tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74972572008229789142024-03-19T07:57:04.213-05:00Maze BlogA blog about mazes, particularly mazes drawn by me.Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-21854748816806758012022-01-30T14:23:00.001-06:002022-01-30T14:25:37.020-06:00New mazes!<p> Hey there maze nerds, how have you been? I have to apologize for a lack of updates. I should never have forgotten my commitment to mazes, but I got lost in that most difficult and twisty maze of all: life. </p><p>lol sorry that's real stupid</p><p>Ok, so the first maze I need to share with anyone is actually fairly old. I completed it probably not long after I stopped updating this blog. As you can see, it is a face maze:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZsrDmMZq5mISoZiMD6bshtM4foKaPRg3Euj46y9Wur8kQB9BBSXsUPSY-wakWgE04-kDVOfkHK-Yv3NQtca6p_XORWWoM5QqfhydGN68cH015xIPOc08nhVfX_btwjXFET31Yyucs2aaLsTUbKhLznvjJLXarvdIbG8S24obTMKKoq7OegeS-yQIk8Q=s3378" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3378" data-original-width="2871" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZsrDmMZq5mISoZiMD6bshtM4foKaPRg3Euj46y9Wur8kQB9BBSXsUPSY-wakWgE04-kDVOfkHK-Yv3NQtca6p_XORWWoM5QqfhydGN68cH015xIPOc08nhVfX_btwjXFET31Yyucs2aaLsTUbKhLznvjJLXarvdIbG8S24obTMKKoq7OegeS-yQIk8Q=w544-h640" width="544" /></a></div>Have fun with that. I think the face conveys the madness of trying to solve such a maze, and the joy of solving it. You can also find it on imgur <a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/0mjuo2c">here</a>.<div><br /></div><div>Next up, we have two mazes I drew as artwork for my new Lucidet album, <a href="https://lucidet.bandcamp.com/album/life-death-chaos-order">Life Death Chaos Order</a>. That record is the sum of about 7 years of work, as I honed my "noisy drone" style. If you're a fan of experimental music, check it out! The final artwork is modified and uses the mazes as a background, but here are the original mazes. I've started messing around with colored sharpies instead of just black, so that's a fun change of pace.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGeXJGOXpOFlljlrCKWpTzpbZwivtbrppN4DMHWYUhcpjpUc75ZYYMl2HDnaqdCHOSQ0rz1N-ZTFi0RWs7nX04599FSbHqYkhHxY3dLp3U9C3lMvS9nu85yz0J_63as_SkG4W_waWkMi9heMxlKSH8PsdreXWgU20CWACtFxGxE08kytU-IuXxlVDCmw=s2534" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2534" data-original-width="2533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGeXJGOXpOFlljlrCKWpTzpbZwivtbrppN4DMHWYUhcpjpUc75ZYYMl2HDnaqdCHOSQ0rz1N-ZTFi0RWs7nX04599FSbHqYkhHxY3dLp3U9C3lMvS9nu85yz0J_63as_SkG4W_waWkMi9heMxlKSH8PsdreXWgU20CWACtFxGxE08kytU-IuXxlVDCmw=w400-h400" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGeXJGOXpOFlljlrCKWpTzpbZwivtbrppN4DMHWYUhcpjpUc75ZYYMl2HDnaqdCHOSQ0rz1N-ZTFi0RWs7nX04599FSbHqYkhHxY3dLp3U9C3lMvS9nu85yz0J_63as_SkG4W_waWkMi9heMxlKSH8PsdreXWgU20CWACtFxGxE08kytU-IuXxlVDCmw=s2534" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg555xKcLgoRrZlu2aQ4yJnc5eLo6p3rxUjJZQM5df4u2fCcqlhxS3Wm60zWTlFZWnUMq30bAjoJ9x9eVdu15ow9aRJqrpqYzlpc6K_A3zIpH76OlpvfD30z36UXUUZPyXFj3hkjo9gNpD5yP9Q-uX2gaC0RcACck1OyTnzlvr0QSJTb1WWEohuFxQnuQ=s2968" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2963" data-original-width="2968" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg555xKcLgoRrZlu2aQ4yJnc5eLo6p3rxUjJZQM5df4u2fCcqlhxS3Wm60zWTlFZWnUMq30bAjoJ9x9eVdu15ow9aRJqrpqYzlpc6K_A3zIpH76OlpvfD30z36UXUUZPyXFj3hkjo9gNpD5yP9Q-uX2gaC0RcACck1OyTnzlvr0QSJTb1WWEohuFxQnuQ=w400-h399" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><div>The intended path is from Life to Death, and from Order to Chaos, but either way works. It's also on imgur <a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/Wr00AOt">here</a>. Have fun!