I wanted to try to make more landscape mazes, and if you are going to make them, I knew they should be of places people have heard of. So, that is part of how this Matterhorn Maze came to become Maze of the Week #188. Something I did not realize until I looked into it was the peak climbing season for mountain, which is in July/August, thus the posting of the maze now and not in Winter when I originally thought I would post it.
This maze was an option for a commission I did. I made it in black and white, with the exception of the trees which I made in green, knowing that they would print in grey if printed. Obviously it needed to be in black and white, easy for a snow capped landscape. Of course, keeping with my theme this year, I wanted to see if I could enhance the maze for the website. Let’s see how I did.
Here are the enhancements I made to improve the maze:
1. Added Color - I made the sky blue, which in this case really changes how the mountain looks on the page.
2. Added Shadows - To give the mountain more shape I added shadows to the right side of the mountain.
3. Added Rock Textures - I added sections of texture to mimic the rock formation on various parts of the mountain.
4. Added Branding - Not needed for the book version, but added under the title for here.
I think each of the first 3 changes, despite seeming small made a big difference in the final maze. Download of the maze is available on the homepage.
Some other landscape mazes: