Best artisan keycap

[ohaimark]

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Nomination rules:
Welcome to Deskthority's newest category. Artisan caps have exploded in the keyboarding community. It's time to recognize the immense time and talent invested in them. All Deskthority members will be standing by with popcorn and firehoses in case things get heated. Frankly, we're looking forward to intense competition!

Please suggest nominees for the best artisan keycap or novelty set produced after Thursday 3 December, 2015. Please choose specific keycaps, not their creators. You must provide an image and short explanation for each suggestion. You cannot nominate yourself or your keycap(s).

Current suggestions:

• Clack Factory | Mr. Friday | Herr Freitag
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• KeyKollectiv x Booper | Kosmonavt
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• Clack Factory | Toxic Roe
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• Booper | Keywok
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• Brocaps | Reaper
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• eat_the_food | Fugu
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• Binge/HungerWorkStudio | Otterophile
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• Binge/HungerWorkStudio | hungrkey
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• Brocaps | Gamer Set
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• Brocaps | Murderbot BroBot V2
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• Brocaps | Blackjack v1
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• Nubbinator | Dolly v2
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• Clack Factory | The OG Tri
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• majstor | Wood Novelty Set
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• kurplop | Planet 6 Set
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• Clack Factory | Flux Keypacitor
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• Key Kollective | Fruit Reboot
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• Suited Up | The Cavalier
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• Key Kollective | Bento Blanks
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• Brocaps | BBv2.5
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• Jelly Key | ?
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The first round ends on Saturday 26 November, 23:59:59 UTC.

[Belfong]

Without doubt - Clack Factory. He produced the best looking keycap that is cursed to drive people mad, lusting for the keys and driving the after market price up the roof.

[ohaimark]

I expect a few Clacks to get nominated. Can you give me some specific ones that you think are above and beyond the rest of his artwork?

[xiro7]

Without doubt - Brocaps. His quality, color consistency, and variety is 2nd to none. He also partnered with Rama to drastically improve the quality of the TMX stem.

[Belfong]

I expect a few Clacks to get nominated. Can you give me some specific ones that you think are above and beyond the rest of his artwork?

So we are also referring to his 2016 work, right? There are two that's on my mind. The first being 2016 version of Mr Friday called Herr Freitag. Here's a photo of it. It has a beautiful swirly base, nasty eerie red eyes and a nice avocado colour face.


The other work, also released this year is a key that looked like it was made with fish eggs, a greenish roe that look mesmerising in photo. I don't own this key, I'll hunt for the photo later (typing in mobile now).

Edit: here's a image of it by user iamtootallforthis
The key is called Toxic Roe. Notice the little eggs cramped into the key. It's truly a work of art.

[002]

I want to nominate:
Kosmonavt series by KeyKollectiv x Booper-- because they are frigging cool, that's all.

[ohaimark]

We need some specific keycaps and images to work with. I updated the rules to clarify what's going on.

Good job, 002 and Belfong. That's what we're looking for.

[Belfong]

Updated my post with a photo of Toxic Roe by iamtootallforthis

[Belfong]

One more nomination: Keywok by Booper because it's Star Wars!

[Jokrik]

I actually would love to nominate two of my all time favorite

1. Reaper by Brocaps
Long time artist, master sculptor and master caster. No doubt about this It's always a pleasure to take a photo of his caps. The reapers especially is a classic and will never fade. If there are any awards, this veteran is definitely worthy!



2. Fugu by eat_the_food
This guy is just amazing with his caps, the fugu especially is one to never look away. With roughly only a year in this artisan world he raised the benchmark so fast.

[Hking0036]

Otterophile by Binge/HungerWorkStudio is insanely detailed:

[ohaimark]

What are the bottom ones called?

[Hking0036]

Keythulu is the center, Keyng is the lion one. I was trying to show the otterophile on the right side but it's kinda blurred, sorry.

[ohaimark]

It's all cool.

[photekq]

I nominate binge's hungrkey :



Without a doubt the most innovative artisan key ever made imo.

[baotung]

I'd like to nominate some of the BroCaps that I have in my collection.

I've started to expand my collection a lot more lately, but from pure refinement and fun themes; BroCaps artisans are amazing, especially his gamer sets. Below are a few of the pictures in my collection.

BroCaps Gamer Sets


Murderbot BroBot V2


And my favorite, Blackjack V1.

[DanielT]

Nubbinator and his amazing Dolly v2, because he is an awesome guy, really the best and there is no circle jerk around his art, it is just loved by the ones fortunate to have one

[Belfong]

Nubbinator and his amazing Dolly v2, because he is an awesome guy, really the best and there is no circle jerk around his art, it is just loved by the ones fortunate to have one

Great nomination. Nubbs is truly one of the best person around Geekhack. Great character that all of us should emulate.

[Khers]

As clacks are the only artisans I care about and they seem to be nominated on a per color basis, I'd like to nominate my favorite clack, the OG Tri:

[kbdfr]

I would like to nominate the wooden keys made by majstor:



At least something else than those boring little plastic caps with their skulls, monsters, ghosts, aliens and other "trendy" stuff.

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If I may further comment all this junk thought as "unique" buth where practically anything is an iteration of what already has been done:

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All Deskthority members will be standing by with popcorn and firehoses in case things get heated.

[Belfong]

I would like to nominate the wooden keys made by majstor:



At least something else than those boring little plastic caps with their skulls, monsters, ghosts, aliens and other "trendy" stuff.

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If I may further comment all this junk thought as "unique" buth where practically anything is an iteration of what already has been done:

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All Deskthority members will be standing by with popcorn and firehoses in case things get heated.

Interesting keys and these can also go under Best Keycaps nominations too.

[Chyros]

Can I nominate the wingnut? I really like them .

[ohaimark]

I'll allow the woodies in as a novelty set. I had to consider it for a moment, though.

No, you cannot nominate Wingnuts. We anticipated that and decided against it.

[kbdfr]

There's something I also wanted to nominate here, but I fear it is not eligible in spite of the difference being really tiny.

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Hope there will be a warning before I get banned for trying illegal tricks to prevent others from nominating their preferred artisan stuff

[ohaimark]

We're trying to stay focused on input devices. Suggest whatever you like with the realization that I might say "nope."

[davkol]

I'm not sure, if this qualifies for this category, but kurplop's been working on a new fully custom ergonomic keyboard, this time called Planet 6. It includes custom-made metal keycaps, that are not only pretty cool, but functional as well.

[Binge]

I saw the Hungrkey was nominated. To folks who want to see the animated 360, http://i.imgur.com/ft4phZF.gifv

I would like to nominate ClackFactory's flux keypacitor which used encapsulated tritium vials to create a glowing effect - http://i.imgur.com/pCanQNV.gif


I would also like to nominate Key Kollective's Fruit Reboot which are multi-shot encapsulated seeds and colorways meant to mimic fruits you may know and love-

[OutragedPudding]

I would like to nominate KeyKollectiv's Fruit Reboot collection, more specifically the watermelon artisan! They're great for their simplistic shape and very clean details. The colours are always nice, too

[DrOpBoX]

Reaper, my preferite! the green and the blue is amazing! Really want both

[GreyAmbience]

Besides the already nominated Hungrkey by Binge, I really think Suited Up deserves a spot!

He is a fantastic sculptor and has made some instant classic designs that looks amazing with any keyset.
They carry the beautiful aesthetics of handcrafted keycaps in a fantastic manner. The designs are very original and are made in a way to promote many different colorways.

Some of my favorites:

The Cavalier


Hugo


Snapper


Keybuto



At the moment the Snapper seems very popular and it must have been hell to sculpt, but I my personal favorite is the Cavalier. It doesn't get more majestic than that.

It's so hard to pick one design but I would like to nominate the Suited Up Cavalier