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Title: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Sat, 06 March 2021, 21:45:13
IC Geekark Selenites, any suggestions/comments appreciated

Introduction:
Hi~I'm Mink. First of all, huuuge thanks to NightSakura夜桜さん. This set was created based on a set of "fonts", which was hugely inspired by the simplicity and elegancy of hangul and katakana, and the popularity of Japanese sublegends - something more aesthetic rather than functional(and I'm pretty sure more than half of the users can't really read hiragana). Combing it with some non-earthly elements and moony colors, I hope this selenite-themed set would create a sense of mysteriousness.

Why Geekark? :
Obviously, such a set would be too expensive to be a double-shot abs set, so it has to be dye-subed. Geekark is specialized in dye-sub keycaps, and they are the creator of some pretty popular sets such as MiTo XDA canvas and pbt versions of MT3 profiles. In case you're interested, in the newly published 3ildcat video, Geekark BoW was included

Collab with Holyoops :
I thought it would be cool to have something more interesting than the typical rama artisans. Thus, I made the call for a 3d-metal-UFO-shaped artisan keycap for the keycap set(just like the the little spaceship on enter key), and I'm pretty sure the design will soon be published. It should be spinnable, and we will play with the lights (shine-through? emit light from below?). I will update on this.

Renders:
Huuuuuuuuuge thanks to Imperfect Link for the template, and credits to the keyboard model creators
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Maja by Vulcan
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Phoenix NUM by Cable Car Designs
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Dalco 959 Mini by Hand Engineering
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I like the katakana legends pretty much but not sure if it's popular enough

I'm not a designer and this is my first time, so any suggestions are greatly appreciated(would katakana sublegends look good?). This set currently is only confirmed to be ran on Geekark. More vendors can be added if people are interested...


Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: dandruff on Sat, 06 March 2021, 21:56:38
I think the set's theme/novelties are cool. Just a few things to pick out:

1. Your base kit has the light gray space bar (only 6.25) and dark gray accents for enter and novelty esc.
- no regular accented esc
- no other gray (light or dark) spacebars in any of your kits (1x 6.25 light gray in your base (no 7u), Neither for dark gray spacebars
- no regular enter key (only dark gray accent)
(I doubt adding all of this will increase price by too much given geekark's recent pricing, but if it does, I would remove the novelties from the base kit entirely)

2. What are the R4 1u accents for? I think there are a tad too many for R4 (unless this was designed for ortho or something). You can probably just stretch out some of those and make them 1.25u/1.5u's

GLWIC though!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: nu_types on Sat, 06 March 2021, 21:56:43
Edit: I'm an idiot.

I like the design!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: vi0till on Sun, 07 March 2021, 02:46:40
Like the new font with latin sublegend, is it possible to have the light grey as the mod color? Maybe as alternative mod kit?

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Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Surefoot on Sun, 07 March 2021, 05:45:13
ISO UK 2 and 3 keys on the "normal" set miss the 2 and 3 legends
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: sloth. on Sun, 07 March 2021, 10:24:58
I love this set so much, I'd buy the no sublegend one without thinking twice, cheap, interesting and original.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: nagi on Sun, 07 March 2021, 13:11:07
cool concept and nice designs + colors!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: hottrout on Sun, 07 March 2021, 14:15:52
Unusual but original. Nice work. Keeping an eye on this.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: dirtegg on Sun, 07 March 2021, 18:28:35
very cool! reserved.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Afresh on Sun, 07 March 2021, 19:21:50
I like it! A lot  :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: chayu on Sun, 07 March 2021, 19:37:39
I love the novelties, they are adorable (especially the ISO). Hope to see this come to life!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: kumori on Sun, 07 March 2021, 21:30:42
love this set!
check your dms min
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: juice_pouch on Sun, 07 March 2021, 22:44:42
Original and delightful. Seconding calls for a regular Enter key, though.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Xeryn on Mon, 08 March 2021, 00:56:00
Quote from: dandruff on Sat, 06 March 2021, 21:56:38
- no other gray (light or dark) spacebars in any of your kits (1x 6.25 light gray in your base (no 7u), Neither for dark gray spacebars
- no regular enter key (only dark gray accent)

