Student ID cards

[Freshgeardude]

So I've been assigned to try and design a nice looking school ID. the one from last year was pretty plain. Picture, school logo, name and grade on a white background.

Is it possible for you guys to give me some ideas on what to put in the design? I want it to look professional yet at the same time look unique and good.


I can post a design I have already tried to make which I think is decent but not WOW. let me know if you want me to upload it.

maybe you guys could post your own school IDs or previous or something.

oh yea, its for high school, not college

Thanks!

Edit: size of card is 3.319" X 2.069"

let me know if you want the school logo and sports team sign

well the pic came out small when I uploaded it, but I think you guys get the idea

ID Pic

over the larger gray box would be the student's picture.

over the smaller gray box, would be the student's name. ( i am thinking about keeping the gray box in the background of the name so it is clearly visible

ID pic 2

some drop shadow added, just noticed that distortion on the ram, so i'll fix that up after some feedback

 

[Freshgeardude]

oh yea, in before Pedobear pic

 

[lxskllr]

Does the school have a historic building? If so, light line work of the building as a background might look good.

 

[Freshgeardude]

I saw some pic of ohio state described like that. unfortunately, no the school does not have a specific building that is old and special

 

[Rumpltzer]

How about a historic building or campus feature from a nearby, better school?

 

[Crono]

School colors, and sports team animal/logo.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Crono
School colors, and sports team animal/logo.

I like this idea. Make the card a cool color, add some eye-catching graphics without making it look too cheesy.

 

[Freshgeardude]

Originally posted by: Crono
School colors, and sports team animal/logo.

i did this. I guess I will upload the pic I have to show

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Freshgeardude

Originally posted by: Crono
School colors, and sports team animal/logo.

i did this. I guess I will upload the pic I have to show

Hard to suggest anything innovative, unless the school can spring for clear cards or holographic imprints (holo wolf!)

 

[Freshgeardude]

updated OP with my 1st idea for an ID

 

[Freshgeardude]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: Freshgeardude

Originally posted by: Crono
School colors, and sports team animal/logo.

i did this. I guess I will upload the pic I have to show

Hard to suggest anything innovative, unless the school can spring for clear cards or holographic imprints (holo wolf!)

well, the school has one of those standard ID creating machines, I dont think its possible to make anything holographic with one of those, because if it could, i might want to put the sport team logo as a holograph in the middle

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Freshgeardude
updated OP with my 1st idea for an ID

That looks fine. Simple, clean design, and recognizable.

 

[xSauronx]

neon colors, drop shadows, holographic watermark and a Liger.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: Freshgeardude

Originally posted by: Crono
School colors, and sports team animal/logo.

i did this. I guess I will upload the pic I have to show

Hard to suggest anything innovative, unless the school can spring for clear cards or holographic imprints (holo wolf!)

Oh man, clear cards would be pimp. Example.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
neon colors, drop shadows, holographic watermark and a Liger.

That would be ultra awesome. Nay, 10 levels above ultra awesome

 

[Freshgeardude]

I dropped the opacity on the Ram in the pic because I thought it would look a little better, would you guys think 100% would be better?

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Freshgeardude
I dropped the opacity on the Ram in the pic because I thought it would look a little better, would you guys think 100% would be better?

I think it's fine at whatever it's at. That's just a mockup, right? The final design would be cleaned up a bit (ram edges a bit messed up from pasting)?

 

[Freshgeardude]

im trying to fix it up and i am trying some drop shadowing, which seems to look nice with it

 

[Freshgeardude]

updated to an edited and larger pic of the ID, let me know what you think

 

[Jeff7]

Switch the ram so he faces toward the picture space.

Then the 733T students will get their pictures in poses to generate maximum lulz.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Switch the ram so he faces toward the picture space.

Then the 733T students will get their pictures in poses to generate maximum lulz.

That would work so well if they allowed the students to pose for ID pics.

 

[Freshgeardude]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Switch the ram so he faces toward the picture space.

Then the 733T students will get their pictures in poses to generate maximum lulz.

That would work so well if they allowed the students to pose for ID pics.

the school uses the yearbook pictures.

turning the ram around would be an obvious change that everyone would notice

 

[Leros]

Probably a terrible idea, but I think a line drawing a of traditional Jewish man (beard, glasses, and hat) would be awesome. Like this: http://www.24-7israel.com/wp-c...ploads/2009/06/jew.jpg

 

[thescreensavers]

You need to take in account shitty printers. btw!

 

[Freshgeardude]

Originally posted by: Leros
Probably a terrible idea, but I think a line drawing a of traditional Jewish man (beard, glasses, and hat) would be awesome. Like this: http://www.24-7israel.com/wp-c...ploads/2009/06/jew.jpg

lol that wouldnt look good at all imo. its a hebrew school not an orthodox (the most strict in following Judaism) school. they call it a community day school