I have been slowly working on mazes for a second book, and contemplating how to compile my stack of older ones for a third. (Some of which have definitely ended up here over the years.)
I didn’t include solutions in my first book, as they are very small and relatively easy to navigate… and I was in a rush to kind of test the process and see how the KDP model of print-on-demand publishing worked.
I reached out recently on Reddit & Facebook to solicit advice on solving mazes, and got some great insight. (Check out r/mazes on reddit if you’re so inclined, there is a bunch of cool stuff!)
I learned that I draw perhaps a little more chaotic than some of my forward-thinking fellow maze artists. I generally keep a bunch of open paths from each end, then connect them. Sometimes, what I thought was an open path… is apparently not. I even just recently learned that at least one of my mazes in my first book is impassable – oops! 🤣
I plan to do better with this next book, to make sure all the mazes are passable, and to include the solutions. If you have any advice for a guy that doesn’t absolutely love solving mazes to solve his own mazes, please drop it here in the comments!
In my solicitation for advice, I realized that I have been seeing a lot of fantastic work by other people over the last few decades, and not sharing any of it. Here I will rectify that. Please, check out the following!
- MerioKodo – Mazes with secret codes, to unlock several levels of puzzle solving.
- Mazetoons by Joe Wos – Inimitable cartoon themed mazes by an award-winning & record-breaking artist.
- KrazyMazes – Really fun mazes & merch!
- Sean C. Jackson – Beautiful works of highly detailed mazes, with themed books for Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, & more.
- Boggess Art – More record-breaking mazes, illustrations, & paintings.
- Analog Mazes – by Jonathan Graf, hand drawn mazes featured in his local paper & in a collected maze book!
- Sirmaze – Cross-stich maze art on Etsy.
- aMAZEing Mazes Facebook Group
- Maze Artist’s Community Facebook Group
- r/mazes Subreddit.
- Krazydad – Software generated mazes.
- Maze Designs by Cole on Facebook.
- Elizabeth Carpenter’s Mazeology on Facebook.
- Mazzle Mazes really cool wall art.
- Hilbert’s Mazes on Facebook.
Check out these artists on Instagram too:
- @leonardlabyrinths
- @wgleonard3
- @analogmazes
- @mazezenart
- @mymazes (that’s me)
- @myamazingmazes
- @mazesbyrodney
- @mazes4fun
- @mazeex_art
- @maemakesmazes
- @lmg_mazes
- @__.salvadore.__
- @jizmi_lineart
- @sirmazer
- @man_of_mazes
- @idrawmaze
- @zingmaze
- @maze.ablaze
- @mazeartbymarissa
- @a_maze_ing_mazes
- @chuckscrazymazes
- @maze.showzone
- @that.maze.guy
- @johnscrudder
- @matt_makes_mazes
- @maze_drawings
- @marioamazes
That’s a super random & not complete list. Please, let me know in the comments who we should all be checking out, especially if it’s you & your projects!
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