scratchfoundation · adzhindzhi · Nov 14, 2025 · Nov 18, 2025
diff --git a/src/_colors.scss b/src/_colors.scss
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ $ui-light-primary-transparent: hsla(215, 100%, 95%, 0);
 
 $ui-border: hsla(0, 0%, 85%, 1); //#D9D9D9
 $ui-border-light-blue: hsla(215, 50%, 90%, 1); //#D9E3F2
+$ui-border-orange: hsla(37, 96%, 55%, 1); // #FAA51D
 
 /* modals */
 $ui-mint-green: hsl(163, 69%, 44%);

diff --git a/src/components/avatar/avatar.jsx b/src/components/avatar/avatar.jsx
@@ -2,19 +2,29 @@ const classNames = require('classnames');
 const PropTypes = require('prop-types');
 const React = require('react');
 
+require('./avatar.scss');
+
 const Avatar = ({
     className,
     src = '//uploads.scratch.mit.edu/get_image/user/2584924_24x24.png?v=1438702210.96',
+    showAvatarBadge = false,
     ...rest
 }) => (
-    <img
-        className={classNames('avatar', className)}
-        src={src}
-        {...rest}
-    />
+    <div className={classNames('avatar-wrapper', showAvatarBadge && 'avatar-badge-wrapper')}>
+        <img
+            className={classNames(
+                'avatar',
+                showAvatarBadge && 'avatar-badge',
+                className
+            )}
+            src={src}
+            {...rest}
+        />
+    </div>
 );
 
 Avatar.propTypes = {
+    showAvatarBadge: PropTypes.bool,
     className: PropTypes.string,
     src: PropTypes.string
 };

diff --git a/src/components/avatar/avatar.scss b/src/components/avatar/avatar.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+@use "../../colors";
+
+.avatar-wrapper {
+    --avatar-size: 1.5rem;
+    --frame-size: 0;
+
+    display: inline-block;
+    width: var(--avatar-size);
+}
+
 .avatar {
-    border: 1px solid $ui-border;
+    width: var(--avatar-size);
+    height: var(--avatar-size);
+}
+
+// The selector must be as specific as possible, because the border-radius is often overridden
+div.avatar-wrapper.avatar-badge-wrapper img.avatar.avatar-badge {
+    // On larger sized avatars the border doesn't scale well, so we either have to calculate it based on the size
+    // or overwrite it for each avatar size
+    border: calc(var(--avatar-size) * 0.042) solid colors.$ui-border-orange;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    border-radius: 17%;
+    box-shadow: none;
+}
+
+.avatar-badge-wrapper {
+    display: inline-block;
+    width: var(--avatar-size);
+    height: calc(var(--avatar-size) + var(--frame-size));
+    align-content: end;
+
+    background: url("/svgs/membership/cat-ears.svg") no-repeat top;
+    background-size: contain;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/grid/grid.jsx b/src/components/grid/grid.jsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
                         return (
                             <Thumbnail
                                 avatar={thumbnailUrl(item.author.id)}
+                                showAvatarBadge={!!item.author.profile.membership_avatar_badge}
                                 creator={item.author.username}
                                 favorites={item.stats.favorites}
                                 href={href}
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
 Grid.propTypes = {
    className: PropTypes.string,
    itemType: PropTypes.string,
    items: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.object),
    showAvatar: PropTypes.bool,
    showFavorites: PropTypes.bool,
    showLoves: PropTypes.bool,

diff --git a/src/components/grid/grid.scss b/src/components/grid/grid.scss
@@ -39,15 +39,20 @@
                 float: left;
 
                 img {
-                    margin-right: 8px;
                     border-radius: 4px;
-                    width: 32px;
-                    height: 32px;
                     display: block;
                     overflow: hidden;
                     text-indent: 100%;
                     white-space: nowrap;
                 }
+
+                .avatar-wrapper {
+                    --avatar-size: 32px;
+                    --frame-size: 9px;
+
+                    height: calc(var(--avatar-size) + var(--frame-size));
+                    margin-right: 8px;
+                }
             }
 