</div><div><br /></div><div>With that all out of the way, I guess it's worth mentioning that I can't promise to keep this blog updated anymore. I'm just not drawing enough mazes. I do have maze related ambitions, but it's hard to stay motivated with so much going on in life. What I will try to do is keep you posted when I do have something to share, instead of sitting on it for years. </div><div><br /></div><div>Keep on doing mazes, I'll see ya next time!</div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-16491572050718165322013-03-05T19:15:00.002-06:002013-03-05T19:15:51.312-06:00New stuff!Hello mazealots (ahahaha). I'm still here. I haven't stopped making mazes, I just forgot I had a maze blog. I remember now. So here are my two latest mazes:<br />
Maze 40 <br />
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Maze 39<br />
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Look forward to more updates soon-ish. I might have some posters for sale. Also, email me about commissions. Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-47841777752686765982011-11-21T15:38:00.000-06:002011-11-21T15:38:12.380-06:00Intermittens 9Some time ago I did a maze for this discordian internet magazine thing. It's about phobias. You'll find my contribution towards the back:<br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/29726949/Intermittens-Nine">Intermittens 9 @ Scribd</a>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-91250247862623322772011-08-28T16:44:00.000-05:002011-08-28T16:44:21.413-05:00CoolI checked the Maze Blog email account for the first time in a while and noticed that somebody named Trix actually did one of the Maze posters I made and emailed it in. How cool. Still nobody has sent one of the posters I printed out and posted in random places, yet. I think they actually might creep people out a little bit. <br />
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I've been trying to make money off this stuff and apparently in order to do that I need to learn how to use some fancy vector software. It's kind of tricky. Anyway, the last couple of hand drawn mazes I did I converted into vector and then into .png, and the other maze I did was actually drawn in Inkscape. I was going to save up for a drawing tablet but my mouse is acting up so I have to save up for another one of those first :( Click on any of these for a bigger version, and as usual they're also on DeviantArt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedWiUMEIAmrK32ZeGAjan0yzwm20842DgbQw6T7TTnhmSOx9bey_IiZfOnE-5VbYa4211HyBVEujPOAXthLmW_j5y5zY7_yNU8V6coVu_sgSMM26-YKEgWIkUC71RGZMrkQgL9ocH0IBK/s1600/jiggedymaze.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedWiUMEIAmrK32ZeGAjan0yzwm20842DgbQw6T7TTnhmSOx9bey_IiZfOnE-5VbYa4211HyBVEujPOAXthLmW_j5y5zY7_yNU8V6coVu_sgSMM26-YKEgWIkUC71RGZMrkQgL9ocH0IBK/s400/jiggedymaze.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617775564258416162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIkgGc89a-YMKATJU6VrFkAyase2P1lAQ_ItE4F9TQHFQ68ZbKcjCLUo0qT-QjySoQ5H4zLTZ_n282sd5Pt0MT-weK4FtcBUFit8JjoDSUK9l3O2SVoVi4-6lPBMYhGygslA4YCFUEvuO/s1600/squazevec.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIkgGc89a-YMKATJU6VrFkAyase2P1lAQ_ItE4F9TQHFQ68ZbKcjCLUo0qT-QjySoQ5H4zLTZ_n282sd5Pt0MT-weK4FtcBUFit8JjoDSUK9l3O2SVoVi4-6lPBMYhGygslA4YCFUEvuO/s400/squazevec.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617775828990670722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaR3WB7GWHbQo3TtE-glGWKYW8T-AmixxrV_kwdyE7F6lkGQg-hF_Y3hAzfkAzKbLRPp3STup0lLH_YHGJV66_gQIqDCv2Th03ptc4koZ7pmVkD2rOABL7qh_392xuroHfTDWPopoEjzSX/s1600/triangle.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaR3WB7GWHbQo3TtE-glGWKYW8T-AmixxrV_kwdyE7F6lkGQg-hF_Y3hAzfkAzKbLRPp3STup0lLH_YHGJV66_gQIqDCv2Th03ptc4koZ7pmVkD2rOABL7qh_392xuroHfTDWPopoEjzSX/s400/triangle.