One Maze - Many designs - experiment #10

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, or just enjoy the ride.

The original maze:

Simple Maze

  • The first maze is a thick lines maze. Nothing special.

  • The second maze is a tiny pathways maze. I expanded everything until the pathways were skinny compared to the rest of the maze.

  • The third maze was done using a gradient filter for the inside pathways. It gives it a unique color.

  • The fourth maze I put the original maze into starryai and asked it to make it more interesting. It decided that it needed to be skinnier I guess ?

  • The fifth maze uses a filter called space to make everything look like the nighttime sky.

Nothing earth shattering here. Just me playing around with filters and lines to see what happens.

World Record Hand Drawn Maze - 1,500 Feet long

If you are a maze lover you will love this story.

If you love to solve mazes this maze might be a bit intimidating.

If you are a maze maker you will really appreciate how much work this is to make.

If you are a record holder of anything, you understand the dedication and time that doing something like this takes.

If you are Michelle Boggess-Nunley, well this blog post is about your record ! Congratulations !

In case you missed it, the world record for longest hand drawn maze (at around 1,500 ft long) was broken by Michigan based artist Michelle Boggess-Nunley in 2022. To read about the maze which took about 300 hours to make, her life, and her mazes, check out this article which includes a nice long interview. You can find a photo of final maze wrapped around a soccer field in the article to give you an idea of the scale !

To find her artwork, check out her website where you can buy maze prints and downloads. She also has some really nice non-maze artwork available.

Why not get deep into the rabbit hole with a video about the making of the record maze:

 

In order to break a record, a record needs to have been set. Luckily, YouTube has 2 of the previous record holders works that you can learn about. Here is a video of Eric Eckert making the previous record maze that measured 1,072.08 square feet ! You can read about his maze making in the linked article. He also has a website idrawmazes that features his work - pop art icons in mazes !

And records are made to be broken. Before Eric the record was held by Joe Wos (his maze was 4ft x 30ft). Here is an article about that maze, which was imbedded with over 100 illustrations. Joe currently runs MazeToons, his website dedicated to maze cartoons. Here is his largest maze video:

Would you like to be a part of this blog post ? “Just” break the record and I’ll add you. Good luck ! I for one, will not be attempting it !

Personally, I have a group of large mazes that are tiny compared to the above you can check out for free on the site. Here are the themed mazes:

And I also have made mazes of a lot of skyscrapers, with my Empire State Building Maze being the largest at just under 3 feet wide by 8.9 feet tall in full resolution. It took me months to make (I was using Microsoft Paint at the time and building it pixel by pixel - definitely not recommended !). So if we take the record of 1500 feet long divided by 8.9 feet….I would need 169 ESB mazes end to end to top the record. Unbelievable !

Happy Maze-ing !

My Favorite Maze and Labyrinth Videos

I go on YouTube sometimes and I get lost for hours. It really sucks my time away and stops me from getting things done. You’ve been there too ? At least with some of the things I watch I come away as a smarter person. Well today I am going to use YouTube to my advantage. I’m going to use it to show you some of the wormholes I have gone down. And it’s all about mazes and labyrinths. So let’s get your algorithm ready to be changed !!

17 of My Favorite Maze and Labyrinth Videos

4 ANIMAL MAZE VIDEOS:

  • A Giant Cat Maze

    Let’s start with a cat video because that is how the internet was invented (Probably). And the cute factor is high because it’s kittens !!!!

 

  • A massive Hamster Maze

    And let’s keep the animal theme going with a great Hamster Maze with some nice Super Mario theme work !

 

  • Cats deal with a plastic wrap maze

    Oh, you thought we were done with cat videos. Nope. No. NO. MORE CAT VIDEOS !!!! I love the YouTube Channel Kittisaurus. If you like cats you already know this channel. Highly recommended.

 

  • Octopus vs Maze

This is a video many of you have seen based on the enormous number of views. Sashimi, the octopus is fascinating to watch no matter what she is doing. Add a maze (obstacle course) and it’s a great for me. You also will learn a lot about the fascinating creatures along the way.

 

4 REAL WORLD MAZE AND LABYRINTH VIDEOS:

  • A look at 15 confusing real world mazes

Everyone loves a good countdown list, in a blog or a vlog. Here is a video showing the 15 Most confusing mazes in the physical world. As someone who makes mazes on paper and on screens I love and respect these large scale projects !

 

  • An educational look at labyrinths x2

    Time to look at some labyrinth videos ! While most of things I watch are fun and interesting I do like the occasional educational. With labyrinths that is a lot of what you find, like these 2 informational videos:

 

  • A look at a variety of ancient Labyrinths

How about a top 10 list ? Got it !

 

6 VIDEOS ON MAZES IN POP CULTURE:

  • A broad look at mazes and labyrinths in pop culture

    Great thumbnail from VSauce.

 

  • National Geographic discussing mazes

    And we have a video from National Geographic about mazes that features a maze at the National Atrium Museum in Washington DC an discusses the brain when we are solving a maze.

 

  • A huge Minecraft maze

    And I just had to add this long video (all 44 minutes of it) from Forge Labs that features a giant haunted maze in Minecraft.

 

  • Mazes by MrBeast x2

    And you can’t have YouTube without MrBeast. Here are 2 videos of a $10K maze challenge. He also did a laser maze challenge !

 
 

3 VIDEOS ON MAZE ART AND DESIGN:

  • A short feature on maze designer Adrian Fisher

A quick feature on the Godfather of Mazes Adrian Fisher with some great aerial video of some of his work from around the world. Speaks about his life and how he came to design over 700 mazes around the world. Check out the thumbnail of this hedge maze !

 

  • Some detailed maze art of a spider

I found this maze of a spider on YouTube and wanted to share it. This is really detailed and wonderful ! It is by K Lars Lohn of Corvalis, Oregon, the artist/owner of twobraids.art. While this video is impressive, check out his website for more amazing maze art !

 

  • A maze art scene being made

And of course, while all of the above creators have millions of subscribers, I currently have less than 30. Here is a video of one of my mazes being made. I like it.

 

And we haven’t touched on corn mazes yet (called maize mazes in some countries). But I love to see them being made ! The problem is there are so many videos I like they get their own post !

How Corn mazes are Made - A Collection of Corn Maze Videos

Ok, did you enjoy our exploration on YouTube ? I did. Now your algorithm is nice a tilted towards this content. Expect to see much more of it now in your recommendations !

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