Maze of the week #65 is of the Guardian from the bridge that overlooks Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. But then I decided it could be improved…so I developed a new version of it and I will let you decide which you like best.

Photo: This photo from flickr, and Heather McLaughlin, will become important.

The Original Maze: Now called the “Before”

And now what I did to improve (hopefully) the maze and make it more interesting.

1. Colors changed - The initial maze was one color. I changed the overall color to be darker and added a secondary color. I also added shadows in many places.

2. Details added - I went back and found a better photo of the truck and added additional details to it. I added some new details to the face, added fingernails, etc. You can compare the mazes and find even more !

3. Extended the maze - I made the maze longer and extended it to the bottom of the page. The actual structure is very large and the previous “floating” version of the maze was not accurate. I also added the side panels that were missing from version 1.

4. Changed the Maze - I kept this an easy kids maze. I changed the non-core maze portion at the top and deleted the lower portion of the maze.

5. Added background - I wanted to try this as mixed media. I thought about doing a blue sky but the location of this bridge overlooks the baseball stadium, so I found the photo above to make this a mixed media maze !

6. Start and goal changed - I felt that this would look better by changing the arrows to an internal lettered start and goal.

7. Letter and branding moved - I moved the branding and lettering to the top of the page. I also re-sized the title to be larger than the city name.

And so here is the “After”. Which maze do you prefer ? Did this improve the maze ?

I will add this maze to the current homepage and you can choose the one you want to solve ! Happy mazing !!