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617775978564588034" border="0" /></a><br />Keep an eye out for a couple new mazes I'm working on. They're both pretty big and they'll definitely give you a challenge! Also I'm probably going to review some more maze books.Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-36822095748118750092011-06-08T13:26:00.000-05:002011-06-08T15:18:33.645-05:00How to Solve MazesA lot of people I've talked to enjoy looking at mazes or are impressed by them for some reason, but think it's too hard to bother trying to actually solve them. Mazes can be hard as hell, but it's not too hard. I'll give advice on how to solve them, the way I do it. Seasoned maze solvers will likely find all of this advice to be old news, but if you're a newb I hope you'll find this helpful.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Walkthrough Mazes</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For this, I uploaded a video to show how to find your way through a 3D maze (by 3d I mean one you walk through, not an actual 3D maze with multiple levels and whatnot). I forgot to raise the audio quality settings so it sounds kind of bad, which is lame because I recorded it through an AKG, but whatever. Check it out:<br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cLTBXr-XbSk" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe></center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2D Mazes</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, to solve a maze on paper I've decided to make a series of images and describe all the techniques I use in solving this kind of maze. So, we'll try a smaller maze for the sake of ease, but the techniques I show you will apply to bigger mazes as well. Note that what works for mazes like this one will take a little bit of "translation" to work on one of my squiggly mazes. You're on your own with those :p<br /><br />Without further ado, here is the maze we'll be working on:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD413Y05zJgIgHliaCEul-bPbkNUc8nLikgYXbydIqmi4Pqey8lvXGzaUq9Q_XwDmwxQxdLnICoVH-DhUm5CM2JyJ8nITykjvFPHlGlxPKxxLrcl2nRAloOH4Ct1-iwsQ6tMu37VJkmwzp/s1600/2dmazebase.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD413Y05zJgIgHliaCEul-bPbkNUc8nLikgYXbydIqmi4Pqey8lvXGzaUq9Q_XwDmwxQxdLnICoVH-DhUm5CM2JyJ8nITykjvFPHlGlxPKxxLrcl2nRAloOH4Ct1-iwsQ6tMu37VJkmwzp/s320/2dmazebase.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615923815798330018" border="0" /></a>Now, we'll start from the top.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3jWfy53bs_7WOEY9uqmP2odiEIae91avml0TurFEHJ89lUrMzoKjv7HjeylmINRNKkQ1QfVa4vAXIQZ1Law2lRWM3K1mRB8itRQFJCt-GR32CPiHdQck4_TdHeB_hlW7xe46XNrGJjtI/s1600/1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3jWfy53bs_7WOEY9uqmP2odiEIae91avml0TurFEHJ89lUrMzoKjv7HjeylmINRNKkQ1QfVa4vAXIQZ1Law2lRWM3K1mRB8itRQFJCt-GR32CPiHdQck4_TdHeB_hlW7xe46XNrGJjtI/s320/1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615925456680970866" border="0" /></a>Just go until you come to a split in the road. The idea is every time the path splits, you look down both paths and choose the one that doesn't dead end shortly. The first few branches are ridiculously short, so it's pretty obvious to skip them. Look at where I stopped. There's a path going down on the right and one on the left. The right path boxes itself in. This is a pattern you should look for. Think of it as a box of death. You don't actually have to look at the path, so much as the wall surrounding the box. I'll highlight that in the next picture and move down the the first real