+1 for this note dandruff made. I think having the dark 7u spacebar and white (regular) enter key would complete the base nicely.

other than that, this is a fun set. can't wait to see the UFO artisan you mentioned. glwic!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: atlanticise on Mon, 08 March 2021, 01:30:43
this is so clean and cute! though i do wish the base kit had all normal mod keys - the cute novelty designs should only be found in the novelties kit.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: AppleLe4f on Mon, 08 March 2021, 02:33:48
Love it, I would love to see that happen
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Slayer77 on Mon, 08 March 2021, 03:18:28
Something new and interesting. Please consider adding 7u gray spacebar.

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Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: vanyll on Tue, 09 March 2021, 00:58:46
Creative and cute! And a nice colourway. I hope this makes it to GB.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: stellaidoscope on Tue, 09 March 2021, 15:36:47
GLWIC! This is very interesting, and cute!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Bachoo on Tue, 09 March 2021, 15:40:56
GLWIC, I really really like this concept
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: toastinato on Tue, 09 March 2021, 17:33:44
I really like this concept! Personally, im a huge fan of aliens and space so Ive been looking for sets with cool/different space novelties. Will be watching out for this. Hope it makes it to GB!Goodluck
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Friendship on Thu, 11 March 2021, 14:54:33
the colors give me moon vibes and the lunarian only legends looks awesome, looking forward to this!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: minicap on Thu, 11 March 2021, 16:43:02
The symbol alphas are so cool and the alien novelties are very cute! GLWIC, will be keeping an eye out for GB!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: handmademedal on Thu, 18 March 2021, 15:20:41
Looking forward to this so much! For the katakana, why don't we try other related languages? Katakana just doesn't fit right.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: DrHigsby on Thu, 18 March 2021, 15:28:15
Lookin' great! Can we get 3-key support for 40s in base kit?

R2 1.75u backspace
R3 1.25u tab
R3 1.5u enter

Thanks for consideration!  :cool:
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: summerqm on Thu, 18 March 2021, 16:04:39
Love the cute legend! I like how they have _just enough_ similarity to the regular letters but can still be seen as alien text <3

Could you please include an extra B in either base kit or spacebar kit for Alice support? A few labels of key sizes the kits will also be tremendously helpful! GLWIC :)
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: krikun98 on Thu, 18 March 2021, 16:43:07
Dual 1.5u novelties (for the Corne, bottom row) would make this very hard to pass up.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Mon, 22 March 2021, 09:14:46
Quote from: dandruff on Sat, 06 March 2021, 21:56:38
I think the set's theme/novelties are cool. Just a few things to pick out:

1. Your base kit has the light gray space bar (only 6.25) and dark gray accents for enter and novelty esc.
- no regular accented esc
- no other gray (light or dark) spacebars in any of your kits (1x 6.25 light gray in your base (no 7u), Neither for dark gray spacebars
- no regular enter key (only dark gray accent)
(I doubt adding all of this will increase price by too much given geekark's recent pricing, but if it does, I would remove the novelties from the base kit entirely)

2. What are the R4 1u accents for? I think there are a tad too many for R4 (unless this was designed for ortho or something). You can probably just stretch out some of those and make them 1.25u/1.5u's

GLWIC though!

Sorry that this reply took this long, and thanks so much for your constructive advice! I've been receiving complaints regarding kitting and I think I will remove novelties from the base kit. It was a bit of a mess, as I was planning to make sure that the "base kit" is enough to fulfill normal needs(I don't like the idea of splitting into excessive kits) R4s are a bit too much I have to admit, I was trying to provide more choices...It's my bad, I think I'll have to work on kitting a bit more. Thanks!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Nuclear Nachos on Mon, 22 March 2021, 09:18:44
huh didn't know geekark made xda canvas, the set looks good and the novelties are nice
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Mon, 22 March 2021, 09:20:13
Quote from: vi0till on Sun, 07 March 2021, 02:46:40
Like the new font with latin sublegend, is it possible to have the light grey as the mod color? Maybe as alternative mod kit?

