I revised another maze of the week with new details to (hopefully) improve it. One of my better mazes is of the Bodiam Castle where I tried some new things (like water reflection) when I colorized the maze. Even though the starting point for this maze was in color I wanted to give it a shot. I ended up making more changes than I thought I would. Here is my original post:

Maze of the Week #64 - Leeds Castle Maze

Here are the enhancements I made to improve the maze:

1. Added Textures. I added new textures to the grass, the pathways, the hedges and the horizon. All look more realistic.

2. Reduced the Size. I resized the maze from 11x17 to 9x17 to reduce both the lawn and the sky size.

3. New Title. I reduced the font of the location vs the font of the title which increased.

4. Shifted the castle. Made a minor shift of the maze to the right to center the castle better on the page.

5. Window Details. For the slim windows have panes added in grey. There were no panes before. For the regular windows the windows were darkened and color of the windowpanes was changed from black to grey. Each of these is a more accurate depiction

6. Added Barriers. I added the short barriers between the lawn and the walkway with a hard to see chain between the black metal poles.

7. Pathway Width. The original pathways were thin, so to make solving easier I doubled their size.

8. Mortar Change. I changed the mortar color between the stones from black to brown to more accurately reflect the castles color. Ideally they could be even lighter, but then the pathways and bricks get lost.

9. Added Background Details. I added stones to the wall on the right side to define what it was (and changed the color). I also added the horizon on each side of the building with textured surface to reflect the plants/hills in the distance.

So a lot of changes. More than I thought when I sat down.

Here is the before and after: