Maze Comic Book Cover #70- BRAINS

Issue #70 in my comic book cover series is called BRAINS and features the maze of a Zombie. The background was made using starryai. I had been wanting to make a zombie maze for awhile and as a comic book cover makes a lot of sense. I used a previous maze illustration of a brain to create the title background.

My comic book cover mazes can be found in 2 places:

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 1 (Issues #1-53)

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 2

To receive a book of my first year of comic book book mazes (Volume 1 with mazes #1-53) you can sign up for my book alerts - any time I launch a free maze book, or paid book (on Amazon), I will send you a note about the new book launch.

Maze Redux - Darth Vader (MOTW#174)

Back in 2019 for Star Wars Day I made a maze of Darth Vader to celebrate it. I was doing a new maze each day and I spent some extra time on this one because I am a Star Wars fan. You can find some cool mazes out there on the topic, my favorite being this R2-D2 maze. Well since then I have become more experienced at creating mazes and thought I could improve this maze with a new version. This new version becomes my maze of the week #174.

Here is the initial maze in black and white:

Darth Vader Maze

And here are the changes I made to improve it:

1. Colorize it. That meant making the helmet black and the maze walls/outline a different color (I chose grey). I also realized there is some light grey color on the helmet…which I never noticed before !

2. Change Start/Goal. I have found that I prefer a start and goal written out rather than large arrows which can distract from the maze. Also, I could not resist using the Star Wars font to make the words Start and Goal !!

3. Add a Background. Black on black with a nice red Sith glow seemed appropriate !

4. Breathing Details. On the mouth area of the mask I added the details of the pattern to better reflect the mask.

5. Paths widening. I widened by 50% most of the pathways cutting through the walls. This should help anyone solving the maze see the pathways much easier.

Here is the updated Darth Vader maze:

Darth Vader color maze

I hope you enjoy the new version of the maze, available for download in the fan art section of the site.

5 Interesting Mazes from Around the World that are Made from Plants:

I recently came across 5 more unique mazes from around the world that I wanted to share with you. From caves, winter wonderlands, blueberry bushes, straw bales, to lasers, you never know what the next maze you find will be made of. Let’s see what other plant mazes are made out of:

5 Interesting mazes from around the world that are made from Plants:

1. A sunflower maze from Australia

Australia is home to this unique and beautiful sunflower maze, which is located at the Majura Valley Free Range Eggs farm. Let’s get to the details!

Majura Valley Free Range Eggs farm

Location: Located at the Majura Valley Free Range Eggs farm outside of Canberra, Australia. More specifically:

728 Majura Rd, Australian Capital Territory 2609, Australia

Visit Details:

Need to Know: You can find information on the farm website, including how to buy tickets, since the maze is popular. Water is available on site if you have your own bottle. Restrooms are available. You can pick your own sunflowers for a small fee.

Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 9AM - sunset

Shopping: If you want to buy free-range eggs, lamb, produce, compost, or worm castings, you have found the right place!

And quoted from their ticketing site:

“What to bring:
We recommend wearing closed shoes, a hat, sunscreen, and a jacket for cooler days. We are a working farm, so be sensible and dress to impress (the cows). Bring some food if you like, and we’ll have some delicious produce, fresh snacks, and even wine from neighbours at Mount Majura and beer from mates at Bentspoke.“

Here is a video of the maze from a previous year.

2. A canola flower maze from Japan

The maze, located in Sumoto City, Hyogo Prefecture is made from 200,000 one-meter tall canola flowers in a 2,000 sq meter wide field. The maze is free to visit (but is only open for a short time) and is made by local residents each year. While finding a video or photo of the maze is difficult, I did learn it is not the only maze of this flower that has been made in Japan. Here is a video of the same type but from Yokohama Town, Aomori.

3. A rapeseed maze from China

Located in Luoping County, Yunnan Province I found this maze made of rapeseed accidently while doing a search for the mazes above. I consider this a happy mistake even if the video is somewhat old, the maze is new to me, and probably to you also. Impressively, this maze covers an area of 15,000 square meters which is a record for this type of maze. The view of the maze from a drone below gives you a good view:

4. A Mother Earth Troll Garden from Alabama (USA)

Having recently opened on April 1st, this re-imagined maze is part of the Mother Earth Troll Garden at the Huntsville, Alabama Botanical Garden. Designed by artist Thomas Dambo, the maze full of native plants and repurposed materials features Mama Zelda at its center, a large troll (approx. 20 feet tall) ! You can see everything in this well done YouTube short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kybdfvJ4WvQ or checkout the troll garden webpage to plan your trip !

5. The world’s largest camellia maze from Tregothan (UK)

When I found this maze I did not know what camellia was, but it is a hedge that blooms large, colorful flowers. It is also used to make tea (Tregothan tea website) ! This particular maze was only open for a few days, but the photos and videos look interesting. It is a circular maze of concentric circles that has a labyrinth feel to it, but there are choices to qualify it as a maze. However, it does not appear that getting lost or taking a dead end is likely from the overhead view, so if you prefer a challenge this is not for you (it is a decorative maze). For some great photos check out this article or this video:

Can you imagine the wonderful smells and sounds of walking through these interesting mazes ? While it would be difficult to visit each of them, the videos give a great sense of what they are like. These incredible plant-based mazes are just the beginning! You might be surprised to find mazes in other unexpected locations as well:

5 Unexpected Places Where You Can Find Mazes

Maze Comic Book Cover #69 - Cosmic

Issue #69 in my comic book cover series is called COSMIC and features the maze of an Alien. The background was made using starryai. I slotted it this week to help celebrate Alien Day on April 26th. I think this would be an interesting comic. Do you think the Alien is good or bad ? I have an entire book of Alien mazes that were originally free drawn and later converted to digital. It can be downloaded for free in the book section of the website. Here is the cover with a maze example:

My comic book cover mazes can be found in 2 places:

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 1 (Issues #1-53)

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 2

To receive a book of my first year of comic book book mazes (Volume 1 with mazes #1-53) you can sign up for my book alerts - any time I launch a free maze book, or paid book (on Amazon), I will send you a note about the new book launch.