The Blue Marble Keycap Set (SA)

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"The Blue Marble". While the original photographer is unknown, it is still, "one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence." This keycap set is designed around a famous photograph taken of the Earth titled,. While the original photographer is unknown, it is still, "one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence." [1] . When viewed at a distance, the Earth is said to have the appearance of a marble.

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Original NASA Caption, Saturday December 23, 1972:View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the southern hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the northeastern edge of Africa. The large island off the coast of Africa is the Malagasy Republic. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the northeast.





Technical Specs

May I present to you...

The Blue Marble

Version: 1a

Last Updated: 11/29/2016 @12:26 PM (-8 PST)

Base Kits

Note: The colors from these KLE renders do not appear with the perfect color, but are close. You can view the proper pantone colors here: PANTONE 4645c, PANTONE 357c

Child Kits

Example Sets

Full with ANSI

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + pH Tester Kit







Full with ANSI + (Novelties)

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + pH Tester Kit + Novelties







Full with ANSI + (Novelties) V2

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + pH Tester Kit + Novelties







Full with Partial ISO

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + pH Tester Kit





TKL with ANSI V1A

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit







TKL with ANSI V1B + Spacebars

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + Spacebars







TKL with ANSI + Novelties

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + Novelties







Ergodox

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Ergodox Kit







75% Keyboards (Drevo Gramr / Noppo Choc Mini / Plum 84 / B.mini / Etc:)

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + Tsangan







RedScarf78 / RS78

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit







Winkeyless (Whitefox / RS68)

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + Tsangan + Spacebars







Clueboard / VB660m / FC660m

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + pH Tester + (Tsangan or Novelties)







HHKB2

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + TKL Kit + (Tsangan or Novelties)







60% Keyboard (Pok3r / Infinity / B.Face)

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers







60% Keyboard (60% Stripe)

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + 60% Stripe







Planck

Needed: Planck Kit







40% Keyboard (JD40)

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers







Keypad / Numpad V1

Needed: pH Tester Kit







Keypad / Numpad V2

Needed: pH Tester Kit









+ (Novelties)+ (Novelties) V2+ Spacebars+ Novelties(Drevo Gramr / Noppo Choc Mini / Plum 84 / B.mini / Etc:)(Whitefox / RS68)(Pok3r / Infinity / B.Face)(60% Stripe)(JD40)

Example Renders

Note: These are not perfect renders and are just here as examples. The final product will vary slightly depending on your monitor/screen color settings. Some keys do not appear to be properly centered because of the rendering.

Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers + 60% Stripe

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Needed: Base Alphas/Numerics + Land Modifiers

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Acknowledgements

Thanks for reading!

The Blue Marble is the second keycap set designed by Omnipotent / io2red. The first keycap set he designed was is the second keycap set designed by Omnipotent / io2red. The first keycap set he designed was Planet Earth

To-Do List

Design Base kits & Child kits. <COMPLETE>

Design completed kits with different keyboards. <COMPLETE>

Decide on the keycap profile. <COMPLETE>

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Worklog & Changes

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Nov 14, 2016 - The Blue Marble work begins. IC Post started.

Nov 15th-20th, 2016 - Color speculation on ideal colors begins.

Nov 20, 2016 - Original The Blue Marble picture found and confirmed. Colors changed. IC Post updated.

Nov 21-25, 2016 - More experimentation with colors.

Nov 26, 2016 - Colors finalized & IC Post updated.

Nov 27, 2016 - IC Post updated with renders added.

Nov 30, 2016 - IC Post created, & additional info added. Reddit post created. Asked Melissa about requesting a quote from SP.



Topic Last Updated: 11/30/2016, @ 03:47 PM (-8 PST)