How to Draw a 25 Circuit Circular Labyrinth

November 23, 2020

Today we look at how to digitally make a 25 Circuit Circular Labyrinth. Spoiler alert - This is the same as a 17 circuit circular labyrinth just adding a few more rings. This method is a draw and cut method, meaning you will be making edits that remove lines you have previously drawn as you move thru the steps. When I started this project I wanted to see how large I could make a circular labyrinth. For me, at more than 25 my screen and guides were too difficult to use. That’s how we got here. Let’s get started.

Step 1: Draw 26 Concentric Circles

Draw 26 concentric circles each an equal distance between one another and centered around the middle circle. The middle circle will become the labyrinths goal. As you may note, whatever the number of circuits you want is add one and that is how many circles you need.

Step 2: Draw the 10 Inner Walls

I could break this into more steps but there are 10 straight lines that form inner walls and pathways. See the example. All occur at 3, 9, and 12 o clock or centered around 6 o’clock. Rather than write it out, follow the example. Imagine you are riding a subway system and mind the gaps.

Step 3: Add Pathways Where Needed

Refer to the picture and add pathways where needed, erasing portions of the circles. There are many, and depending on how you draw/erase them the number can change. They are all at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’ clock, next to where you just drew inner walls.

That completes the drawing of a 25 Circuit Circular Labyrinth.

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How to Draw a 17 Circuit Circular Labyrinth

November 22, 2020

Today we look at how to digitally make a 17 Circuit Circular Labyrinth. This method is a draw and cut method, meaning you will be making edits that remove lines you have previously drawn as you move thru the steps. It is possible to use a drawing only method but I think it is much more complicated with many more steps. Let’s get started.

Step 1: Draw 18 Concentric Circles

Draw 18 concentric circles each an equal distance between one another and centered around the middle circle. The middle circle will become the labyrinths goal.

Step 2: Draw the 6 Inner Walls

I could break this into more steps but there are 6 straight lines that form inner walls and pathways. See the example. At 12 o’clock create 2 lines, blocking paths between all circles except 15-16. At 3 o’clock add a pathway wall to block circles between 2 and 16. Use 2 lines to draw a pathway from the center to the bottom edge (notice neither are at 6 o’clock). The right line will stop one circle short of the outer circle. Add a line at 9 o’clock blocking the pathways between circles 2 and 16.

Step 3: Add Pathways Where Needed

That completes the drawing of a 17 Circuit Circular Labyrinth.

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How to Draw a 9 Circuit Circular Labyrinth

November 21, 2020

Today we look at how to digitally make a 9 Circuit Circular Labyrinth. This method is a draw and cut method, meaning you will be making edits that remove lines you have previously drawn as you move thru the steps. It is possible to use a drawing only method but I think it is much more complicated with many more steps. Let’s get started.

Step 1: Draw 10 Concentric Circles

Draw 10 concentric circles each an equal distance between one another and centered around the middle circle. The middle circle will become the labyrinths goal.

Step 2: Draw the 6 Inner Walls

I could break this into more steps but there are 6 straight lines that form inner walls and pathways. See the example. At 12 o’clock create 2 lines, blocking paths between all circles except 7-8. At 3 o’clock add a pathway wall to block circles between 2 and 8. Use 2 lines to draw a pathway from the center to the bottom edge (notice neither are at 6 o’clock). The right line will stop one circle short of the outer circle. Add a line at 9 o’clock blocking the pathways between circles 2 and 8.

Step 3: Add Pathways Where Needed

That completes the drawing of a 9 Circuit Circular Labyrinth. Now I have some news you may find interesting. This is only one possible way of many to build this labyrinth. Check out this post to see how other constructions look and compare.

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How to Draw a 7 Circuit Circular Labyrinth

November 20, 2020

Today we look at how to digitally make a 7 Circuit Circular Labyrinth. This method is a draw and cut method, meaning you will be making edits that remove lines you have previously drawn as you move thru the steps. It is possible to use a drawing only method but I think it is much more complicated with many more steps. Let’s get started. I should also mention that this is an improved method which creates a 4 section labyrinth (you can make many different versions of a circular labyrinth by cutting it into slices - examples below).

Step 1: Draw 8 Concentric Circles

Draw 8 concentric circles each an equal distance between one another and centered around the middle circle. The middle circle will become the labyrinths goal.

Step 2: Draw the 4 Inner Walls

I could break this into more steps but there are 4 straight lines that form inner walls and pathways at the turn around points. See the example. At 12 o’clock create 1 line from the center goal blocking paths but the outer one. At 3 o’clock add a line to block all but the inner pathway next to the goal. Use 2 lines to draw a pathway from the center to the bottom edge (notice neither are at 6 o’clock, but they are centered). The left line is drawn across all circles. The right line goes across all pathways but the final one. Add a line at 9 o’clock blocking all pathways except the one next to the goal.

Step 3: Add Pathways Where Needed

7 circuit circular labyrinth with 4 sections

That completes the drawing of a 7 Circuit Circular Labyrinth.

My original version of the 7 circuit circular labyrinth is below. I made it using a shortcut, which you also could use if you prefer this look better (obviously I do not, because I re-did this entire post for the new version !). Draw a 5 Circuit Circular Labyrinth, add two more concentric circles, extend the left center line to the bottom edge and create the exit. It’s easy to write in a sentence, but much more difficult to do ! Good Luck !

Alternative versions - number of labyrinth sections

Here is a look at what the labyrinth could you like if you want to make it with different sections. I am re-using the illustration I made for the 5 circuit circular labyrinth. It shows the 1, 2, 3, 12, 8, and 6 section versions which could also be created. I tend to always gravitate towards 4 sections, then 2. 1 seems a bit boring and 12 seems like too many to me. For a full look at this subject I did a blog post using the 9 circuit circular labyrinth.

If you like the mathematics of this did you notice that the 3 section is the only one where the initial entrance into the labyrinth goes to the center first before the back and forth begins. What other sectionals would require this ? A 5 section ?