branch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7U1kgn7d7nrY-mYKpbZqb-M9Vs70v0WZc5jzBlZ6Z4B4Gic9PaI-NQwqVBalTzg_T0mQjpO-0sJWPbxWyHarUTc47yUBhTrwg8gbWGBqgVWDcJhHkQ02mdT-2sRsBnCzZmWU9ni2smXK_/s1600/2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7U1kgn7d7nrY-mYKpbZqb-M9Vs70v0WZc5jzBlZ6Z4B4Gic9PaI-NQwqVBalTzg_T0mQjpO-0sJWPbxWyHarUTc47yUBhTrwg8gbWGBqgVWDcJhHkQ02mdT-2sRsBnCzZmWU9ni2smXK_/s320/2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615927982889174738" border="0" /></a>Notice the box I drew around the dead end we discussed earlier. When solving mazes, people focus a lot on the path, scanning it quickly to find dead ends. You may find your eyes getting lost doing this. There are situations where looking at the actual WALL can be more helpful, as in this case. It's a small box and it's pretty obvious it's a dead end, but you'll find that this applies to some pretty big boxes as well.<br /><br />Moving on, I've drawn my path up to the first major junction in the whole maze. Mark this (with a circle or whatever you want), and then choose a direction. Now, I already know which way to go, and frankly this maze turned out to be way too easy (it was computer generated). So I'm going to intentionally go the wrong way to show you folks a couple more things.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOFNoFt3WPYaFaqfy9IRx166hiTS2Jp7RPuWBj2o5WsyHojDY8aGSw8-vSDNY3l0J3nFmeZSSJDpVtGfkwJcFWiIAqwuiPx_FVm0X3cSERhyphenhyphen8ro15pHgZgACzs2vigLyM0qPkf9hLeilw/s1600/3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOFNoFt3WPYaFaqfy9IRx166hiTS2Jp7RPuWBj2o5WsyHojDY8aGSw8-vSDNY3l0J3nFmeZSSJDpVtGfkwJcFWiIAqwuiPx_FVm0X3cSERhyphenhyphen8ro15pHgZgACzs2vigLyM0qPkf9hLeilw/s320/3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615932880997840418" border="0" /></a>So, I've just wandered off in a completely wrong direction. Whatever, I know where to go back to if (when) this way doesn't work out. As you can see I've marked another junction, and chosen a direction from there. Now your attention has probably been focused on the big red thing. The path down from where I stopped is just full of dead ends. When you see something like this while your solving, just wall it off yourself. You don't want to waste your time looking at that later on. The red area is another example of a box of death. Check out the walls. There is an unbroken wall from your path to your path again. That means there is no way out.<br /><br />Turns out, my other option from there dead ends too, so I'll just go back to the last junction I marked.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKaNTjfUKlKKdJaJpBEYAOloXcNjwwAASer-9FdzSoKM4yy975rClNuj-VSObNEk3Y_ZAOXYHPYg5qhhx38auXasCqeGDnAEqVW5OYMj4eQOaQEbZfIDuSG6ipPUNPUUgYEaEgd_qc5mG/s1600/4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKaNTjfUKlKKdJaJpBEYAOloXcNjwwAASer-9FdzSoKM4yy975rClNuj-VSObNEk3Y_ZAOXYHPYg5qhhx38auXasCqeGDnAEqVW5OYMj4eQOaQEbZfIDuSG6ipPUNPUUgYEaEgd_qc5mG/s320/4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615936493063516066" border="0" /></a>I've worked my way to another junction. Don't waste your time following the paths with your eyes here. When you're this close to the boundary of the maze you can look for a "crack" in the maze. Notice the blue wall I highlighted. Clearly, the path on the right won't get me anywhere.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qcwf9rOT8CK25UxpgYncSmio95dLXh4t6JWI2fMlGa7gbOgiQhhKXAskSqaDJJCqFH2ao235zeDDXkkgapfSav5JZcVLAhvGk4UlM351IgpBs8r_ivxP39Pu7WqSfIT3clvFcCRFcgpL/s1600/5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qcwf9rOT8CK25UxpgYncSmio95dLXh4t6JWI2fMlGa7gbOgiQhhKXAskSqaDJJCqFH2ao235zeDDXkkgapfSav5JZcVLAhvGk4UlM351IgpBs8r_ivxP39Pu7WqSfIT3clvFcCRFcgpL/s320/5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615940027478837506" border="0" /></a>I moved up to another little junction. See that path with the arrow? Following that path with your eyes, you can tell it won't go anywhere as soon as it gets to where that blue