When I decided to continue making comic book style mazes I knew I might come back to this series. Previously I did a 3 part series where I compare mazes I made a few years ago to mazes of the same subject today. The full introduction is written in Part 1, but a tldr is I used to make a maze each day and now I make one each week so I can spend more time on each maze. I also have learned new techniques over time that improve the mazes (What I've Learned Making Mazes). Here is that initial series:
Making Mazes - 5 years later - a comparison - Part 1
Making Mazes - 5 years later - a comparison - Part 2
Making Mazes - 5 years later - a comparison - Part 3
Let’s compare 5 more mazes and see how much better the newest mazes are 5 years later.
Part 4 - More Animal Mazes
Walrus Maze
The initial maze is from August of 2020 and currently sits in the Animal Maze section of the website. The new maze is from 2025 and is comic book style with free drawn pathways. I actually like to 2020 version which was made for kids. If I went back and changed it I would use free drawn walls instead of a standard maze style with right angles. The 2025 version is on a comic book cover and so uses that style.
Snake Maze
The initial maze was made in July of 2019 and the illustration was made for kids. I used bright colors and an angled but structured pathways that I hoped would give the snake a scale-like look.
2025 is comic book style and a much more interesting illustration !
Pig Maze
I made 3 versions. February 2019 vs. August 2020 vs. 2025. The first version was for the year of the Pig and it illustrates a glaring design mistake. The illustration is for kids, but the maze is for adults. Either the maze should have been easier or I should have taken more time making the pig. The 2020 maze is much better and shows the full body of the pig. It still works today. It could be improved with better hand drawn pathways. 2025 is a comic book version of a pig and much better than the 2019 version !
Lemur Maze
In October 2019 I made the original Lemur Maze which was for kids. It works, but my 2025 comic style maze has a lot more character !
Raccoon Maze
October 2019 vs 2025. The initial maze was made for kids. The second is much harder and gives our Trash Panda a bit more personality !
I should have more of these in the future - comparing the old to the new, but expect to see less mazes of subjects I have already done for awhile; that means lots of new mazes ! Hopefully, I can replace some old mazes that were poorly done with new and improved versions ! Happy Mazing !
If you want to see all case studies this post pulls them together:
A Collection of Maze Design Case Studies to improve your Mazes
and this post if you like maze design:
