类型: IC
作者: Hakatype
发布时间: 2021-05-17
22:20:40
更新时间: 2021-10-27 23:25:28
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KAM Soaring Skies
Take your keyboard to new heights!
Hi yall, Hakata here! Im happy to present to all of
you my latest project, KAM Soaring Skies.
This set was
inspired by the airplane liveries Id see at the airport when
visiting my family in Japan growing up.
I still look
back very fondly on looking out the window seat and seeing
all of the pretty designs, and I wanted to bring that
childhood feeling to life!
[IC Form]
To follow this sets progress, you can check out
[KAM Soaring Skies channel in the Keycraft Collective
Discord]
I also just started an
Instagram
page for the set and possible future designs!
Design Overview
Profile:
Glossy KAM
Fonts: Menco Bold (Latin),
Yasashisa Gothic Bold V2 (ひらがな)
Colors:
Pantone Reflex Blue & 305U, K100, Black will be
referenced with the alphas from KAT Alpha
These colors were shot under moderate, indirect
sunlight.
K100 is a neutral white, used in KAT Alpha (for
reference).
Kitting Disclaimer
As
a heads up, all of my kitting was done in Illustrator using
the 2-D KAM template, as my background and education is in
2-D Design. This comes with some minor issues that I am
aware of, most notably that you will see the difference in
color between my .ai files and renders, which is a known
issue with Adobe software. Adobe isnt particularly good at
showing my Pantone colors accurately, so please refer to the
colors above.
Redeye mode was just added to round out
the kitting at 21 kits, hopefully this strikes a better
balance between simpler kitting options and the
customizability KAM is known for.
Kitting (UPDATED 09/12)
More
Base Kit will have the option to remove the stripe if
so desired.
DISCLAIMER: JIS Kitting is slated to have a 4.5u
spacebar, but Keyreative doesn’t offer one. I am hoping that
if I and enough designers push for it, we can get this
compatibility either now or in the future.
Renders
More
U80 by RAMA Works
Fuji65 by CMM.Studio
KBD8X Mk.ii by KBDFans
Cypher by Cable Car Designs
This kitting is a combination of text TKL mods,
latin-only alphas, and numpad kits. A stripeless layout is
totally doable!
V4n4g0n by Trash Man
Blanks will have 40’s support out of the box, but may
require a spacebars kit for split bar layouts.
Nemui by Bachoo
Ikki68 Aurora by Wuque Studios
GB Date
GB Date is currently
October 28th - November 30th!
As of 6/28 the news
is that Keyreative has my initial prototypes in the queue,
but it will be a little while before I get my hands on them.
Will update when I get more news.
Pricing
Questions
Why does this set look like KAT Great Wave?
UPDATE: I have spoken with the designers behind the
set and they are fine with it. Still, its a totally
reasonable question, and I must admit that the two look very
similar. That said, the emphasis on the stripe is simpler on
KAM Soaring Skies and meant to emulate the livery of ANA
airlines with colors to more closely align with that. This
set was developed independently of KAT Great Wave and I hope
that the differences in inspiration, font, colors, and
kitting/profile can demonstrate that.
Why is your set not fully rendered?
When I started this project, I didn’t know how to
render things in blender. Now that I’ve learned how, I’ve
decided to not render this set, since I am more comfortable
using Adobe Illustrator to demonstrate kitting. Accounting
for that, I’ve tried to demo a few set variations in renders
in order to get people a better idea of my vision of the
set. Hopefully that’s a sufficient middle ground.
No NorDe support?
My focus on the set was Japanese sublegends since I
am a hafu, so I was wary of adding other languages to the
set. I do have more specific ISO/UK support as a kit
option, and there should be basic ISO coverage in the
base/TKL mods kit. Apologies for my America-centric
mindset, but if theres enough demand for NorDe, I will
reconsider. (EDIT 6/28: not enough demand was made for
NorDe, and I will be moving forward without it)
What about Hiragana-only alphas?
This set has cultural significance to me, and as far
as I’m aware of JIS boards, this wouldn’t be accurate to a
Japanese board. While I don’t mind the addition of new kits,
I will most likely not budge on this one.
Why does the base kit not have __?
The base kit is meant as a designers intention for
the board, if you will. By default, the base kit will be set
up for TKL and the optional stripe, in an effort to reduce
the necessary keys and make it a simpler/cheaper
purchase for most users. If you would like a 60-75% board to
have something else such as icon mods, no sublegends, alt
layout support, there is an Alpha + Mods kit combination to
suit your needs. Alphas can but do not necessitate a stripe,
and you can totally fit your board without one.
**EDIT:**I
have walked this back and have added more base kits, though
mostly in a compromise so I could give people more choices
without adding bloat. Since the set was initially designed
to have sublegends, all base kit configurations are with
sublegends. If there isn’t a base kit that works for you,
there’s a combination of alphas and mods to suit your
needs.
Vendors:
US - Vala Supply
CAN - Ashkeebs
UK -
Prototypist
EU - MyKeyboard
CN - zFrontier
SEA
- Zion Studios
JPN - Basekeys
AUS -
SwitchKeys
Collabs:
**Shirouu.kaps
Miroticaps
Mochi Caps
KikoCaps
Klaykaps
Colored
Controllers (keycaps)
Isoforms (deskmats)
HIBI
**
Artisan Renders: (HIBI)
To-Do List
- Get samples (PENDING, will take longer as I will get a full 60%-75% set for the samples)
- Make GB Post!
-
Wait for GB!
Special Thanks To…
- Keycraft Collective - An amazing group of up and coming designers in the scene, thank you for all the feedback and support! Id name all of you in specific but there are too many of you to thank <3
- Folks in CKC Voice Chat - Whether you’re still there or not, y’all have made this project so much more fun than I ever expected it to be
- Swishy - Your kitting advice helped me so much, thank you for taking time out of your day all those months ago. 80s After Dark was a huge inspiration for the kitting, and a wonderful set as well.
- Nhils - Your blender gifs really helped me navigate the UI hellscape that is blender, and I am grateful for the time you took to help me out
- mini - For proofreading this word salad of an IC and helping with the bbcode, editing is often thankless work but really important too!
- acitrin - For being an awesome friend and giving me the help I needed to make this set work, I was pretty sure this set was gonna fizzle out without your help.
-
kidviddy - Kitting for JIS was pretty
hard to find resources for, so your changes were much
appreciated. どうもありがとう！
To anyone whos been there whos been there throughout the design process and watched this set come along, I really couldnt have done this without your support, so a special thanks goes out to all of you!
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