X is. Seeing that you would just take the right path down from the junction you stopped at and continue on. Eventually, however, you would realize that you can't reach the exit from the paths you've taken. When that happens you just go back one junction at a time, exploring all possible paths out. However I've already ruled out every option on the last junction I have marked, so that leaves me with the first one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlYGEmIK6LvYole-x-IHuOQdrb0LE95mLtn5indODbEk_ujBILeglwza-13xc0LEOYw0CteowJpa0sJ1ULbyEHAbk_vktnnDAlXpyXasgnpB2hOGlfIOPUGeZn0wS-7PgaUplrIuhYl-h/s1600/6.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlYGEmIK6LvYole-x-IHuOQdrb0LE95mLtn5indODbEk_ujBILeglwza-13xc0LEOYw0CteowJpa0sJ1ULbyEHAbk_vktnnDAlXpyXasgnpB2hOGlfIOPUGeZn0wS-7PgaUplrIuhYl-h/s320/6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615943162730820530" border="0" /></a>From the first junction I just work my way down, using all the techniques to find my way to the exit. Piece of cake! I should mention, most of the things I've drawn are just to illustrate techniques that you do in your head. You should mark important junctions, and if you find it helpful block off bigger dead end paths you notice, but you don't have to draw all over everything.<br /><br />So there you go. Good luck solving mazes and have fun :]<br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-30788474096469915702011-01-10T22:38:00.000-06:002011-01-10T22:40:09.056-06:00Maze Persona for FirefoxJust for fun, you can get a maze persona for Firefox that I did:<br /><a href="http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/352870">http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/352870</a>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-76364265313047143382010-08-11T21:05:00.000-05:002010-10-06T20:07:48.871-05:00Maze #36<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcSCxh0qo2Q83s9ha1XE-u1OwBIIRLCmKVMEWH84G3qoXMHMxF4i0s6K0lp4hEggUIRsIZ1fWW2HtJVjP47mbksJ9q1vqoip1mCfLpESR8YkPVMRhhLJMvMhPxLf_bMGrIIqczRoYrnNi/s1600/maze36.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcSCxh0qo2Q83s9ha1XE-u1OwBIIRLCmKVMEWH84G3qoXMHMxF4i0s6K0lp4hEggUIRsIZ1fWW2HtJVjP47mbksJ9q1vqoip1mCfLpESR8YkPVMRhhLJMvMhPxLf_bMGrIIqczRoYrnNi/s400/maze36.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504339058722467954" /></a><br /><br />Oh hell yeah. First FULL size maze I've done in ink. It's pretty epic. It took me a while to complete because I started it in like February or March but I ran out of Sharpie Pen. I didn't want to finish it with a different kind of pen because if the consistency was off it would really piss me off. And Sharpie Pens are expensive. I got some and finished it, on this glorious day of August 11, 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://tjg92.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2w6g5q">Check out the DeviantArt page.</a><br /><br />Also, if you like my mazes, show them to your friends!Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-63367582526378852202010-07-28T15:29:00.000-05:002010-07-28T20:30:55.429-05:00Some updates and stuff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZJzm18oOcMROUEPFRt8R9POmrfwqESvHS0aUBs3wb3gYcIQOwwpaeDC8derLK98YXKQiBApMjOqC762yc1dayXvdAePPnPzqehMFyVVq6e5m-FItRITRmpTWMgZzdhg-sGVQ1fRbfpHV/s1600/mazes2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZJzm18oOcMROUEPFRt8R9POmrfwqESvHS0aUBs3wb3gYcIQOwwpaeDC8derLK98YXKQiBApMjOqC762yc1dayXvdAePPnPzqehMFyVVq6e5m-FItRITRmpTWMgZzdhg-sGVQ1fRbfpHV/s320/mazes2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499057493087418002" /></a><br /><br />It's been a while since my last post on here, so sorry about that. I just haven't finished a new maze in a while. I'm working on two at the moment. It will probably be a while before you all get to see either of them, though.