Team Standards Design

[Starwarsguy2]

I haven't found a thread yet for all of the standards that teams have made to get suggestions. I have no background in design but I figured that I would take a crack at it. Everyone should post their standards below and if anyone has any tips they are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! :D
(This is in no way my teams final banner, I haven't even pitched the idea yet.)

[Anupam Goli]

I'm pitching for us to have a black banner with a large version of our logo on it. On the back we'll have a smaller logo with sponsors. Might make custom streamers for events we win, but that's about it.

[JoshWilson]

This is my first draft at a team standard that I threw together, because I love the idea! It's a bit bland, so any suggestions to improve would be most appreciated (This also hasn't been pitched to the team, and is only in it's first stages of development)

[AllenGregoryIV]

We posted ours in the gallery.

Link (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/42444?)

[JoshWilson]

We posted ours in the gallery.

Link (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/42444?)

That looks amazing! Great job!

[dubiousSwain]

Good effort Jake, I appreciate your initiative. Personally, my idea was to have Azure charged with the head of a robot Argent, four plates around made to look like moons, over a 3 point label Or

[RamZ]

Here's a preliminary design we've made.

[natejo99]

I've been thinking about starting to put together a preliminary design for my team's standard. However, for most of the day, I only have access to a chromebook. Does anybody know of any Chrome Web apps that might be helpful to me for designing this?

[Koko Ed]

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link (https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designe d_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en) that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

[dubiousSwain]

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link (https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designe d_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en) that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

Excellent presentation. I had forgotten about this, thank you for bringing this up.

[Procolsaurus]

Anyone designing a flag may want to take a look at this guide from the North American Vexillological Association.

https://nava.org/navanews/Commission-Report-Final-US.pdf

Basic Tips
Simple design: avoid small details hard to distinguish from a distance
Colors: choose a few colors that contrast well
No text: looks cleaner
Unique: choose a design that is immediately recognizable

[GeeTwo]

Totally unofficial, of course - we had several ideas presented this evening that were pretty cool. My idea of using the outline of our logo for the tails got a few positive nods. My idea was posted on CD-Media (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/42449), and is my avatar until the team picks one for real.

[Foster]

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link (https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designe d_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en) that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

That was a really great talk, well worth the 15 mins. (Plus it's a gold standard in how you can do a great podcast)

I have to confess the first time I saw "Vexillological" I said "Yep, seen that, illogical designs of VEX robots, good to know there is a word." :rolleyes:

Can't wait to see how simple and clean some of these designs will be.

[James1902]

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link (https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designe d_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en) that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

[COMPLETE TANGENT] This guy's podcast called 99 Percent Invisible is about design in all forms of life. Buildings, way finding, challenge coins, all covered. It's so good. Listen to this episode to get an idea of how it is if you're interested: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/structural-integrity-2/ [/COMPLETE TANGENT]

[JoshWilson]

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link (https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designe d_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en) that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

While I agree with the guy, and think it's amazing, I still think that the team logo and number should be present on the standards. Most teams are easily identified by their numbers, and the symbol pretty much defines the team. Also, most teams don't have any other forms of symbolism to add, making it very hard to do. Although I still think that everyone should keep it simple and clean, and shouldn't put to much onto the standards.

[guniv]

I dunno, I think MOST teams are gonna have their logo covered on their shirts, while their number is still gonna be displayed there on the drivers' station panel anyways. Having a cool, custom design for your standard seems like a no-brainer to me.

[Starwarsguy2]

I've been thinking about starting to put together a preliminary design for my team's standard. However, for most of the day, I only have access to a chromebook. Does anybody know of any Chrome Web apps that might be helpful to me for designing this?

I personally used Google Docs Google Drawing feature. It has a fair amount of shapes and is pretty basic but it still works.

[221Sarahborg]

I've been thinking about starting to put together a preliminary design for my team's standard. However, for most of the day, I only have access to a chromebook. Does anybody know of any Chrome Web apps that might be helpful to me for designing this?

I don't know about a Chrome app but I know pixlr (pixlr.com/editor) is pretty much an online PS basics if that helps! I use it a ton when my software is acting up.

[thinker&planner]

There's probably a better place to post this, but I stumbled across this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnv5iKB2hl4) TED talk about flag design, and thought others might enjoy, and hopefully some team standards will benefit.

[orangemoore]

There's probably a better place to post this, but I stumbled across this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnv5iKB2hl4) TED talk about flag design, and thought others might enjoy, and hopefully some team standards will benefit.

Check out Post #9 :D

[BenGuy]

What studios are you guys using to make your standard designs? I'm going to try gimp, just wondering if there was any particular software that worked great for anyone?

[Chief Hedgehog]

What studios are you guys using to make your standard designs? I'm going to try gimp, just wondering if there was any particular software that worked great for anyone?

Adobe Illustrator.

[GeeTwo]

What studios are you guys using to make your standard designs? I'm going to try gimp, just wondering if there was any particular software that worked great for anyone?

I used paint.net, which is about the same level of utility as gimp. I have used gimp in the past for projects similar to this; the change is simply because I'm working at a windows box these days.

[fayfan]

What studios are you guys using to make your standard designs? I'm going to try gimp, just wondering if there was any particular software that worked great for anyone?

We used Inkscape since we wanted our design to be a vector graphic, but GIMP is a good alternative if you don't care about that.

