Composite Card Front On the front of the comp card you want your most appealing, eye catching photo (normally your best headshot). You want it sized so that when it sits in a rack on the wall of the agency you can see it from across the room. Many comp cards today are still of a very minimalist design. They look more like they are designed for a museum art gallery than for today's advertising world. With a comp card being your selling tool it is best to use every advertising and design idea you can come up with to make it eye popping, unique, memorable, and effective. This comp card was formatted to print on half of a standard 8 1/2" X 11" sheet of paper. This format can be printed on a high-end laser or ink jet printer or for economical gang offset printing.