KBM Pizza Rat
(https://i.imgur.com/GFwU1J7.jpg)
Interest Check Form (https://forms.gle/QUCUAZXbT3KpUFqh7)
Inspiration
I was inspired by the nostalgia of pizza in the late 80's and 90's and wanted to try my hand at creating a fun keycap set! Getting a personal pan pizza for completing your summer reading list or going to Chuck E. Cheese for someone's birthday and getting a slice of pepperoni pizza brings back a lot of memories for me. Also, can we acknowledge just how delicious looking the pizza was in The Goofy Movie, All Dogs Go to Heaven or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! My novelty designs are centered around that perfect, cheesy, but not very realistic image of pizza.
the cheese doe
(https://media.giphy.com/media/4Mciv6CVAPPG0/giphy.gif)(https://media.giphy.com/media/HFFkXFjMgxtOU/giphy.gif)(https://media.giphy.com/media/kN8P8JcB64fja/giphy.gif)
Kits:
- Base Kit: Large Pepperoni Pizza
(https://i.imgur.com/2K7y4Ky.jpg)
- Numpad: Detroit Style
(https://i.imgur.com/WC1OMSi.jpg)
- Novelties: Toppings
(https://i.imgur.com/Ipi8Zvy.jpg)
Three of each topping per row so that you can cover a whole board with
a single topping if you wanted to.
- 40's / Ortho: Pizzetta
(https://i.imgur.com/9ndBdrk.jpg)
- Spacebars: Breadsticks
(https://i.imgur.com/r4KhR3h.jpg)
Verifying if they have 6u and 1.5u spacebars.
- POS: Point-of-Sale
(https://i.imgur.com/iN47snC.jpg)
This kit adds text novelties to the F-row as well as adds top crust support for 60% keyboards.
Also pays homage to the viral internet meme None Pizza, Left Beef (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_pizza_with_left_beef)
- Alpha Replacements: Extra Cheese
(https://i.imgur.com/OJZV6U4.jpg)
These keys replace the pepperoni keys in the base kit to allow for more pepperoni flexiiblity.
There is a good possibility that these will be moved into the base kit.
- International: help me come up with a good name thanks in advance <3
(https://i.imgur.com/hYwB4ky.jpg)
Renders:DD-40 | dededecline (https://www.instagram.com/dededecline/)(https://i.imgur.com/mONUOkc.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/q47z62T.jpg)
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Bacca70 | Chewwy (https://www.instagram.com/mechsondeck/) x BlindAssassin111 (https://www.instagram.com/blindassassin111/)(https://i.imgur.com/oQi0VyU.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/dfI6vCf.jpg)
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SP-111 | BlindAssassin111 (https://www.instagram.com/blindassassin111/)(https://i.imgur.com/at6247p.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/P6g8tbf.jpg)
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Colors:
Crust: Pantone 1375 U
Cheese: Pantone 9160 C
Pepperoni: Pantone 2035 U
Red Onion: Pantone 2665 C
Green Bell Pepper: Pantone 354 C
Mushroom: Pantone 4655 C
Pineapple: Pantone 116 C
The legend color of the alphas is the Crust orange of the modifier keys and the
legend color of all the novelties and modifier keys is the Cheese color.
Deskmats, Collabs, & Vendors:
Coming soon...
Very Important Research:
I've been working on this keycap set since mid-2020 and actually did color matching against a real pizza in January 2021.
If you're interested in that process click the "more" button below...
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Purpose Statement
Because this is a very culturally important and signficant keycap set /s I spent many hours researching this culinary masterpiece. Color matching was especially important in my mind. Nobody wants a pizza set that doesn't look like pizza. I decided to use science...
Research Equipment
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My research equipment. Test subjects were acquired via Pizza Hut.
So I picked up a Pantone Color Match Card (https://www.pantone.com/pantone-color-match-card) (this was in like 2020 so this was before Pantone paywalled their colors, rude) but I didn't want to get pizza grease and sauce on the card so I lined the back of it with a sheet of parchment paper and cut a whole through the center.
(https://i.imgur.com/dBbinI3.jpg)
Test Subjects
I chose two test subjects: #1) a combination pizza with Stuffed Crust® and #2) a three-topping pizza with sausage, pineapple, and olives. The toppings were selected based on what I felt would make good novelties as well as what I enjoy eating (pstttt... the answer is everything lol)
(https://i.imgur.com/FaMULWP.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/VCwwKYE.jpg)
Harvesting the Samples
I dissected my test subjects and removed the best samples I could find on the pizza using my research equipment and attempted to take measurements of the colors using the Pantone Color Match Card.
(https://i.imgur.com/3V4RLlp.jpg)
Test Results
From my notes I recorded that it was too difficult to get a reading off of the pepperoni but the rest of the toppings I was able to get readings:
(https://i.imgur.com/pVz5OCZ.png)
I ended up using the suggested pantones as a starting point and lightened up each one to kind of get a ballpark for the colors I wanted. I think if I had better lighting it might have picked up better but I was doing this on the ground in my backyard because I am a professional.
Contact:
Instagram: keebnewb (https://www.instagram.com/keebnewb/)
Discord: join my discord (https://discord.gg/babyserver)
Special Thanks:
My brother: For pushing me to make a pizza keycap set.
jnlybean: For being a supportive friend and entertaining my weird ideas.
dazon: For the amazing renders.
mintlodica: For helping me confirm that my eyeballs do recognize colors correctly.
dededecline: For teaching me the ways of the keyboard kitting.
Updates:
SoonTM