Hi everyone! I hope this message finds you well as we are in the home stretch of 2023 and close to entering 2024!
As of this message, the WS Akuamarin IC is just shy of a month old! Before I get into the juicy updates (and there are a lot!) I want to take a second and thank each and every one of you that have messaged me directly, interacted with the GH post, took the time to respond to the poll, or just stopped by and said hi! Thank you all so much for your support, without you this IC would not have blossomed into this much larger collection. It's been challenging, rewarding, and most importantly a delight to see people's feedback on my first ever designs <3
Now onto the good stuff, I have
four major updates to share with you all:
1) I have confirmation that the keycaps are going to be Wuque's first ever ABS set! Base kit is doubleshot ABS, novelties will be UV printed.
2) Due to the amount of interest in the keycaps, Wuque gave me the green light to design a polycarbonate Akuamarin themed Zoom75. Anyone who knows me knows that 75% is my favorite layout, so when the team asked me if I would be interested in adding some artistic flair to the Zoom75, I couldn't help but say yes!
3) In addition to the polycarbonate Zoom75, everyone's favorite Cream Soda switch designer PuNkShoO has come on board to help design some pretty fantastic switches to pair with the Akuamarin themed Zoom75. If you got a pretty board, you might as well have some pretty switches to go with it, right?
4) Wuque has already sent me photos/video of the manu color chip! Based on what I've seen, I have high hopes that the color is spot on! I should be receiving the color chip in the coming weeks to compare to my pantone chip in the same lighting. With luck, will have color approved before end of year!
As always, please leave your feedback here in the GH post and/or in the Google Form. If you want to ask me a question directly, please feel free to shoot me a message at my discord @ whysoda