period, and then never resubscribe again - yet you have someone who subscribed early (maybe not the first 10/25), and continue to resubscribe. It seems unfair to that consistent supporter.

My idea is that the Founders Badge can have an expiration date for those who have it but do not resubscribe, give those who consistently support with a sub every month an opportunity to be recognized as one of regular founded supporters of your channel.

I recognize that certain situations may come up where someone has to skip a month or two of subscribing due to personal/financial reasons. So, for this, you could create a grace period for the Founders Badge - maybe somewhere in the range of 3-6 months.

For example, let's use 3 months. John subs to my channel and earned a Founders badge. John does not renew his subscription. If 3 months pass of him not renewing his subscription, he loses the Founders Badge, and it is award to the next in queue. This standard would be applied to all Founders Badge holders for the life of the channel.

I have 4 Founders Badges that no longer sub, nor watch my streams anymore. However, I have a few who have subbed 3-4 mths of the 4 months I have been Affiliate, and they just missed the Founders Badge cutoff. I think he should be awarded with the badge versus the 3-4 who subbed the first month and then never resubscribed.