             .thumbnail-title {

diff --git a/src/components/navigation/www/accountnav.jsx b/src/components/navigation/www/accountnav.jsx
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ const AccountNav = ({
     username,
     onClick,
     onClickLogout,
-    onClose
+    onClose,
+    avatarBadge
 }) => (
     <div className="account-nav">
         <a
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ const AccountNav = ({
             <Avatar
                 alt=""
                 src={thumbnailUrl}
+                showAvatarBadge={!!avatarBadge}
             />
             <span className="profile-name">
                 {username}
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ AccountNav.propTypes = {
     onClose: PropTypes.func,
     profileUrl: PropTypes.string,
     thumbnailUrl: PropTypes.string,
-    username: PropTypes.string
+    username: PropTypes.string,
+    avatarBadge: PropTypes.number
 };
 
 module.exports = injectIntl(AccountNav);
diff --git a/src/components/navigation/www/accountnav.scss b/src/components/navigation/www/accountnav.scss
@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@
         font-weight: normal;
 
         .avatar {
-            margin-right: 10px;
             border-radius: 3px;
-            width: 24px;
-            height: 24px;
             vertical-align: middle;
         }
 
+        .avatar-wrapper {
+            margin-right: 10px;
+            // A bit hacky, but the parent component has a padding of 14px, which pushes the whole content when the ears appear
+            margin-top: -7px;
+
+            --avatar-size: 24px;
+            --frame-size: 7px;
+        }
+
         &:hover {
             background-color: colors.$active-gray;
         }

diff --git a/src/components/navigation/www/navigation.jsx b/src/components/navigation/www/navigation.jsx
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class Navigation extends React.Component {
                                     onClick={this.props.handleToggleAccountNav}
                                     onClickLogout={this.props.handleLogOut}
                                     onClose={this.props.handleCloseAccountNav}
+                                    avatarBadge={this.props.user.membership_avatar_badge}
                                 />
                             </li>
                         ] : [
@@ -272,7 +273,8 @@ Navigation.propTypes = {
     user: PropTypes.shape({
         classroomId: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.number, PropTypes.string]),
         thumbnailUrl: PropTypes.string,
-        username: PropTypes.string
+        username: PropTypes.string,
+        membership_avatar_badge: PropTypes.number
     })
 };
 

diff --git a/src/components/registration/steps.jsx b/src/components/registration/steps.jsx
@@ -1387,6 +1387,7 @@ class ClassInviteNewStudentStep extends React.Component {
                         className="invite-avatar"
                         key="avatar"
                         src={this.props.classroom.educator.profile.images['50x50']}
+                        // TODO: Should we display the avatar badge here as well?
                     />,
                     <h2 key="username">{this.props.classroom.educator.username}</h2>,
                     <p

diff --git a/src/components/thumbnail/thumbnail.jsx b/src/components/thumbnail/thumbnail.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const React = require('react');
 require('./thumbnail.scss');
 
 const ThumbnailRemoveButton = require('./thumbnail-remove-button.jsx');
+const Avatar = require('../avatar/avatar.jsx');
 
 const Thumbnail = ({
     alt = '',
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const Thumbnail = ({
     showRemixes = false,
     showRemoveButton = false,
     showViews = false,
+    showAvatarBadge = false,
     src = '',
     title = 'Project',
     type = 'project',
@@ -126,9 +128,10 @@ const Thumbnail = ({
                 className="creator-image"
                 href={`/users/${creator}/`}
             >
-                <img
+                <Avatar
                     alt={creator}
                     src={avatar}
+                    showAvatarBadge={showAvatarBadge}
                 />
             </a>
         );
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ Thumbnail.propTypes = {
     showRemixes: PropTypes.bool,
     showViews: PropTypes.bool,
     showRemoveButton: PropTypes.bool,
+    showAvatarBadge: PropTypes.bool,
     src: PropTypes.string,
     title: PropTypes.string,
     type: PropTypes.string,

diff --git a/src/components/thumbnailcolumn/thumbnailcolumn.jsx b/src/components/thumbnailcolumn/thumbnailcolumn.jsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const ThumbnailColumn = ({
                         showLoves={showLoves}
                         showRemixes={showRemixes}
                         showViews={showViews}
+                        showAvatarBadge={!!item.author.profile.membership_avatar_badge}
                         src={item.image}
                         title={item.title}
                         type={'project'}

diff --git a/src/views/messages/message-rows/comment-message.jsx b/src/views/messages/message-rows/comment-message.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const intlShape = require('../../../lib/intl-shape');
 const Comment = require('../../../components/comment/comment.jsx');
 const FlexRow = require('../../../components/flex-row/flex-row.jsx');
 const SocialMessage = require('../../../components/social-message/social-message.jsx');
+const Avatar = require('../../../components/avatar/avatar.jsx');
 const thumbnailUrl = require('../../../lib/user-thumbnail');
 
