Author Topic: [IC] GMK Universe | GB May 3rd to June 3rd | Collabs announced (Read 46212 times)

Zetina · « **on:** Tue, 19 October 2021, 22:25:23 »

GB MAY 3RD TO JUNE 3RD

GB THREAD

Hey everyone!

Welcome to the IC for GMK Universe!

Hi I’m Zetina and this is my first set, it is inspired by some of the most iconic things in the universe.

If you have any question you can contact me in discord as Zetina#4784.

If you have time please fill the IC form.

IC FORM

KITS

DESKMAT

RENDERS

Kaze by NRD

ShianaSSK by Pensa73

Haus by Hand engineering

Cypher by Cable car designs

Ellora65 by Kiko's lab

VENDORS

US: Vala Supply

CA: Ashkeebs

MX: Rheset

EU: Candykeys

OCE: DailyClack

CN: KBDFans

UK: Prototypist

S. Korea: KLC Playground

SEA: iLumkb

COLLABORATIONS

Hibi

Inkblot

Kaphous

Landcaps

Melonkeys

Mozi

Namong

Level caps

PrimeCaps

Update Log

10-19-2021 - Interest Check Posted

10-25-2021 - Added NorDeUK kit

11-6-2021 - Added Vendors

11-11-2021 - Updated Spacebars kit

11-11-2021 - Updated Base kit

1-22-2022 - New renders and novelties

2-11-2022 - Added Ellora65 renders

3-31-2022 - GB date May 3rd to June 3rd

4-15-2022 - Updated deskmat renders

4-27-2022 - Added collabs

THANK YOU

FerPL for helping me with the design of the novelties

Vheissu for answering my dumb questions, helping me with the kitting renders and the signature

Vorge for helping me with rendering after my GPU died

Also thanks to all my friends from the Katanakaji server

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brunosan_. · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 19 October 2021, 22:25:32 »

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Coquelox18 · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 19 October 2021, 22:25:38 »

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MrBingo · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 19 October 2021, 22:31:05 »

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dededecline · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 19 October 2021, 22:54:40 »

I'd remove one of the two 1u spacebars from the spacebar kit. The second one is only really used for ortholinear layouts, which are not really supported here.

doggo1dance · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 19 October 2021, 23:24:35 »

dunno about the colours, but the novelties def need more work. i can see potential in it being better, especially the constellations one.

Pensa73 · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 01:02:53 »

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nvh2092 · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 01:19:03 »

I recommend adding accent arrows to either base or nov or bar kit. Also, iso novelties seem unrelated to other novs because they're not space objects. I really like the colors in general.

HappyB0T · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 02:58:03 »

Novelties need work. It is hard to tell what some of them are and the way they are grouped thematically is a little confusing.
If you goal is to represent the universe - I would focus on more space objects and things and remove the man made objects.
Consider pushing the theme of your novelties more star gazer centric or universe centric. Right now it is man made stuff and universe stuff. The universe through the human gaze could be a cool idea. There are a crap ton of space novelties out there so you have to be on point - GMK Apollo did it well. GMK Godspeed did an ok job.

Colorway is good. The deep and muted tones work for me. The accent color isn't my thing. Personally I think the yellow accent could be either more white and or more saturated to the sun color. Notice the text that you used on your banner pops more than the actual keycap. Those two colors make more sense to me and you already chose them. If you are going for a white L9 might actually work really well and it is a GMK stock color which would save turn around time. If you invert the blues you have it is almost exactly L9. High contrast can be good.

