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Hoodie

Retro kid's hoodie inspired set: light gray, with red, royal blue, forest green and marigold panels.

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GMK CYL profile · ABS doubleshot · Made in Germany

GMK Hoodie on a navy TKL against a cream backdrop. Base with nine novelties in their keys' own colors, including the fried-egg Esc, the cat in the hood on Tab, the XL tag Caps Lock, the clothesline Shift, the hoodie Enter and the waving HI and BYE Alts.(open full size)
Navy TKL · Base + Novelties

The idea

A retro kids' hoodie, color-blocked in heather gray with bright panels on the sleeves, the pocket and the hood.

GMK Hoodie turns the board into that hoodie. Gray alphas are the body, forest green runs along the bottom like the ribbing, and red, royal blue and marigold land where the panels would be.

A cartoon of a kids' hoodie in thick marker lines on cream, waving one empty sleeve. Gray body and hood with a royal blue hood lining, a red and blue sleeve, a green and blue sleeve, a marigold pocket, green ribbing, white drawstrings and a small fried-egg patch on the chest.(open full size)

Where it started

The '90s kids' hoodie behind the set, drawn waving hello like the HI and BYE Alts.

Top view of the Base kit on a navy TKL. Light gray alphas with white legends, red Esc and Tab, blue Caps Lock, right Shift, F9 to F12 and arrows, green Backspace, bottom row and F5 to F8, a marigold Enter and spacebar, and an oxford gray nav cluster.(open full size)

The keycaps match the hoodie

The marigold spacebar is the pocket and the green bottom row is the ribbing. Base alone makes the whole hoodie, function row included.

Close-up of Heather Mods on a navy TKL. Tab, Caps Lock, Shift, Control, Super and Alt are charcoal with white, gray and dark flecks and white legends, next to the plain gray alphas and the marigold spacebar. A label reads "Mock-up · particle effect added after rendering".(open full size)

Heather Mods

The quiet version. The mods on the main block go charcoal in GMK's particle plastic, flecked white and gray like heather jersey.

Close-up of the novelties on a white 65%. A fried-egg Esc, a cat napping in the hood on Tab, an XL size tag on Caps Lock, a clothesline Shift and a waving sleeve with HI! on the left Alt.(open full size)

Hoodie doodles

Art keys in a loose marker-doodle style. Pockets, drawstrings, zipper pulls, a cat napping in the hood, and sleeves on the Alts that wave hi and bye.

Seven colors

Hoodie gray with four bright panels and two darker grays. Every legend is white.

Renders

Top view of a white NK65 with Base and every 65% novelty, including the hoodie Enter, the pocket Backspace, the hood-up kid on the backslash and the HI and BYE Alts.(open full size)
White 65%, top view · Base + Novelties
The Base kit alone on a 65% in a translucent purple case.(open full size)
Translucent purple 65% · Base only
Base with Heather Mods on the navy TKL. The mods on the main block, Esc included, are flecked charcoal with white legends; F1 to F12, the arrows and the marigold spacebar keep their colors. A label reads "Mock-up · particle effect added after rendering".(open full size)
Navy TKL · Base + Heather Mods · particle mock-up
The same white 65% four times, cropped to the bottom rows, with a marigold, royal blue, red and forest green spacebar.(open full size)
Spacebar options · marigold in Base, the rest in Spacebars
Top view of the right side of a black 1800 with novelties. A hoodie Backspace, the hood-up kid on the backslash, a pocket Enter and a zipper running down the numpad plus key.(open full size)
Black 1800, top view · Base + Novelties
The Base kit alone on a black 1800, numpad included.(open full size)
Black 1800 · Base only, numpad included

Renders by Good Egg. Every board is a 3D render, not a photo, and the Heather Mods flecks are a mock-up. Screen colors are close but not exact.

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Gray alphas with red, royal blue, forest green and marigold panels. The whole hoodie in one kit.The mods on the main block go charcoal with white and gray flecks. F1 to F12, the arrows and the spacebar keep their colors.Art keys in place, from the fried-egg Esc to the sleeves waving HI and BYE on the Alts.A royal blue spacebar, the pocket's other half. Red and forest green are in the kit too.

The kits

Base is the whole hoodie; the rest change the look.

Novelties

Laid out flat like laundry day: twelve of the twenty-three doodles. The cat refused to be folded.

The Hoodie base-kit box: the lid is the front of a gray color-blocked hoodie, with a red panel on the left, a forest green panel on the right, the blue hood lining, white drawstrings, a marigold pocket and a small fried-egg patch, and "Hoodie" across the chest in outlined red, marigold, green and blue letters. The front strip is the hoodie's green ribbed waistband, with Hoodie and Good Egg beside GMK's logos.(open full size)

The box

The base kit ships in a GMK box that's the hoodie itself: the lid is its front, with Hoodie across the chest, and the front strip is its ribbed waistband.

Where it's at

  1. Design (current step)
  2. Interest check
  3. Group buy
  4. Making & shipping

Design wrapping up now

Questions

Where is Hoodie now?

The design is nearly done. Next it goes up on communikeys for community feedback, where you can say which kits you'd buy and comment on any key. Join the email list to hear when it opens.

Will it fit my board?

Base alone covers 60% to full size and 1800, plus Tsangan and WKL bottom rows. It also has the ISO Enter, 1.25u Shift and extra ISO keys, with US legends, the 6u spacebar for HHKB and the split spacebars for Alice and other ergo boards, so no add-on is needed to finish a board. On purpose, it doesn't cover 40% boards or UK and German ISO legends.

Why GMK?

GMK's doubleshot ABS keys have legends molded in a second color of plastic, so they never wear off. GMK has matched every color in this set before.

What's the heather effect on Heather Mods?

GMK's particle plastic has flecks of color through the cap, so each one looks a little different. Heather Mods is charcoal with white and gray flecks, like heather jersey. The 3D tools can't draw flecks, so the Heather Mods images are mock-ups with them added afterward.

Why white legends everywhere?

White legends, like a print on a hoodie. The contrast on the light gray and marigold caps is low by design, lower than dark legends would give, so they read best in good light.

What if a kit doesn't sell enough?

Each kit needs a minimum number of orders in the group buy. A kit that misses it isn't made, and it comes off your order. The interest check itself is a free poll; no money changes hands.

When will prices and dates be set?

After the interest check, once the kits are final and GMK and the vendors confirm a slot. Join the email list to hear first.

How do I reach you?

Email [email protected]. Kevin reads every message.