One Maze - Many designs - experiment #9

This is a continuation of of 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

I used Bing text to image for all of these creations. This is similar to my use of Google Gemini Remix a few weeks ago in the 6th part of this series. I was using Bing to test how their image generator does at making maze art (Making mazes with AI: Bing AI Image Generator - Has it improved over time ?) and I saw templates at the bottom of the page, so I decided to use them here. Basically I uploaded my starting maze and hit the template button and saw what was generated. Here is what I found:

  • The first maze is the cartoon sticker template.

  • The second maze is the coloring page.

  • The third maze the sketch template.

  • The fourth maze uses the Ukiyo-e print template.

  • The fifth maze I used the regular text to image and wrote “Make this maze more interesting”. This is what Bing came up with.

  • The 6th and 7th were so far off, I included them but do not call them mazes. I used the Minecraft Me and Make Me a toy templates. Both fun but too far off in this context.

This was a flop, but that is why I text AI image generators. The maze looks stayed, but the changes made them non-solvable mazes. This does not surprise me based on What I learned using AI to make maze art.

One Maze - Many designs - experiment #8

This is a continuation of of 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

I used Inkscape for all of these creations. This is a continuation of last weeks presentation where I changed the walls.

  • The first maze I used camouflage for the internal walls. This is selectable in Inkscape. I just did internal to mix it up a it.

  • The second maze changes the stroke style in Inkscape. I went with red and black dashes.

  • The third maze changes the stroke style in Inkscape. Mixed double black dashes over yellow.

  • The fourth maze changes the stroke style in Inkscape. Black dashes over lime.

  • The fifth maze is made using the “fill” button on Inkscape and uses packed circles.

Mazes 2-4 show a mix of styles, but you can do any color combination you can think of, and dozens of dash styles to create thousands of combinations. Mazes 1 and 5 give you an idea of some of the patterns you can fill maze walls with. While there are many to choose from in Inkscape, because patterns contain gaps most are poor for mazes.

One Maze - Many designs - experiment #7

This is a continuation of of 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

I used Inkscape for all of these creations. All of these were me playing with the borders and making them in different patterns and shapes'.

  • The first maze I used red bubble walls. It is fine.

  • The second uses jagged walls that are uniform in their back and forth-ness. It would be interesting to make this more random and see how it looks.

  • The third maze features curved half lines, half moons.

  • The fourth maze is diamond walls, just because.

  • The fifth random squiggle walls that are repeating. I created a free hand shape and then repeated it as a wall. Fun. I like this one best.

I did a lot of copying and pasting to create these mazes. None of these are automated in Inkscape. I’m sure there is software that can do this for you after you load a shape.

One Maze - Many designs - experiment #6

This is a continuation of of 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

I used Google Photos Remix for these 5 options to redesign it. I had it on my phone, and right now it appears to be gone so I named each on my own.

  • The first is Gatsby like with an elaborate background. If you don’t get lost in the background this remained a maze !

  • The second is my favorite. It made the maze into an ink on school paper. The start is blocked off a bit but could be easily fixed.

  • The third is themed like a watercolor painting. I would need to add the words START and GOAL to make this a maze since the openings are now closed.

  • The fourth is a fun background. You get a nature scene sprinkled with foxes playing on the maze walls. Unfortunately the exit is blocked off.

  • The fifth makes the mazes into a black and silver cuff link. Very cool looking. I just wish that the entrance was the correct width.

This AI based remix did not allow changes to the prompts but some of these I would adjust on my own of filter through Google Gemini to see if it could fix it. I think this is a fun and inventive week !