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【IC】【Art Print】 4C "Cherry" Poster Art

类型: IC
作者: hydrospell
发布时间: 2015-05-17 12:04:28
更新时间: 2015-07-05 22:18:09
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=71971.0


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Hi everyone!
I’m a graphic designer and general keyboard nut with 4 keyboards, one of them being /#endgame HHKB 1 (courtesy of Hasu who sold it to me at a damn good price) :)
Have also been benefiting a lot from GH, learning how to solder, hand-wire, flashing Teensies, the whole lot. Always felt like a ‘consumer’ here just taking in all this stuff all the while. That is, till the moment I saw CPTBadAss’ Tactile zine project about a week ago, it occurred to me that I can put my training/skills to use here too.
Which comes to the ‘graphic design’ part. I would like to create a 4-colour silkscreen print of some /#notendgame Cherry MX switches. Here’s a pic:

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The trick or ‘concept’ behind this is that with 4 colours, I can layer 4 prints on top of each other to form the final image. Of course, the 4 colours are red, green, blue and brown which are the 4 MX switch colours.
(sorry I can’t do black - it will block out the other colours!)
If you have ever taken coloured acrylics sheets and put them on top of each other, and see the colours layer to form a deeper colour, that’s the idea but with ink.
So I would make 4 templates, and print them onto the same piece of paper, like this:

This is hand drawn, so you would get a really analog look like the detail crop of this mockup:

With this Interest Check, I would like to find out:
Please copy and paste these, and reply with your answer to each question, if interested

  1. Would you buy this poster? [yes][no]
  2. How much would you pay for one, incl. shipping? [below $25][$25-$45][$45-$60][$above $60]
  3. How much would you pay for one if these are limited to 100pcs only, incl. shipping? [below $45][$45-$60][$60-$75][$above $75]
  4. Where are you based? [your country] (this is so I can find out what it’s gonna cost to ship this to you in a cardboard tube)
  5. I want to add a hand-lettered title on this poster too. It will be to the bottom of the four switch images. What should it say? [Geekhack][Cherry Blossom][ suggest something]
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Closing Notes
If there is enough interest, I would then determine what’s the best size to print these at (based on average price people want to pay and how many people are interested) and check out how much the screens would cost to make. I think we want at least A3 (297mm x 420mm), otherwise there wouldn’t be a point to this poster (too small). I will get the screens made and hand-screen these myself.
The other thing is, if there is enough interest, I will produce a small scale try out by making test screens and buying the correct inks and papers to do a small test run. This is to show how the colours will turn out. The above pics are digital mock-ups, so the real prints will definitely look very different.
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Thanks for your time!

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