Great work hog!
Would you please add 4 more Windows cap for each set! (2x 1.25u, 2x 1u). Here is my idea for icons:
- For set #1 (Dasher): The monitor of Dasher terminal has a very special shape, an icon based on that monitor is perfect for Windows cap.
- For set #2 (Dancer): An retro style radio would be great :D
- For set #3 (Ocean Dolch): A whale?
Icons of set #1 don't have the same style as #2 and #3 ones. IMHO I think they should have the same style on all 3 sets, and should be simpler and more minimalist.
I like the first set of novelties :thumb:
It includes twice the same cap however:
(Attachment Link)
Great work hog!
Would you please add 4 more Windows cap for each set! (2x 1.25u, 2x 1u). Here is my idea for icons:
- For set #1 (Dasher): The monitor of Dasher terminal has a very special shape, an icon based on that monitor is perfect for Windows cap.
- For set #2 (Dancer): An retro style radio would be great :D
- For set #3 (Ocean Dolch): A whale?
Icons of set #1 don't have the same style as #2 and #3 ones. IMHO I think they should have the same style on all 3 sets, and should be simpler and more minimalist.
Great work hog!
Would you please add 4 more Windows cap for each set! (2x 1.25u, 2x 1u). Here is my idea for icons:
- For set #1 (Dasher): The monitor of Dasher terminal has a very special shape, an icon based on that monitor is perfect for Windows cap.
- For set #2 (Dancer): An retro style radio would be great :D
- For set #3 (Ocean Dolch): A whale?
Icons of set #1 don't have the same style as #2 and #3 ones. IMHO I think they should have the same style on all 3 sets, and should be simpler and more minimalist.
I suggest a seahorse silhouette for set #3 as dolphins (7th cap from left) and whales have already quite a similar shape. :)
Be careful with some of the small details on those. The tolerances for double-shot plates aren't as precise as our graphics applications are capable of.
Big fan of the first set of novelties. What is Ocean Dolch?
I like the first set of novelties :thumb:
It includes twice the same cap however:
(Attachment Link)
My fault, there must be a rabbit there.
I'll mend it later. :)
I like the first set of novelties :thumb:
It includes twice the same cap however:
(Attachment Link)
My fault, there must be a rabbit there.
I'll mend it later. :)
Wait, a rabbit in a science-themed novelty kit? How about some kind of computer chip instead or a spacesuit helmet? :)
Edit: the Dasher monitor is also nice. I missed that in the comments. :thumb:
Not really a fan of any of these designs. I feel like a lot of your novelties feel rather unbranded and generic because they have no ties to parts of culture or pop culture that people feel strongly about.
Generally I provide some sort of constructive criticism, but in this case, I honestly don't like any of the designs at all. I am still searching for novelties for the Dasher kit; however, that doesn't mean you should stretch and dilute the concept to the point where it's just a pile of vaguely related things (like the music set; good idea, but the execution of instruments next to a bunch of random speakers?).
They should feel natural and intuitive. These just don't. The biggest problem, I think, is that you are dead set on making the `1-9-= into a full set of novelties, when you clearly don't have 14 keys worth of good ideas. It comes back to the natural and intuitive.
I will agree that having a set of novelties across that top row looks amazing...but only when it feels natural, like zodiac signs, or whatever. Just ask yourself this: If you were to view each of those symbols separately, what would they make you think of? Would anybody feel a connection to them? If this is just about pure aesthetics, then why not just come right out and say that, and start looking at complimentary colors (MOREBLUE isn't always the answer on a blue and blue set)
The only thing I have to add to this really, is the same photo I shared in the other thread:Show Image(http://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/air-force-1-low-stash.jpg)
I HIGHLY doubt more than a one or two people would even know what this shoe is, nor would they care if they did...that's not really the point though. Rather, look at the similarity in color with the Dasher set, and how nicely the tan goes together. Looking for out of the box complimentary colors is what makes a set stand out. In the case of this shoe, they go for 4x their retail value because people loved the colors so much. Quality over quantity...why not start experimenting more with color?
