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Roughshod

this one's a simple maze, but i really love the pattern and at some point i might do a bigger one like this! the underlying pattern here is an alternate take on a diagonal maze – so maybe i could adapt one of my existing diagonal mazes to match...

"op art"! i finally remembered, the term for my mazes is op art. art made from geometric lines and shapes that create optical illusions, distortions, movement, perspective...

considering that's what my inspirations at megamazes called it too, i think i should start tagging it as such. i'll go back and re-tag them when i get the opportunity

i'm a big fan of art that doubles as function, like op art mazes, voxel art stretchmo levels, etc. it gives a reason to explore the art from every angle and discover new perspectives

of course that's related to why i like video games so much, hehe

SUPER 1

Super 1 was originally going to be a series of all the letters in the word Super, but like a true ADHD kid i stopped after the first one lol. this uses a perspective warping technique that's less technically complex than it looks – i originally sketched this one on paper!

the grid lines aren't fully erased here so it's a little raw, but it gives a good idea of how the underlying grid works. a surprising number of my mazes in this journal use a compass in some form or fashion...

Hive

and now for an entirely new maze! what started as an exercise in hexagonal spirals ended up quite a lot like a simpler version of my old maze Diamond Hex. i quite enjoy how twisty the passages get 💖

this was hard to get a clean picture of since it spans the whole page, but i'm proud of the line work on this one! i dunno when i started inking over the maze after it's finished, but the process is really therapeutic...

happy Mar10 Day! to celebrate, here's a jumping maze on mario's jumping sprite. hop from color to color, but look where you leap, cause the arrows only go one way!

like the isometric mario maze i did a while back, this one was also originally made on paper for mario's 25th anniversary over a decade ago. i believe this is the last one in the set that had yet to be digitized!

bringing this one back for Mar10 Day 💖

Here's a belated treat for Mario's 35th anniversary: an isometric maze built atop Mario's running animation from SMB1! Use the pipes to travel between the different layers and make your way to the finish.

This maze is a full overhaul of one that I drew on graph paper for Mario's 25th anniversary, a whole decade ago! Once I came up with the idea for the pipes, I just *knew* I had to digitize this one, heh ✨