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I used Google Gemini to make this comic strip based on my comic idea with a few changes. (I am too busy making mazes to make all of the illustrations needed). Come back each Wednesday for a new comic strip. All comic strips will be housed in this archive.
Doyoumaze Comic Strip #32 - Prison
Andy Dufresne could tackle this…maybe.
Issue #137 in my comic book cover collection features the maze of a Raven and is titled Nevermore. I used a new font for the title that fit the feeling better than what I use typically. I also made the O from a football. The background was made using AI. I like to think this maze is the sibling of the Oriole Maze from issue #135.
My comic book cover mazes are archived by year:
Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 1 (Issues #1 - 53)
Maze of the Week #241 features the Marina Bay Sands Singapore hotel. Located across the street from Gardens by the Bay, it would be hard to miss this on any trip to Singapore. The hotel/casino was opened in 2010. Read about it on Wikipedia, or if you are are traveling to Singapore check out their website to plan a trip.
Here is a video all about the Marina Bay Sands Singapore:
My Photos: My visit to Singapore included many different photos of the hotel, which towers above you from all directions.
The maze: I went black and white with the exception of the plants, and drew the hotel from inside the bay.
Download is available on the home page. Happy Maze-ing !
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In a series of posts I will show you how to make a maze in a wide variety of design constructions. The 4th type of maze construction is both the Horizontal and the Vertical mazes. After some reflection I determined that these maze constructions are the same - just rotated 90 degrees from the other. Let’s define what I mean, then get into the examples. Every how-to will use a simple square so you can compare the differences between each maze construction type. I will also show a consolidated secondary how-to using an irregular shape (the state of Ohio).
Here is an outline for this blog post with jump links if you want to skip ahead to a section:
HOW TO MAKE A HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL MAZE
HOW TO MAKE A HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL MAZE - abbreviated writing & using a different shape
MAZE DEFINITIONS:
Step 1 - Draw the Outline
The outline of the maze makes the outer wall of the maze. It can be anything from a simple shape like a square, to a complex picture. The outline should be thicker than the internal lines to give the maze definition. In the example below I used a grid structure that is 10 x 20 to help me build the maze. The greater the ratio the more horizontal the maze will look. For vertical flip the ratio.
Step 1.5 - Choose the Start and Goal
For the below example I left gaps in 2 corners for the start and the goal. If drawing a maze digitally you could choose this later, but for a hand drawn maze the maze outline will need to have gaps for the start and goal.
Step 2 - Draw the Internal Walls
Because I am using a grid that is twice as wide as tall I can just draw my maze, ensuring I leave an open solution. The maze will flow from top to bottom with the solver moving side to side as they solve.
Step 3 - Draw More Internal Walls
Keep working towards to goal.
And more.
Step 4 - Complete the Maze
For this example I completed the maze, then deleted my grid that guided me.
Delete the grid.
Step 5 (Optional) - Make the Maze Solution
Draw the solution to the maze. If you want to be precise in your solution, set your guide grid to half of what it was when you drew the initial horizontal lines (or alternatively shift the entire picture up). This will align your solution pathway with the new grid.
HOW TO MAKE A HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL MAZE - abbreviated writing & using a different shape
This version using Ohio has a different ratio to make it even MORE horizontal. It also uses a slightly different method where you draw all of the horizontal lines first, then create a solution and pathways after.
Step 1 & 1.5 - Draw the Outline & Choose the start/goal
Step 2 - Draw the Horizontal Walls - In this example I changed the ratio so the maze looks even more horizontal.
Step 3 - Draw Vertical Walls - step 2 & 3 reverse for a vertical maze - first draw vertical walls, then raw horizontal !
Step 4 - Draw the Maze Solution
Step 5 - Draw the Dead Ends
Step 6 - Convert All Maze Paths to White
Step 7 (Optional) - Make the Maze Solution
4 ADDITIONAL HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL MAZE EXAMPLES
Here is another example of a Horizontal maze construction that works well, a maze of the number 4. It doesn’t require this construction, but I think it looks good.
For my second and third examples I keep with the number theme. For these maze I combined the use of vertical and horizontal constructions depending on the section of the number.
For our fourth example, let’s look at a map maze, in this case the Alabama Maze. Map mazes are a great place to use a horizontal construction and you will find many of my map mazes do. The reason for this particular mazes inclusion here is because it was made using different steps than I taught above. That first change comes in “Step 2- Draw the Horizontal lines”. For this maze I skipped that step and drew the maze line by line, which is probably 30X the work as each line must be placed and drawn individually. You can see this because the end of the horizontal lines is rounded. This also changes steps 3-5 above since you are drawing as designing as you go making sure you follow the cardinal rule - Never close off all pathways.
MAZE MAKING TEMPLATE
I made a template to practice with. Just draw vertical walls to create a maze, being careful to keep a solution open as you go. Want a vertical maze ? Flip the paper on it’s side !
RELATED MAZE CONSTRUCTIONS
Well I already mention that vertical and horizontal are essentially the same. But, there are 2 more maze constructions that are very similar to them. Both the standard maze and the standard equal mazes us similar construction methods.
While I used arrows in all of the maze examples above, you have many more choices as I outline here: Options for Starting and Ending a Maze. You can write out START and GOAL, have dual arrows or use pictures or icons to name a few options.
THE MAKING OF A HORIZONTAL MAZE VIDEO
A note that in this particular example I went rouge - I did not use guides to make the pathways , and this caused me to draw the maze in sections. I even did a backwards draw from the goal. An option, but much better and easier to construct using the step by steps above !
Interested in learning how to make or draw other types of digital mazes ? I have step by step instructions on how to make over 40 different maze types digitally.
If you prefer making labyrinths, you can find step by step instructions for how to draw labyrinths.