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Thanks for the advice! Yeah, people are requesting for lightgrey mods, I wasn't confident enough to add that many kits before...Pretty sure it'll be added
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: chriszhu on Mon, 22 March 2021, 09:43:20
Those novelties look awesome!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Extra Fox on Mon, 22 March 2021, 15:32:49
This is good, this is really good. Please let this one happen!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Cubic // esc lab on Mon, 22 March 2021, 16:27:44
Happy to see Geekart being used more as a manu!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Musicmonkay on Tue, 23 March 2021, 10:36:23
Created an account for this! This is the first keycap set since the geekark triangle that got me hyped. I love the alien font but I really think that it should still be to some extent arranged in a way that’s similar to the English letters. Yo that X as an I messed me up big time
 
My suggestion, swap the designs for:
I -> X
X -> T
T -> R or K
R or K -> I
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: DerBonk on Tue, 23 March 2021, 11:34:16
I love all sets with Alien language alphas. This looks super clean and the novelties are very cute, which really pushes it over the edge for me. Would love some color in the novelties for accents, but I can totally understand if that's not what you are going for here. I would definitely go for the base kit without sublegends, novelties and space bars. Good luck with the IC!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Thu, 25 March 2021, 09:30:01
Quote from: Surefoot on Sun, 07 March 2021, 05:45:13
ISO UK 2 and 3 keys on the "normal" set miss the 2 and 3 legends

Nice catch! Really appreciate it! My bad. :-[ :-[
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: ogp3 on Thu, 25 March 2021, 09:34:43
This is pretty sweet :D
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Thu, 25 March 2021, 09:47:15
Quote from: Nuclear Nachos on Mon, 22 March 2021, 09:18:44
huh didn't know geekark made xda canvas, the set looks good and the novelties are nice

Quote from: loop | esc lab on Mon, 22 March 2021, 16:27:44
Happy to see Geekart being used more as a manu!

I personally think they have top notch quality(comparable or even better but cheaper than epbt), all they need is a bit more exposure.

By the way, it's Geekark who designed XDA profile, so technically they are the only one eligible for manufacturing XDA profile keycaps.

Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Cubic // esc lab on Thu, 25 March 2021, 09:48:07
Quote from: min_K on Thu, 25 March 2021, 09:47:15
Quote from: Nuclear Nachos on Mon, 22 March 2021, 09:18:44
huh didn't know geekark made xda canvas, the set looks good and the novelties are nice

Quote from: loop | esc lab on Mon, 22 March 2021, 16:27:44
Happy to see Geekart being used more as a manu!

I personally think they have top notch quality(comparable or even better but cheaper than epbt), all they need is a bit more exposure.

By the way, it's Geekark who designed XDA profile, so technically they are the only one eligible for manufacturing XDA profile keycaps.
Agreed entirely

I have some Geekart BoW coming and I can't wait
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Bub on Thu, 25 March 2021, 11:29:02
Quote from: loop | esc lab on Thu, 25 March 2021, 09:48:07
I have some Geekart BoW coming and I can't wait

This reminds me... Is the white here the same as Geekark BoW? Or is it a cream? I'd buy the novs kit just to go with BoW if the colors matched
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Fri, 26 March 2021, 10:11:07
Quote from: sloth. on Sun, 07 March 2021, 10:24:58
I love this set so much, I'd buy the no sublegend one without thinking twice, cheap, interesting and original.

Quote from: AppleLe4f on Mon, 08 March 2021, 02:33:48
Love it, I would love to see that happen

Quote from: hottrout on Sun, 07 March 2021, 14:15:52
Unusual but original. Nice work. Keeping an eye on this.

Quote from: vanyll on Tue, 09 March 2021, 00:58:46
Creative and cute! And a nice colourway. I hope this makes it to GB.

Quote from: Bachoo on Tue, 09 March 2021, 15:40:56
GLWIC, I really really like this concept


Quote from: Afresh on Sun, 07 March 2021, 19:21:50
I like it! A lot  :thumb:

Quote from: stellaidoscope on Tue, 09 March 2021, 15:36:47
GLWIC! This is very interesting, and cute!