 class CommentMessage extends React.Component {
@@ -162,10 +163,11 @@ class CommentMessage extends React.Component {
                 </p>
                 <FlexRow className="mod-comment-message">
                     <a href={`/users/${this.props.actorUsername}/`}>
-                        <img
+                        <Avatar
                             alt={`${this.props.actorUsername}'s avatar`}
                             className="comment-message-info-img"
                             src={thumbnailUrl(this.props.actorId)}
+                            showAvatarBadge={!!this.props.actorAvatarBadge}
                         />
                     </a>
                     <Comment
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ class CommentMessage extends React.Component {
 CommentMessage.propTypes = {
     actorId: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
     actorUsername: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    actorAvatarBadge: PropTypes.number,
     className: PropTypes.string,
     commentDateTime: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     commentId: PropTypes.number.isRequired,

diff --git a/src/views/messages/messages.scss b/src/views/messages/messages.scss
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@
     text-align: left;
 }
 
-.comment-message-info-img {
-    width: 40px;
-    height: 40px;
+.flex-row.mod-comment-message .avatar-wrapper {
+    --avatar-size: 40px;
+    --frame-size: 18px;
 }
 
 .messages-social-loadmore {

diff --git a/src/views/messages/presentation.jsx b/src/views/messages/presentation.jsx
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class SocialMessagesList extends React.Component {
                 <CommentMessage
                     actorId={message.actor_id}
                     actorUsername={message.actor_username}
+                    actorAvatarBadge={message.actor_membership_avatar_badge}
                     className={className}
                     commentDateTime={message.datetime_created}
                     commentId={message.comment_id}

diff --git a/src/views/preview/comment/comment.jsx b/src/views/preview/comment/comment.jsx
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ class Comment extends React.Component {
                 ref={this.setRef}
             >
                 <a href={`/users/${author.username}`}>
-                    <Avatar src={author.image} />
+                    <Avatar
+                        src={author.image}
+                        showAvatarBadge={!!author.membership_avatar_badge}
+                    />
                 </a>
                 <FlexRow className="comment-body column">
                     <FlexRow className="comment-top-row">
@@ -278,7 +281,8 @@ Comment.propTypes = {
         id: PropTypes.number,
         image: PropTypes.string,
         scratchteam: PropTypes.bool,
-        username: PropTypes.string
+        username: PropTypes.string,
+        membership_avatar_badge: PropTypes.number
     }),
     canDelete: PropTypes.bool,
     canDeleteWithoutConfirm: PropTypes.bool,

diff --git a/src/views/preview/comment/comment.scss b/src/views/preview/comment/comment.scss
@@ -163,11 +163,15 @@
     }
 
     .avatar {
-        margin-right: .5rem;
         border-radius: 4px;
         box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(77, 151, 255, 0.25);
-        width: 3rem;
-        height: 3rem;
+    }
+
+    .avatar-wrapper {
+        margin-right: .5rem;
+
+        --avatar-size: 3rem;
+        --frame-size: 1.1rem;
     }
 
     .comment-body {

diff --git a/src/views/preview/comment/compose-comment.jsx b/src/views/preview/comment/compose-comment.jsx
@@ -334,7 +334,10 @@ class ComposeComment extends React.Component {
                                 'compose-disabled' : 'compose-row')}
                     >
                         <a href={`/users/${this.props.user.username}`}>
-                            <Avatar src={this.props.user.thumbnailUrl} />
+                            <Avatar
+                                src={this.props.user.thumbnailUrl}
+                                showAvatarBadge={!!this.props.user.membership_avatar_badge}
+                            />
                         </a>
                         <FlexRow className="compose-comment column">
                             {this.state.status === ComposeStatus.REJECTED ? (
@@ -443,7 +446,8 @@ ComposeComment.propTypes = {
         id: PropTypes.number,
         username: PropTypes.string,
         token: PropTypes.string,
-        thumbnailUrl: PropTypes.string
+        thumbnailUrl: PropTypes.string,
+        membership_avatar_badge: PropTypes.number
     })
 };
 

diff --git a/src/views/preview/presentation.jsx b/src/views/preview/presentation.jsx
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ const PreviewPresentation = ({
                             <Avatar
                                 alt={projectInfo.author.username}
                                 src={thumbnailUrl(projectInfo.author.id, 48)}
+                                showAvatarBadge={!!projectInfo.author.profile.membership_avatar_badge}
                             />
                         </a>
                         <div className="title">