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I made 19 sign mazes in 2022, but this is my first in 2023. Maze of the Week #68 is the Welcome to Colorful Colorado Sign. It is a simple, full color maze. While most welcome signs are standard, flat, metal road signs this sign is done with wood and sometimes stones. I like it.
Photo: flickr, teofilo
Welcome To Colorado Sign
The Maze: In color. Uses the stones as walls. Relatively easy and quick maze to solve.
Welcome To Colorado Sign Maze
Welcome to the 6th in a series of posts where I will test AI image generators and see how they handle making maze art. I will be asking 10 prompts and seeing what gets generated. My goal is to evaluate different AI image sites against each other to see how they perform. If you need to catch-up here is the series so far:
An exploration into Al Image Maze Generation
Making mazes with AI: Stable Diffusion
Making mazes with AI: Dream by Wombo
Today I test out Nightcafe. You can access the website here. You get 5 free daily credits to create with. Each prompt, or generation will generate only 1 image. Without getting into all the details there are a lot of options and styles to explore. You should check it out. All prompts I use are the same for each site !
Prompt 1 - Make a medium difficulty maze of the Eiffel Tower in black and white with arrows at the start and finish
I have never seen this version of the Eiffel Tower before. It is a tower under the tower.
Prompt 2 - Draw a medium difficulty large maze of the Empire State Building with the start and goal embedded in the structure
No maze, but a cool rendering of NYC.
Prompt 3 - Draw a difficult maze of the White House pixel art style
When I look at this it feels like a map of a world in a Super Mario Bros game.
Prompt 4 - Draw a difficult maze that looks like a drawing of a famous building in sketch style
I feel like David Bowie is in this castle surrounded by cool Jim Henson puppets.
Prompt 5 - Draw a maze in the style of doyoumaze.com of a skyscraper in NYC
I like the maze drawn on the 3D maze walls. Very interesting. At first I missed it and thought it was texture.
Prompt 6 - Draw a maze in the style of Sean C Jackson of a scene from a large outdoor market
Cool. The image looks like it is of a park in a far, far away galaxy. Very interesting. Maybe a water maze, a maze plaza and a maze of buildings ?
Prompt 7 - Make a maze of a slice of an orange in color
Huh.
Huh.
Huh.
Prompt 8 - Make a maze integrated on top of a photograph of a king sitting on his throne looking cantankerous beside his beautiful queen
Fun, regal. Where is the queen ? And the king’s face.
Prompt 9 - Make a solvable maze that is very large and very difficult to solve because it is so complex
That would be fun to get lost in. Cool tower. Nice valley surrounded by mountains.
Prompt 10 - Make a 3d render of a red and blue glossy cube maze
I did 4 options again. Not a fan.
How did Nightcafe do ? A mixed bag from me. I like the fantasy aspect of some of the images generated. It does a very good job with fantasy.
Coming Next: StarryAI
Welcome to the 5th in a series of posts where I will test AI image generators and see how they handle making maze art. I will be asking 10 prompts and seeing what gets generated. My goal is to evaluate different AI image sites against each other to see how they perform. If you need to catch-up here is the series so far:
An exploration into Al Image Maze Generation
Today I test out Dream by Wombo. You can access the website here. You can try the site for free without signing in, just click start creating. Each prompt, or generation will generate only 1 image, with a premium option generating 4 images. Since there is only 1 image generated I did not need to pick the best one (other generators typically give 4 options). All prompts I use are the same for each site !
Prompt 1 - Make a medium difficulty maze of the Eiffel Tower in black and white with arrows at the start and finish
Beautiful photo looking image in black and white. I like the textures but I don’t see a maze anywhere.
Prompt 2 - Draw a medium difficulty large maze of the Empire State Building with the start and goal embedded in the structure
They made up the skyline around the ESB, but it still feels like NYC. No maze again.
Prompt 3 - Draw a difficult maze of the White House pixel art style
If I was on drugs right now and I am not, that would be dope. Pun intended.
Prompt 4 - Draw a difficult maze that looks like a drawing of a famous building in sketch style
Wow. That is sweet. No famous building, but nice.
Prompt 5 - Draw a maze in the style of doyoumaze.com of a skyscraper in NYC
Is this the closest yet ? Not actually a maze but I like the mixed media aspect. Maybe I use that for a future maze ?
Prompt 6 - Draw a maze in the style of Sean C Jackson of a scene from a large outdoor market
Great colorful painting of a fruit stand.
Prompt 7 - Make a maze of a slice of an orange in color
Wacky. Fun. Not a maze.
Prompt 8 - Make a maze integrated on top of a photograph of a king sitting on his throne looking cantankerous beside his beautiful queen
Is this the most interesting man in the world ? I like the double maze - sitting in a maze with a maze background. And the queen must be where ?
Prompt 9 - Make a solvable maze that is very large and very difficult to solve because it is so complex
A 3D maze at an angle. I might make a maze with this style. Really cool looking.
Prompt 10 - Make a 3d render of a red and blue glossy cube maze
Fun and cool looking. This prompt is usually pretty good.
How did Dream by Wombo do ? I wish I had premium and had 4 images to choose from. The single image we got is good. The site is very photo like and I enjoyed the outputs.
Coming Next: Nightcafe
Welcome to the 4th in a series of posts where I will test AI image generators and see how they handle making maze art. I will be asking 10 prompts and seeing what gets generated. My goal is to evaluate different AI image sites against each other to see how they perform. If you need to catch-up here is the series so far:
Today I test out Craiyon. You can access the website here. You can try the site for free without signing in. Each prompt, or generation will generate 9 image options ! Wow, 9. Most AI generators give you 4 images. For this exercise I chose the one closest to what I had asked, or the most interesting. All prompts I use are the same for each site !
Prompt 1 - Make a medium difficulty maze of the Eiffel Tower in black and white with arrows at the start and finish
Good luck finding the Eiffel Tower in that. If I had said make a black and white maze that looks like a paint pallet that has been disturbed it would win. But I didn’t. Fail.
Prompt 2 - Draw a medium difficulty large maze of the Empire State Building with the start and goal embedded in the structure
But it does know what the ESB looks like ! Seems like something drawn quickly with a marker, surrounded by a maze kind of ?
Prompt 3 - Draw a difficult maze of the White House pixel art style
Interesting. Not what I was looking for but fun to look at !
Prompt 4 - Draw a difficult maze that looks like a drawing of a famous building in sketch style
Looks like a hand drawn maze. No building. But I do see openings for a start and goal…probably only 2 would have been better, but 5 is…..something.
Prompt 5 - Draw a maze in the style of doyoumaze.com of a skyscraper in NYC
Not my style, but it does look like a building.
Prompt 6 - Draw a maze in the style of Sean C Jackson of a scene from a large outdoor market
Not sure what is going on in the corner. A body with the legs and stomach separated from the head and chest. Maybe.
Prompt 7 - Make a maze of a slice of an orange in color
Where is the maze ? Nice slice of orange though !
Prompt 8 - Make a maze integrated on top of a photograph of a king sitting on his throne looking cantankerous beside his beautiful queen
Didn’t get the maze again. A photo from a horror movie?
Prompt 9 - Make a solvable maze that is very large and very difficult to solve because it is so complex
At least when you prompt complex maze it knows to make the pathways smaller.
Prompt 10 - Make a 3d render of a red and blue glossy cube maze
Interesting that none of them are perfect cubes. And that all the pathways/walls are wavy and not straight.
How did Craiyon do ? Ok. It is certainly easy to use and I love that it gave me 9 images to choose from, even if the output wasn’t what I expected. I think this site has potential.
Coming Next: Dream by Wombo