* They look very nice, I like them.
Thanks! As a creator yourself, you know how nice it is to get positive feedback (I don't think that's only me, heh).

* The colored version looks very good, although I'm not sure that the brown fits in well with the pastel colors. Perhaps white/grey would look better.
    Fixed; a lighter gold color looks better. I think that a grey might throw off the whole color thing, so I didn't go for that.

* There should be a standard Colemak version.
    Fixed: US version added - really just a long Shift key, and the rest can be edited in a Paint program.
The 'comfort' Colemak is still standard for non-US-boards though, I hope?  :)

So far I haven't gone to the trouble of making a 102-key-style Enter key. I'm thinking that everybody will understand the images just fine anyway. Besides, I'm not a big fan of that harder-to-reach Enter key since it's unergonomical. Not a big point for me since I now use the Space bar with CapsLock for Enter, but still. [Update: The images are now available with the 'inverse-L' Enter key as well as the ANSI one.]

* The bumps on T and N should stand out a bit more.
    Fixed: Slightly heavier tactile bumps.
I made the tactile bumps low-key since they are that way on the IBM keyboards. Some like them a lot and some don't want too large bumps.

* There should be labels for non-letter keys, specifically the capslock/backspace.
    Fixed; made symbolic (optional) markings for non-letter keys.
I use unlabeled non-letter keys at home for style points. But in the case of the Colemak there is an emphasis on the former CapsLock key which should not be disregarded (whether it's simply turned into a Backspace or a more fancy 'extend' key using PKL).

* 6 is very debatable. I recommend doing it with the right hand[...]
    Unchanged [on the main image - option to edit in the classical fingering with a paint program].
The '6' is indeed debatable. I've used the left hand on it for two reasons: Every physically split keyboard I've seen has had the '6' on the left-hand part so if I ever get one of those I'll be ready for it; also, I'm left-handed and feel that my right hand is getting too much exercise on the whole including mouse use so I feel it's nice to use the left hand for both '6' and my 'Ø' key. For now I'll just keep those marked as 'choose-for-yourself' fingerings.

Updated versions in the main post! (And check the folder if you need another variant combination.)

I went up from 72 dpi to 90 dpi. The former is really a bit on the stingy side these days I think.

And... how do you like this one:

   Didactic version, showing the new keys in Colemak!

I'm really wondering about the number row fingering. Checked it out a bit and there are numerous variants around.

I don't generally enter long strings of numbers without using a NumPad. Since my wrists are straight, that means I don't really want to adhere to the 'number home row' approach - that's recommended not only by Shai but by most places it would seem. I saw one place moving the 'home row' one key to the right, by the way.

I've been keeping my wrists straight and attached to the home row home position which means that stretching the left index finger all the way to 4 would be impractical. So the middle fingers do 4 and 8. Then it seems natural to help the pinkies by letting the ring fingers do two numbers each. They are weak fingers but as far as I can understand it works just fine. But I'm puzzled at the many ways people seem to be doing this. Also, when I try typing a few numbers it seems I'm actually using the right-hand ring finger for 9 and 0 like I thought - but the left-hand middle finger for 3 and 4! The hands aren't really symmetric since there are so many keys at the right side, but still. I'm confused now.

I think this has been discussed before; anyone remember how that went? I did find this thread by Webwit; turns out I'm using the same fingering as the TypeFaster one he describes there!

Maybe the truth is that these fingerings can be highly individual and even flexible with good result.

There's now a Creative Commons license, including the Inkscape source file and a bit of fun:

    I tried out a fun coloring scheme; maybe I'll mod a keyboard like that some day!?

    Another crazy color show-off thing.

In the future, I think I'll work on an 'Extend' mode image for my Power CapsLock mode in PKL! Should be able to use that as a PKL state image too.

Cool!

If you want to be nice about it, you should re-apply the CC license: You could go to the CC pages and make one (where you mention me as the original source), or just edit my license file to your new needs.

I primarily intend the license for the source file (the SVG/XML) but technically it goes for all derived works. The license says you should mention me (for instance, by the link <div xmlns:cc="https://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://folk.uio.no/obech/Images/Colemak/Cmk-BoardFigs/CC-license_CmkBoardFigIBM.html"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://folk.uio.no/obech/">Øystein Bech "DreymaR" Gadmar</a> / <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 3.0</a></div> ) and the 'Share Alike' part of the license means you should share derived works under a similar license.

Another thought: This search-and-replace in the xml code, could probably be scripted? So you might autogenerate, say, images of all the shift states and dead key maps in a .klc (or PKL .ini) file like what PKL uses? That'd be awesome.

Pictures are good looking ^_^

IMO, the DreymaR's preferred version in #6 looks the best.

Why not showing fingering of modifiers and maybe of function keys too?

Indeed modifiers and function keys are not essential to typing, however it didn't occur to me that such keys seem arranged to be touch typed too, therefore a suggestion in that direction would be helpful. Maybe you're right: being an Emacs user, I just do some weird typing (lots of modifiers).

Cheers ^_^

EDIT: Nevermind, lower modifiers are not in standard positions across keyboards, and function keys are not in standard positions on laptop keyboards.

A few more samples:

   
      The spectral color scheme I used at first; I notice that 60 dpi doesn't look quite right though

   
   
      A simple version without fancy graphics on the key caps, more suitable for scaling down (for a PKL help image for instance)

   
      I put on the markings for QWERTY and Dvorak in addition to Colemak, for the outsiders
      (it should it probably be scaled up for actual use; this is just a sample).

   
      A fun alternative color scheme: Feng Shui inspired!

I don't really believe in the energy flow talk around Feng Shui, but the colors are clear and I think they're nice. According to Feng Shui, the fingers have elemental (and thus color) connections:
- Thumbs are Earth (yellow)
- Index fingers are Wood (green, blue)
- Middle fingers are Fire (red)
- Ring fingers are Metal (white)
- Little fingers are Water (black)
- The left hand is more Yang (brighter, towards red)
- The right hand is more Yin (darker, towards blue)

Enjoy! And for those who'd like to try their own hand at this: The ability to script color schemes should be ready pretty soon.

Thanks! And go ahead if you can make a sticker. My reservations are about removing my name from the files and commercial usage without my consent. If you do make a sticker, take a snapshot and post it here.  :)

I see that my old university account has finally been completely obliterated, so the pictures have vanished from this topic. I may put some of them back in, but in the meantime here's a couple of joke pictures I made and published in other topics lately. They illustrate the image quality well.

   
      The Doppler effect! It has a red shift and a blue shift you know. ;) This is an untinted ANSI Colemak image.

   
      The old Star Trek joke! ;) This image is tinted, to emphasize the old IBM keyboard design that inspired my images.

If I might make a suggestion, I think a smaller version of one of the Tarmak pics (especially that gif?) would make a good forum signature, especially if there's a good intro post covering both colemak and tarmak to link back to.

I meant on other forums, for those who might not be familiar with the very notion of colemak/tarmak.

A tattoo, you say? I'll be posting a pic of my crotch area shortly, showing my studly Tarmak tattoo. NSFW, be warned.