Quote from: Extra Fox on Mon, 22 March 2021, 15:32:49
This is good, this is really good. Please let this one happen!

Thanks for the support! ㅠ^ㅠ
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Fri, 26 March 2021, 10:28:40
Quote from: Musicmonkay on Tue, 23 March 2021, 10:36:23
Created an account for this! This is the first keycap set since the geekark triangle that got me hyped. I love the alien font but I really think that it should still be to some extent arranged in a way that’s similar to the English letters. Yo that X as an I messed me up big time
 
My suggestion, swap the designs for:
I -> X
X -> T
T -> R or K
R or K -> I

Glad you liked it, and thanks so much that you looked into it! As a fact, I switched X and I intentionally, as "I" was the current "X" at first! But after using it for a while I realized how the "+" was visually smaller than the other characters, so it doesn't fit that well with the other characters and it's better if it's an X as it's used less frequently. I also wanted the vowels to be basic shapes and I thought "ᐃ,ロ,Χ,O,ᐁ"would look better than"ᐃ,ロ,＋,O,ᐁ", and it's then that I decided to switch them. I understand how you feel that way, because I also thought about it for a while...

I think you might be right, maybe it should be better to switch them back to make sure that they are to some extent similar to English characters.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: min_K on Fri, 26 March 2021, 10:32:52
Quote from: Bub on Thu, 25 March 2021, 11:29:02
Quote from: loop | esc lab on Thu, 25 March 2021, 09:48:07
I have some Geekart BoW coming and I can't wait

This reminds me... Is the white here the same as Geekark BoW? Or is it a cream? I'd buy the novs kit just to go with BoW if the colors matched

Great point! I haven't decided exactly what color to use though I think cream would definitely look better as it's what I chose before, but...I have Geekark BoW R1 myself, and I think it's a great idea to make the novelties compatible with BoW...!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Musicmonkay on Sat, 27 March 2021, 11:26:14
<3 looking forward to seeing this on one of my keebs!!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: HappyB0T on Sat, 27 March 2021, 21:42:54
Novelties are A+
In for at least those.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: hello21 on Sat, 27 March 2021, 22:31:21
Alien-only base kit so dope
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: DerBonk on Sun, 28 March 2021, 00:24:12
I keep looking at this, absolutely in love witht the Alien-only base kit.

If you go the BoW route, maybe it would make sense to seperate the alphas and the mods? Don't know if that works with Geekark kitting, but then people who have BoW Latin alphas could opt for just the mods. Most people who need Latin alphas might still enjoy Alien mods (esp. for Home, Insert, PgUp/Down etc) and pick those up together with novelties? Maybe an accent kit with alien colors would also be interesting in that case. But I don't know how much this would raise the price for the Alien alphas plus mods vs. one base kit.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: sunnysidecali on Sun, 28 March 2021, 04:31:55
Love the novelties! Can't wait.
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: geec on Tue, 30 March 2021, 09:57:31
I'm in!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Musicmonkay on Fri, 14 May 2021, 23:27:56
Just checking in! Any updates on this set?
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: 傻子 on Sat, 15 May 2021, 06:44:04
Quote from: Musicmonkay on Fri, 14 May 2021, 23:27:56
Just checking in! Any updates on this set?


according to a update here：https://www.zfrontier.com/app/flow/29oyOxEkKk3O
I thk GB will start at june
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Curious Yellow on Sun, 16 May 2021, 07:52:43
Anything on pricing please?
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: Musicmonkay on Sun, 16 May 2021, 10:21:38
Quote from: 傻子 on Sat, 15 May 2021, 06:44:04
Quote from: Musicmonkay on Fri, 14 May 2021, 23:27:56
Just checking in! Any updates on this set?


according to a update here：https://www.zfrontier.com/app/flow/29oyOxEkKk3O
I thk GB will start at june

Thank you!
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: DeMechanica on Sun, 16 May 2021, 22:36:23
I’d be keen with those legends as sub legends and Latin alphas
Title: Re: [IC] Geekark Selenites(Lunarians)
Post by: DerBonk on Thu, 18 November 2021, 10:11:27
This never ran, did it? Cannot find any information on it after May.