[Sperkowsky]

I would recommend all teams buy themselves a creative cloud subscription. It's really worth it for these sorts of applications and with the student discount its pretty cheap.

[Starwarsguy2]

What studios are you guys using to make your standard designs? I'm going to try gimp, just wondering if there was any particular software that worked great for anyone?

I used Google's Google drawing part of Drive. It is pretty basic but it is good for a quick rough draft. GIMP is a good choice, but I'm still learning it.

[Kevin Thorp]

Our former lead teacher put up an interesting link (https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designe d_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en) that made me completely rethink using out team logo in our standard,

Excellent Ted Talk. Reminds me of the "Death by Powerpoint" tips for good design. Working in industry I keep seeing people that agree with these concepts in theory, but have some reason why the rules don't apply to them.

Check out the evolution of the Apple logo:
http://cdn-1.famouslogos.us/images/apple-logo.jpg

It's going to be fun seeing all the cool Standards at the Regionals!

[Linkathon1986]

This is our design that was created by our resident media department.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_SLHJFxRjifSVE3UmRPaGxUV0YySldsNFZQRkxockJPMXZZ/view?usp=sharing

[PerryParadox]

I'm currently working on the standard for my team (paradox 2102) and i think its looking pretty good. Here's a link if you want to check it out, everyone else's is great too! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5XnrUskYabHblRVWUdLUXdQcEk/view?usp=sharing

[Chief Hedgehog]

This is our design that was created by our resident media department.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_SLHJFxRjifSVE3UmRPaGxUV0YySldsNFZQRkxockJPMXZZ/view?usp=sharing

I love this design. Simple - yet easily identifiable. Always top notch work 2512!

[Elgin Clock]

What are you folks using for the actual vertical & horizontal poles to meet the 1/2" OD criteria?

No PVC pipe is exactly 1/2". The closest I found was very flimsy hot water tank material. (Pex).

I think I've finally come to the conclusion that we should resort to using 1/2" OD wooden dowels to meet all FIRST criteria.

Am I missing something or am I heading in the right direction??

[billbo911]

https://photos.smugmug.com/Hobbies/2016/i-mGsTcS9/0/XL/20160112_171247%20copy-XL.jpg

[GeeTwo]

What are you folks using for the actual vertical & horizontal poles to meet the 1/2" OD criteria?

No PVC pipe is exactly 1/2". The closest I found was very flimsy hot water tank material. (Pex).

I think I've finally come to the conclusion that we should resort to using 1/2" OD wooden dowels to meet all FIRST criteria.

Am I missing something or am I heading in the right direction??

I drilled a thru hole for 1/2" PVC schedule 40 pipe last night and 13/16" was a snug fit - pipe is measured based on inside diameter.

I suspect we'll see either be 1/2" dowel or 1/2" OD aluminum tubing from a lot of teams.

[bmire3206]

What are you folks using for the actual vertical & horizontal poles to meet the 1/2" OD criteria?
mcmaster.com has a whole bunch of 1/2 in OD material you can look through including pvc.

[Elgin Clock]

mcmaster.com has a whole bunch of 1/2 in OD material you can look through including pvc.

Not sure where you are stumbling across those.
Even pvc pipe named 1/4" is coming up with a .540" OD dimension.

I just bought some Oak 1/2" Wooden Dowels for use on ours, and we'll make a custom fitting to attach the 3 poles (2 horizontal & 1 vertical) together with our EXOCYCLE 3D printer we received last year through the FIRST linked donation.

I cringe every time I see the Standard criteria drawing since there really is no fitting to link 3 poles together like the way shown in the "sample".

I also think a lot of teams will (mistakenly) be making their standard out of "1/2in." PVC pipe not realizing it's the ID dimension, and not the required OD dimension.

We shall see...

[GeeTwo]

I also think a lot of teams will (mistakenly) be making their standard out of "1/2in." PVC pipe not realizing it's the ID dimension, and not the required OD dimension.

We shall see...

The good news is that if the ID is at least 1/2 inch, there's an easy fix by using a 1/2" dowel and possibly a few wraps of tape.

[Sqrgz]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5nApcA_g6_7UFN6OFFBeTh1RVk/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5nApcA_g6_7SXBHdEI3WXJ2Uk0/view?usp=sharing

This is our team's design. The gray area at the bottom will be chainmail.

[GMeyer]

Our team designed this double-sided (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7OUxRmkBjGtV2Y0WWZmMUg5a0dWNVEtY2ZveXZwc2ltYUw4/view?pref=2&pli=1) standard (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7OUxRmkBjGtR1g2dlFkMGVzQkJlRHpBSk5LOVo5Zkp6a2lZ/view?pref=2&pli=1), with these dimensions (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7OUxRmkBjGtaUZXVEpfZUhTdFFPTXVjdGF5eG9tek9YUzk0/view?pref=2&pli=1). Also, just so Starwarsguy2 (and others) know, I've already started a thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142873) similar to this one.

[jordannlove]

Here's our team standard this year; we have different shapes for the front and back as part of our design. I'm happy with how ours turned out and how others are looking! They'll definitely be an exciting visual implement for the game this year. :]

[DictatorMarin]

This is the crest-like image I designed for my team's standard. Everyone keeps saying it reminds them of the communist hammer and sickle, which was unintentional, albeit still a cool comparsion. The omega is a symbol we commonly use, as we are Team Resistance, and the roman numerals add up to our team number, 86.