<br /><br />On the plus side, I've made <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/35016423/MazeGASM-Volume-3">four new MazeGASM posters</a> and I've redoubled my efforts to spread them about. <br /><br />I made a maze for the Discordian periodical, "Intermittens." The issue is about phobia. It's pretty neat. You'll have to check up on it yourself, because there isn't a specific release date (it's really more of a quasi-periodical).<br /><br />A few months back I got this 25 Foot Long Picture Maze. I haven't been doing it consistently, but so far I'm about halfway through it. It's pretty awesome.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomTfd-kPa3Vz2XLWcBTbB4UEXyHVLGZKYrZ7JTDEYc8rDv8awxFY5fvXuz0Sv4itVQ5i28ewx5SsPtwzKtpHgeDSy61GNo-ZEZzBaPmbIREYI81KR7wNO8m-B6eRRlHJtlvTmj9zVBYZy/s1600/1092.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomTfd-kPa3Vz2XLWcBTbB4UEXyHVLGZKYrZ7JTDEYc8rDv8awxFY5fvXuz0Sv4itVQ5i28ewx5SsPtwzKtpHgeDSy61GNo-ZEZzBaPmbIREYI81KR7wNO8m-B6eRRlHJtlvTmj9zVBYZy/s320/1092.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499062818886571458" /></a><br />I've been reading "Labyrinths for the Spirit," by Jim Buchanan. It describes a lot of interesting ways to make labyrinths, and for most of the book discusses building large scale labyrinth installations. It's very interesting, although I've been reading it with mazes in mind rather than labyrinths.<br /><br />To anyone who enjoys mazes and maybe wants to play around with different kinds of mazes and maze generation, check out Daedalus:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/daedalus.htm">http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/daedalus.htm</a><br /><br />It's been around forever, and it's awesome. Plus it's good if you want to try solving mazes in 3d. It's a lot more fun. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmUjLRCprSGAFtwjeecHdoB1-qEFvNSRgyJES_BWMzswQg1bGX9-9LHs6LILrJmFyapDrtu8CyTLAkXyPg3e7H9Jur1JbJ2HNBLQPLIzu6lzQOBwWnPAbN4rnTiN4jJVKUCmeqijnS-AG/s1600/daedalusscreenshot.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmUjLRCprSGAFtwjeecHdoB1-qEFvNSRgyJES_BWMzswQg1bGX9-9LHs6LILrJmFyapDrtu8CyTLAkXyPg3e7H9Jur1JbJ2HNBLQPLIzu6lzQOBwWnPAbN4rnTiN4jJVKUCmeqijnS-AG/s400/daedalusscreenshot.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499068375815598722" /></a>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-21037600413435758352010-02-28T14:36:00.001-06:002010-02-28T14:39:22.132-06:00Maze 35<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98UrpkM65zsxUqHZdoMmHBTpn8oGZ4TUOCgbnLtLQdyApb75-5nFiQ9uYgcZZKAmZ8vSBdxAwFmI5HrSyeeunpWY1vcI3R2PWtZVa6cHO0c67QUnndwvUsHrjY1uohwV9m3WgiGlUUoaL/s1600-h/maze35.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443396029274430210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98UrpkM65zsxUqHZdoMmHBTpn8oGZ4TUOCgbnLtLQdyApb75-5nFiQ9uYgcZZKAmZ8vSBdxAwFmI5HrSyeeunpWY1vcI3R2PWtZVa6cHO0c67QUnndwvUsHrjY1uohwV9m3WgiGlUUoaL/s400/maze35.png" border="0" /></a>I did this in sharpie pen. If I'm going to get serious about maze drawing I ought to stop doing them in pencil, so this is a bit of a test run. It's done on a little note card, and it should be pretty easy to solve. I'm trying to work on my technique so I'll be able to do mazes that people might be interested in paying for. A larger version of this maze is available <a href="http://tjg92.deviantart.com/art/Maze-35-155754304">here</a>.<br /><div></div>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-76214306201857017562010-02-26T11:09:00.000-06:002010-02-26T11:28:08.635-06:00Maze 34<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8Fi-p4D9DstzpHyhIWlrBP7Cyh6G2WPB_1bHsWF_W1NuiuH-c4DI1emiCb5QspeM4zxojZNQghaRahoYxt9WHT6GWXW7tXopgvXa00bJwqbNiddalpO_00-WfOu1qx9pD-NjIOkHF0mJ/s1600-h/m34.