类型: IC
作者:
bobasweatandtears
发布时间: 2020-12-22 10:53:13
更新时间:
2021-08-11 19:15:33
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110310.0
by Bobasweatandtears x Dudeship
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KAT Great Wave GB thread
Koyomi
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Groupbuy date: 21st June-22nd July 2021
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Inspiration
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
<神奈川沖浪裏> (c 1829-1833) by Katsushika Hokusai
is a woodblock print (Ukiyo-e) and is one of the most
reproduced and recognisable images of Japanese artwork in
history. World-renowned, it has had a profound influence on
Western art culture, but particularly upon the French
Impressionists which in-turn shaped the great wave of
European Modernism in the 20th Century. Vincent Van Gogh’s
Starry Night also clearly shows significant inspiration from
it, with him even writing vividly to his brother Theo:
Hokusais
“waves are claws, the boat is caught in them, you can
feel it”.
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In fact, Hokusai’s sophisticated uses of rich hues of blue
to create this striking design, led to European artists to
incorrectly deem the colour blue as idiosyncratically
Japanese, and fuelled the “Japonism” craze at the time (the
earliest weebs Japanophiles!). The blue in fact was actually
European in origin, commonly known as Prussian Blue, and is
the first modern synthetic pigment, spreading rapidly around
the world, causing reciprocating ripples of creativity
globally, from Paris to Japan.
There’s many details to
love, such as the intense dramatic tension of the gigantic
wave about to break on top of the viewer unfolding in the
foreground, to the contrast between the saturated swells and
the white crest of foam with its claw-like tendrils. Despite
its restrictive palette, it successfully captures a moment
in time, portraying the constantly changing movement of the
ocean and its vast power. Men in boats appear insignificant
amongst the chaos of nature, which even envelops Japan’s
largest and sacred symbol, Mount Fuji (a focus of Hokusai’s
spirituality). This referential icon appears as a diminutive
triangle in the distance, where it could be easily missed
and mistaken for another ocean wave. This defied traditional
Japanese compositions of perspective at the time, and
Hokusai thus skillfully blends European structure, with
Japanese motifs and techniques into a seamless work of
enduring international appeal.
To us, the significant
history behind this artwork and the pigment Prussian blue
(berorin-ai; ベロリン藍) highlights the role of cultural
exchange at the heart of creative discovery, and to continue
to celebrate this spirit, we’re using this iconic seascape
as the theme for a keycap set design we think lots of people
will also love too.
Design
Besides being a tribute
to an ubiquitous artwork of significant cultural influence,
we hope that our design is humbly evocative of the vast and
infinite seas and sky. From a deep, muted navy hue that
transitions to crispy ice-white, we wish to recall the
endless beauty of crashing ocean waves, summer skies, and
even crystalline glaciers. Timeless, enduring, and elegant,
the blue of water is able to evoke many different emotions
and scenes of nature.
During development I noticed that there are many keycap set
designs that are Japanese themed, and/or Blue,
and/or a Gradient pattern. Well you can forget about
the rest, because this manages to cover all of those
features in one go!
Triple Threat; true thematic coverage
Kentô (Kits)
- Registration marks carved into each woodblock so that
the paper can be properly aligned on each woodblock during
printing -
※ [Base Kit] - Aizuri-e (藍摺絵)
Alphas
※ [Latin] - Berlin Blue
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※ [Hiragana sublegends] - Hokusai (北斎)
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※ [Katakana sublegends] - Ōnami (大波)
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※ [Katakana] - Kanagawa (神奈川)
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※ [Colemak+Mod-DH] - Coastal
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Colemak Mod-DH for ANSI, ISO and matrix-like keyboards,
including wide configurations and DHk has been catered for
too
Modifiers
※ [Icon] - Spray
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※ [Text] - Swell
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※ [Japanese] - Umi (海) [Sea]
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-Row
※ [Standard] - Foam
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※ [Kanji] - Fuji
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Number Pad
※ [Arabic /Gradient] - Shoreline
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※ [Arabic + Kanji /Gradient] - Nami
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※ [Kanji /Gradient] - Soroban
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※ [Arabic + Kanji /White] - Froth
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※ [Arabic /Blue] - Thirty-six Views
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※ [Arabic + Kanji /Blue] - Depths
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Add-Ons
※ [Novelties] - Ukiyo-e (浮世絵)
- ‘pictures of the floating world’; art produced in Japan
in the 16th-19th century. Ukiyo was originally a Buddhist
phrase meaning ‘the floating world’ used to explain that
human life passed quickly, and later became used to
describe the pleasures of life -
※ [Novelties] - Mons
