This is a continuation of my maze design experiments. Read about it in post #1, One Maze - Many designs, then The first 5 experiments and so on with a new post every Friday, or just enjoy the ride.
The original maze:
I have been thinking about distractions a lot lately. I blame the pings on my phone. As far as mazes are concerned, a bad background can be very distracting while I good one can improve a maze.
I used Inkscape to play around with backgrounds this week. The maze is the same in each version.
The first maze was made using 3 large circles which intersect and overlap.
The second maze was inspired by quilts again. this version is more colorful than a past version I made.
The third maze uses 2 simple triangles to color the background.
The fourth maze seems to have caught a virus of small colorful dots.
The fifth maze is a grey checkerboard background.
What did I learn from this experiment ? The dots are very distracting. The checkerboard and quilts also mess with your eyes. The large design backgrounds are fine - no issues with distraction at all for me, they are just colorful backgrounds to enjoy.