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8Fi-p4D9DstzpHyhIWlrBP7Cyh6G2WPB_1bHsWF_W1NuiuH-c4DI1emiCb5QspeM4zxojZNQghaRahoYxt9WHT6GWXW7tXopgvXa00bJwqbNiddalpO_00-WfOu1qx9pD-NjIOkHF0mJ/s400/m34.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442601114856160530" border="0" /></a>Finished this late last night. I'm proud of it. I got the idea when I was reading Labyrinths: Walking Toward the Center by Gernot Candolini. You start at the top of the maze, and you try to get to the center of the labyrinth. This is probably the hardest maze I've ever drawn and it took me forever. I'm a little disappointed that part of the far right side of the maze is cut off, but it's pretty easy to just imagine the wall there. Also I didn't crop it before I uploaded it so it looks kind of stupid. I'm too lazy to reupload it :( Click <a href="http://tjg92.deviantart.com/art/Maze-34-155487020">here</a> to see it in it a much larger form.<br /><br />As for that book, it's not bad. It's pretty short, but I didn't actually read the entire thing. I read most of it in a day but then I got bored and I haven't touched it since. I need to finish it, it's sort of interesting; basically it's about this guy's journey across Europe to see as many old labyrinths as he can (usually they're in old churches), and then he writes about his views on spirituality and what the labyrinths mean to him. It's fairly interesting, although he comes from a much more christian point of view than I do so I can't really agree with everything he says. It makes me want to write about my ideas about the philosophy of mazes and labyrinths, but the problem is I'm a terrible writer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.flipkart.com/bk_imgs/028/9780824521028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 96px; height: 150px;" src="http://img.flipkart.com/bk_imgs/028/9780824521028.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-19944537450599385312010-02-25T23:26:00.001-06:002010-03-01T23:55:53.843-06:00Old Poster Maze<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCQbaXX6MAGItTO366nMUnSFMPjAJXmekbu0PhSvlf1YkMMSCWHmbnmNastsopfXUu5pI3Q0GzC-sBibrpuS7IXuD9FrE0ffIOL0IwJU8oEQazBSI4CCPTCjLQc4bKlKvHnWfFsdNjTqa/s1600-h/100_2631.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCQbaXX6MAGItTO366nMUnSFMPjAJXmekbu0PhSvlf1YkMMSCWHmbnmNastsopfXUu5pI3Q0GzC-sBibrpuS7IXuD9FrE0ffIOL0IwJU8oEQazBSI4CCPTCjLQc4bKlKvHnWfFsdNjTqa/s320/100_2631.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442419777631569666" border="0" /></a>This is something I drew around the age of 12-13 (I can't be sure exactly). Back then I was pretty into mazes, and this was a huge undertaking. But looking back, even though it takes up 4 times the space of a lot of mazes I draw now, it's really not as intricate. I think I solved it once after I finished it and was surprised how easy it was. I'm not saying it's a walk in the park but compared to some of the stuff I draw now it's not all that tough. Click <a href="http://tjg92.deviantart.com/art/Poster-Maze-155448189">here</a> for the big version.<br /><br />Looking at it has sparked my interest in large mazes, though. I was talking to my sister and she was encouraging me to try devoting more time to this. Like, get a poster and do it as intricately as the ones I do now, but in pen and on a giant poster, and then sell it. Sounds interesting, and I'm thinking of trying it. I don't think anyone would try solving a maze like that but I think at that point it's just something pretty to look at. I dunno.<br /><br />In other news, a maze I've been working on for the last few months is almost complete, it should be up tomorrow or the day after.Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-92196043004346892902010-01-28T19:37:00.000-06:002010-03-02T23:59:48.650-06:00MazeGASM Volume 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYgCVqRlF264GGtFmqxx3k9PWMmNtyVU3EdMVB3hezBzCBZtg6FAP_4oGZtDumhIAU4lP6FKPF_hwPjLkPOVWAP9T8lK8bDBKfy4kK34E7_eBUxUSJ2B6KL3GrjonJwpRJ852h8fudQlB/s1600-h/mazeposter12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYgCVqRlF264GGtFmqxx3k9PWMmNtyVU3EdMVB3hezBzCBZtg6FAP_4oGZtDumhIAU4lP6FKPF_hwPjLkPOVWAP9T8lK8bDBKfy4kK34E7_eBUxUSJ2B6KL3GrjonJwpRJ852h8fudQlB/s400/mazeposter12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431972168556594034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Okay, so I've been posting these doggone mazes everywhere, and still I haven't been getting any responses. So, I'm going to try a little harder with the poster designs. Here's a new collection of 6 mazes. They're a bit more interesting than the last batch and will hopefully get more attention, as well as getting some of that discordian imagery out there.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/26010746/MazeGASM-Volume-2">http://www.scribd.com/doc/26010746/MazeGASM-Volume-2</a><br /><br />Help me and POST MORE MAZES. Quantity is the only thing that will work. I've been putting these up around campus in highly trafficked areas, and areas where a lot of bored college students hang out when there's nothing to do. And you know what? A week later most of them are still on the walls. This means A) nobody cares and B) the janitors are lazier than I could have ever imagined.Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-3452279411834022132010-01-21T21:04:00.000-06:002010-03-03T00:00:07.760-06:00MazeGASM<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT4-xkqOzwgpT566rGI24TwdM3-x1CSRt0JugssOcPMSKHjeEeleHAJTyGOWQwvyhwADsA8oTgjSKK6HUI8XxjAqJQeKAnrD3XxK414hEomsaD8Jbe4pUJ6nG0BEIHFw_tXypbsLSgvQp/s1600-h/mazeposter1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTT4-xkqOzwgpT566rGI24TwdM3-x1CSRt0JugssOcPMSKHjeEeleHAJTyGOWQwvyhwADsA8oTgjSKK6HUI8XxjAqJQeKAnrD3XxK414hEomsaD8Jbe4pUJ6nG0BEIHFw_tXypbsLSgvQp/s320/mazeposter1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429397343684599634" border="0" /></a><br />So, this is a project in the vein of Postergasm. Basically, I'll be posting up a bunch of posters with mazes on them, which you can find here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25564613/mazegasm">http://www.scribd.com/doc/25564613/mazegasm</a><br /><br />I'll be posting these all over my college and probably any public place I find myself in where I can do it anonymously. There are ten, and they each have a unique maze, and an email for them to send a scan of it to when they've finished it. If anybody actually solves and sends me any of these (unlikely), they will be posted here.<br /><br />Why? Why the butt not? It should be fun. Feel free to print these out and post them up in your own town. Or make your own maze posters and direct them to sendmazes@gmail.com ! It's worth noting that this is sort of related to PosterGASM:<br /><a href="http://www.blackironprison.com/index.php?title=POSTERGASM">http://www.blackironprison.com/index.php?title=POSTERGASM</a>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497257200822978914.post-24588157900933543652010-01-21T20:29:00.000-06:002010-03-01T23:54:51.778-06:00IntroductionsHi. I'm tjg92, and I have sort of a weird fascination with mazes. I don't want to get into that too much but basically I've been drawing the things for years. I'll post any maze related stuff here and any new mazes I draw I'll post here.<br /><br />My mazes can be found here at my Deviant Art page:<br /><a href="http://tjg92.deviantart.com/">http://tjg92.deviantart.com/</a>Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515006168341622368noreply@blogger.com0