Essentially serves the purposes of ‘Blanks’ for
supplementing Orthos, and XT-layouts (side F-row
columns)
※ [Seigaiha Novelties] - Seigaiha (青海波)
- ‘blue sea and waves’; a pattern of layered concentric
circles creating arches, symbolic of waves of the open sea
and representing surges of good luck. Stemming from the
6th Century, and used on ancient maps and, this motif is
prolific in Japanese print
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Do note that for PBT dyesub this is technically possible, as
seen by KAM 80s After Dark sample (
https://i.imgur.com/Rm0xkPU.jpeg) by the same manufacturer
※ [Spacebars] - Sandbar
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※ [Mac] - Ringo
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Alt Modifiers
※ [Ortho + 40s] - Oshiokuri-bune
Icon
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Japanese Text
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※ [Ergo] - Edo
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Alt Language Kits
※ [Nordic] - Ægir
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※ [German] - Die große Welle
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※ [Spanish] - La Gran Ola
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※ [French] - La Grande Vague
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※ [JIS - Latin Alphas + Mods] - Katsushika (葛飾)
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Yoko-e (Deskmats)
- a print in horizontal or landscape format -
Ōnami
- Great Wave -
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Prototype:
The Great Koi
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Prototype:
Ryūjin (龍神)
- the dragon kami (spirit/god) of the sea -
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Prototype:
Ryū (龍)
Great Cats off Kanagawa
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Prototypes:
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Kyôgô (Renders)
- an impression pulled from the first woodblock made by a
carver (omohan or sumihan) from the artists original
drawing -
Please note not all the renders are fully accurate
due to legend changes, most notably the icon mods.
Please
refer to the kit renders to view the final revision.
Sunsetter
(Charue Design)
Argyle (Seoulcialite)
GMMK Pro (Glorious)
Cypher (Cable Car Designs)
Chasm (Valheru: dudeship x hark)
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Paragon 75 (Artemis Design Studio)
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Fuji65 (CMM.Studio - Mellperbia)
Aki-S 65% (Jeffccy)
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LX60 (Smith)
Entity:One (Dudeship)
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TGR Alice (Yuktsi)
Ortho
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Renders by dudeship -
Disclaimer: Colours shown in keyboard renders and diagrams should not be treated as accurate representations of final keycap colours. Multiple factors such as render lighting, and individual display monitor calibrations can affect what you see. Manufacturer samples will be checked against physical color decks of the Pantone standards selected.
Iroita (色板) (Colours)
- a colour block. A separate block must be carved for
each different colour for woodblock printing -
Photographs of Pantone colour reference (on paper); indoors
during daylight
Note that colours may be subject to change depending on
samples by manufacturer, and we are also trialing a darker
shade for the deepest blue
Betsubara (別腹) (Extras)
-“separate stomach”; the mysterious extra room you find
you have for dessert after a large meal -
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Asero Foundry
Cablemod
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Cable mod collab link
ArtKey Universe
Latrialum
Miroticaps
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Collaborations for other Artisans, Cables, Wristrest,
Kb sleeve etc. to be confirmed.
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BobaSweatandTears & dudeship
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Thank you to:
※ Hokusai - the OG
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※ Chase for his support and co-contribution to seeding the
initial idea many months ago
※ Oli for being a top
bloke and helping with icon modifiers, and assisting with
the vector files. The seigaiha kit was his suggestion.
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Kidviddy - for patiently responding to multiple queries
about Japanese terminology and JIS
※ Konstantin - for
his contributions to the kitting of KAT Monochrome and KAT
Refined which was our foundation
※ NoPunin10ded -
obscure language kitting is based off his work in KAT
Napoleonic
//Note that all kitting mistakes
here are mine, due to solitary attempts to adapt for a
diagonal gradient
※ Ai03 - Japanese text for modifiers
were referenced off the SimpleJA project
※ To all the
respective keyboard designers for granting us permission to
visualise our set on their beautiful keyboard designs
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ImperfectLink - for rendering help and queries
※ Dazon
for helping out with the technical side of the theme
※
Swishy from Keycapdesigner Discord (KAM 80s), and QQMBR (KAT
Specimen) for answering so many newbie questions when we
first began
※ KCD and ZDC server communities for
general feedback, support and resources
※ Designers of
other sets, that we have admired or taken cues from, in one
way or another: i.e. SA Vilebloom, GMK Masterpiece, GMK
Sumi, and SimpleJA
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