If you are tackling the universe it may be hard to know where to start.
Huge personal preference - I would much rather have a backspace labeled black hole than a picture of a black hole. Since you already have Icon mods text novelties could be fun.
Enter -> Orbit
Shift -> Phase
Cap -> Zenith
Delete -> Eclipse

You get the idea - Good luck with your first set.

devpm · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 03:21:36 »

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hali · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 06:25:05 »

numpad base please

Mena · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 18:02:21 »

Love the deskmat!

quarkworks · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 20 October 2021, 20:45:21 »

I love this

zea · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 21 October 2021, 00:16:58 »

please include numpad in base, not including it will make little to no difference in the price of the kit, and the people that actually want numpad will end up paying more than if you just included it in base.

other than that it looks decent

VellFlamm · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 21 October 2021, 07:19:03 »

I love the current kitting.

caghuama · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 21 October 2021, 09:11:54 »

Love the theme!

vheissu · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 21 October 2021, 17:09:58 »

Yoo, this is a really cool concept I agree with the suggestion to remove the man-made things in the novelties, also please consider adding numpad into the basekit.

NovaRMK · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 21 October 2021, 18:36:00 »

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fairypenguin · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 22 October 2021, 14:22:56 »

Oh this collection looks absolutely killer. Knocked it out of the park with that deskmat design.

Distracto · « **Reply #19 on:** Sat, 23 October 2021, 04:12:31 »

Can we have more space themed novelties?! Desktop is really interesting! Like the colors accent is a little off to me.

Quadrum · « **Reply #20 on:** Sat, 23 October 2021, 11:00:05 »

no numpad in base

Yuinth · « **Reply #21 on:** Sat, 23 October 2021, 12:36:12 »

Love the theme and the colors.
I agree with the novelties comments for the man made objects; you could put a couple of stars orbiting each other (binary or tertiary system or one eating the other) or a supernova or kilonova.
Also, I would like the numpad in base, but it's not a dealbreaker for me.

GLWIC

Sax_______ · « **Reply #22 on:** Sun, 24 October 2021, 17:30:00 »

Numpad in base pls ;^)

JomiKarloz · « **Reply #23 on:** Sun, 24 October 2021, 17:31:39 »

Love the theme and the colors, the novelties need some work, but still, Good luck with the IC

Hyphen · « **Reply #24 on:** Mon, 25 October 2021, 11:39:47 »

I would agree with both of the most common criticisms of no numpad in base and the novelties being a bit off theme. But that deskmat is very sexy to me.

novelflyer · « **Reply #25 on:** Mon, 25 October 2021, 16:51:00 »

I like no numpad in base kit, but I agree with other comments that novelties need some work

AshF · « **Reply #26 on:** Mon, 25 October 2021, 18:38:16 »

Nice CW.
Novelties need work.
Deskmats are gorgeous.
PROPER INTERNATIONAL KITTING please (UK)

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VellFlamm · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 25 October 2021, 18:56:24 »

I like the minimal + basic 40% support basekit.
Numpad's gonna hit the MOQ anyway if enough people are interested.
When 99% of the IC/GB are TKL or smaller, I think this is the basekit more people would prefer.

0x15 · « **Reply #28 on:** Tue, 26 October 2021, 14:33:13 »

Deskmat is dope. Base looks good. Novelties need to be more "universe".

alevyish · « **Reply #29 on:** Tue, 26 October 2021, 22:10:41 »

Deskmat is gorgeous, colors are very very nice and novelties look very good although some of them might be ‘too generic’.

Now, given that you decided to add Ñ to the NordeUk kit (unlike most sets nowadays), you might want to rename it to ÑordeUK

wink wink

merrytypist · « **Reply #30 on:** Wed, 27 October 2021, 03:06:10 »

I like everything about this project. Seeing that there is a Ñ in the NorDeUK, can we hope for a full ES (and hopefully /PT/IT) kit in the future?

KnighTayed · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 29 October 2021, 15:15:42 »

I like this set, the colors are nice and easy to combine with multiply keyboards colors.

Just two thinghs:
First, the ISO enter novelty could be better, in my opinion, it doesn't match the theme of the universe at all, at least as you have been representing in the set.
The second one is mostly a question, What does the deskmat mean?
I like minimal things but I don't get it.

FerPL · « **Reply #32 on:** Sun, 31 October 2021, 11:47:40 »

Love the novelties and deskmats glwic

fairypenguin · « **Reply #33 on:** Mon, 01 November 2021, 23:32:09 »

Quote from: KnighTayed on Fri, 29 October 2021, 15:15:42

I like this set, the colors are nice and easy to combine with multiply keyboards colors.

