So as I said, I started on a G80-5000. I have no idea what the right way to do it is or if there is a right way. MY thought was to start by getting the key layout right which is the main thing then how to draw the bezel should be obvious. So I just started copying and pasting keys from a cherry keyboard posted earlier. I've only posted finished ones so far but here is that work in progress after only a little work done. Only part of the keys are there, following a reference image I googled.
Just added an update, again just keys, but I think they're basically complete. So I, or someone else if they're motivated, can draw a bezel and finish it off. This one is a bit tricky since it's split and has those palm rest extensions or whatever you call them. The real tricky part is when it's complete trying to do a split version but no reason to get ahead of things.
So another update, added a bezel. This is just basic drawing, outline the spaces, fill the spaces, tweak the colors, tweak the result until it looks right, upload it and let others take over the tweaking, :wink:
So there is the keyboard drawing from start to draft finals. First build start building the key map. Once that is finished, add the bezel. In this case, I'm not very good at this split keyboard stuff but took a rough cut at what that might look like as well. This was primarily done with GIMP image rotate functions. Well you first have to cut it to get the two halves, rotate them then paste them back together, or that's how I did it.