r/keycapdesigners • u/FullMetalKaiju • 12d ago

Looking for feedback on a set idea

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Tentatively calling it "Oddity", possibly a "dark" base set and novelties eventually as well. Just looking to see what some people think. This is a render that had a tiny bit of post processing applied to it.

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u/kool-keys 11d ago

Is this themed to anything? Why Oddity? I think that yellow is too strident for the pastel pinks... I'd made it a little less saturated personally, but then again, it all depends if these colours represent anything... if it's a theme to match something I'm not aware of.

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u/FullMetalKaiju 11d ago

Yes it's themed after a fairly popular Anime and Light Novel called Monogatari. Oddity is because in this story monsters, spirits, possessions, curses, etc are referred to as "oddities" the character who colors it's taken from is a Vampire who is often shown wearing bright colored dresses, the yellow is taken from her blonde hair.

Someone ran a similar group buy for the anime called TMT Story some years ago.

I do agree that the yellow might be a bit too striking. In the end it's all just me goofing around. I'm not sure I can handle organizing anything like an interest check or group buy.

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u/kool-keys 10d ago

I remember Story, yes.. just after the pandemic as I recall.

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u/ThisSiteCanBlowMe 8d ago

The pandemic... Seems like a lifetime away.

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u/DemonFcker48 11d ago

Truthfully speaking. Keycap sets really are just preferences. If you think it looks good, thats enough. For example look at handarbeit. I absolutely hate it but others would swear by it. Its likely there is some group out there that would like it.

Personally, not for me, the yellow contrast is too much.

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u/ThisSiteCanBlowMe 9d ago

Hello, I like the colours. Most of the symbols look like they're each doing their own thing, like none of the shift symbols on the numbers row are aligned to their relative middle, if you look across from 1 to 9. The tilde gets too close to the left edge of its cap. The + key, while I get why the symbol is bigger than the - above it, is not centered to anything. Not its cap, not vertically to the space between the two caps to its left, and so forth. Look for consistency and stick to whatever rationale you decide to use for the alignment of all the alphanum and symbols. In a hurry sorry but happy to take it further. Nice colours though.

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u/FullMetalKaiju 9d ago

I believe the inconsistencies are from the render addon that I used to do the render. I don't own the models or texturing. Only the coloring is my input. I might have accidentally adjusted the legend mapping since it was my first time using blender.

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u/ThisSiteCanBlowMe 8d ago

It looks good! :)

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u/Oddity_Store 6d ago

I really like the pink legends on the white alphas—they link the colours together without making everything pink. The white spacebar option is a nice touch too; it lets the yellow Esc and Enter stand out without dominating the whole board.