Just two thinghs:
First, the ISO enter novelty could be better, in my opinion, it doesn't match the theme of the universe at all, at least as you have been representing in the set.
The second one is mostly a question, What does the deskmat mean?
I like minimal things but I don't get it.

Looks like a topography style render of a neutron star, or maybe a pulsar.

keyosc · « **Reply #34 on:** Wed, 03 November 2021, 12:42:11 »

I love every single thing about this! Even the font you used for the Universe logo. Well done!

I wonder if we could also get the gold color as a modifier kit for other keys. I'd love the function keys, Control, Shift, etc in that colorway.

windlabs · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 04 November 2021, 02:10:41 »

good work

Zetina · « **Reply #36 on:** Sat, 06 November 2021, 17:47:24 »

Hello everyone!

Thanks for the feedback you have given, I wanted to confirm that changes on the novelties will be made.

Also announced the vendors for the set.

Mandabanker007 · « **Reply #37 on:** Sun, 07 November 2021, 18:12:30 »

Cool looking set

Mandabanker007 · « **Reply #38 on:** Sun, 07 November 2021, 18:19:08 »

Love the Deskmat

Yuinth · « **Reply #39 on:** Fri, 24 December 2021, 17:46:20 »

Any updates with the new novelties?

Zetina · « **Reply #40 on:** Fri, 31 December 2021, 17:00:36 »

Happy new year!

Quick update, still reworking the novelties, the only one missing is the ISO novelty.

gbchk · « **Reply #41 on:** Sat, 01 January 2022, 11:19:44 »

More contrast between alphas & mods please

taims · « **Reply #42 on:** Mon, 10 January 2022, 04:58:07 »

Any chance for light alpha kit?

konstantin · « **Reply #43 on:** Mon, 10 January 2022, 21:56:45 »

Quote from: Zetina on Tue, 19 October 2021, 22:25:23

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The R3 1.75u Enter key is not necessary for 40s support in the base kit and should be removed.
R1 1u Backspace is very rarely used, and including it in a GMK base kit where space is at a premium is not justifiable (especially since there's a R1 Delete key that can be used as a viable replacement).
You'd be better off adding 2× 1.5u Super and a second 1u Alt key instead of those two keys. This would allow your set to cover Mac and OG HHKB bottom rows, which more and more people seem to be asking for nowadays.
Either that, or add a second 2.25u Shift — the key that's currently missing for physical compatibility with 660 layouts. While 660 layouts are less popular now than they used to be a few years ago, physical compatibility still takes precedence over legend correctness (and Mac users still have the option of using 1.5u novelties in place of the aforementioned keys).
I also suggest changing the R3 1.75u Control legend to an icon (∧) for a more consistent look.

Your other kits look pretty good. No complaints there. :)

Coquelox18 · « **Reply #44 on:** Sat, 22 January 2022, 23:31:51 »

i love the new novelties and renders

novelflyer · « **Reply #45 on:** Sun, 23 January 2022, 14:54:34 »

The new novelties look way better than the previous ones

Will there be collabs?

Zetina · « **Reply #46 on:** Wed, 02 February 2022, 09:42:54 »

Quote from: novelflyer on Sun, 23 January 2022, 14:54:34

The new novelties look way better than the previous ones

Will there be collabs?

Hey! I do plan on having some collabs but nothing confirmed yet

Nurseh · « **Reply #47 on:** Wed, 02 February 2022, 09:58:22 »

Looking snazzy

TranquilMarmot · « **Reply #48 on:** Wed, 16 February 2022, 20:59:11 »

Love the colorway. Love the novelties. Love the deskmat.

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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe - Carl Sagan

nvh2092 · « **Reply #49 on:** Fri, 18 March 2022, 02:46:14 »

Hi, any updates about gb date?

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Author Topic: [IC] GMK Universe | GB May 3rd to June 3rd | Collabs announced (Read 46212 times)