Also, your ideas are extremely abstract...exactly what is a "mechanist", how many people feel strongly enough about boats AND keyboards, how many people juxtapose a guitar next to a trumpet? when you're coming up with new ideas, maybe try working backwards. Rather than looking for a theme and struggling to find enoguh things for it, try to think of things that have 10-13 different things associated with them, and go from there!
I voted on massdrop. I'd be in for set 1.2. I'm not sure about the graph though, I'd rather see the R1 terminal icon repeated in R3 profile.
Is there a kit with R3 blanks for ErgoDox users?
That planetary is sick! How about adding another color, red, that match Godspeed red, the theme has resemblance and it will gain more people and bring down the price as it shares the same moulding.
Another vendor is probably the right way to go as massdrop is probably to slow for a GB this size.
Have you talked to zslane lately? Looks like he is planning another small GB of 1u blanks that would run the same time as dasher and dancer. Perhaps these kits could be offered in the same GB to maximize volumes?
That planetary is sick! How about adding another color, red, that match Godspeed red, the theme has resemblance and it will gain more people and bring down the price as it shares the same moulding.
How about this? I have just an idea to add a kit for Godspeed color. :pShow Image(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mBHKr78/0/O/i-mBHKr78.jpg)
Another vendor is probably the right way to go as massdrop is probably to slow for a GB this size.
Have you talked to zslane lately? Looks like he is planning another small GB of 1u blanks that would run the same time as dasher and dancer. Perhaps these kits could be offered in the same GB to maximize volumes?
Maybe his blanks key kit want to go through MD, but mine, I hope to sell with some other vendor.
I don't think this little GB will sell quite a lot, just to fulfill a little part of people.
but the good news is, after I got the price from SP, the price seems not very high than I thought. :p
My Dasher/Dancer BLANKS group buy will be very simple. I intend to buy a bunch of kits and then re-sell them myself. Since they don't involve new legend plates (or any legends at all), I can slip their production in with Dasher/Dancer. This is more easily facilitated by the fact that SP is already working with me as the designer of Dasher/Dancer, and the fact that I have healthy working history with them. Unfortunately, an extensive array of novelty keycaps would not fit into this process.
I fully encourage hoq's efforts here, but he's on his own in terms of setting up production with SP.
Count me in, those are what is dream on.That planetary is sick! How about adding another color, red, that match Godspeed red, the theme has resemblance and it will gain more people and bring down the price as it shares the same moulding.
How about this? I have just an idea to add a kit for Godspeed color. :pShow Image(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mBHKr78/0/O/i-mBHKr78.jpg)
That planetary is sick! How about adding another color, red, that match Godspeed red, the theme has resemblance and it will gain more people and bring down the price as it shares the same moulding.
How about this? I have just an idea to add a kit for Godspeed color. :pShow Image(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mBHKr78/0/O/i-mBHKr78.jpg)
Damn cool! Are you sure just providing 9 R1? I'm thinking people who are into this kind of novelties will gonna put them all they way on the top row which means from ~ to + even | if use HHKB layout (15 keys). Other kit that use this approach is Carbon both on the SA and GMK. And if we look at carbon again, although there's gray color version, people tend to use the orange version of it which means I suggest all red for Godspeed ver. I imagine red top row, blue mod, and a bit yellow on enter will be very refreshing. Or we could go all yellow too :thumb:
Maybe I just don't like the "caged" visual if you use R1 with the same color as the mods. Just to be clear this is the carbon novelties I mean:
(Attachment Link)
Notice that they're diffent color with alpha and mods, but yes the orange is used as mods legend so maybe that's why it is still looks good. IMHO red stripe on Godspeed is still good but maybe yellow is better then? So it's not overly striking as red.
Just to give some very rough idea of how they're looked like
(Attachment Link)
Blue
(Attachment Link)
Yellow
(Attachment Link)