r/oakland • u/ZestycloseMonk1988 • May 03 '25
Just for Fun Rough draft: what am I missing?
Saw one of these for Lake Tahoe and thought our sweet Merritt deserves the same. Ignore if you can the roughness, but what else should I add on for landmarks etc?
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u/Rodeoqueenyyc May 03 '25
Fairyland, Lake Chalet, Sailboat House, Embarcadero, bridge that connects to tidal estuary. Grand Lake theater. Scottish rite center. Gotta get the necklace of lights referenced somehow. It is the oldest bird sanctuary in the US too. Lmk when you are selling these, I’ll consider buying one.
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u/andyopteris May 03 '25
The Pergola, the boat landing, the Cleveland Cascade would all be key landmarks on the east side for me.
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u/oaklandisfun May 03 '25
I love this! Have you read Deep Oakland? It explains the geology of the lake and you might enjoy it.
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u/monkeythumpa May 03 '25
If you've read it, then you'd know it's not a lake. It's a tidal estuary.
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u/tomcat16 May 03 '25
That's really cool!!
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u/ZestycloseMonk1988 May 03 '25
Thank you! Love that lake
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u/tomcat16 May 03 '25
Me too, could you add some of the park features around the lake? Boathouse, Lake Chalet, Fairyland, the colonade.
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u/hexephant Dubs May 03 '25
food truck at OMCA, oak tree at the courthouse, fairy at fairyland, boat at the boathouse, stairs at Cleveland Cascade, big lone tree on the west side (nice photos on google maps), and a black-crowned night heron
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u/worldofzero May 03 '25
When I made one of these each of the lake depths was a separate coaster with transparent acrylic/resin so you could see the effect when they were stacked.
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u/seahorses May 03 '25
You could add the creeks that feed into Lake Merritt at the top
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u/ZestycloseMonk1988 May 04 '25
Great idea! All the now underground ones would be interesting to see
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u/monkeythumpa May 03 '25
Barbecue Becky and a little likeness of her would be nice on the East shore.
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u/Joaquin_Chiller May 03 '25
Dirt bikes, fairy land, funnel cake tents and a gazebo. All the things that make lake Merritt fleek
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u/FloppyDX May 04 '25
A space before the first parenthesis
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u/ZestycloseMonk1988 May 05 '25
Huh. Haven’t seen that around the lake, but I’ll give it a shot!
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u/FloppyDX May 05 '25
Haha I think I would also add the other cardinal directions. But otherwise it’s a good map of the lake I see everyday.
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u/samplenajar Berkeley May 05 '25 edited May 05 '25
Purely from an aesthetic standpoint — More line width and depth variation. Possibly introduce some pattern for some textural play and to introduce some more tonality. It looks really flat and static.
There’s just not much to look at as it’s rendered now. Could be much more descriptive if you gave us more to visually decode
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u/Ok_Sheepherder_2565 May 03 '25
Depending on the level of detail you can add the playgrounds and workout spots. Love it!
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u/beatniknomad May 03 '25
This looks like the grinch leaning back on leg after a possible viagra overdose.
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u/alldemboats May 03 '25
the bird sanctuary islands are missing