Maze of the Week #78 - Elgin Car Wash Sign Maze

June 26, 2023

Maze of the Week #78 is our third straight sign maze from the state of Illinois, this one of the Elgin Car Wash in Elgin, Illinois. While this was made based off of a real sign it could really be one of many car wash signs around the country. This particular one is located at 313 Dundee Ave and appears to have changed colors recently ! It appears to now be the X-Treme Auto Spa if you are in town and have a dirty call.

Google Maps view: It looks like the sign is now blue !

Photo: Check out this one on flickr.

The Maze: Sometimes the simple things make really good mazes. Nothing fancy here. I would like a better sign statement. Here are a few I played with that did not make the cut:

WE MAZE CARS CLEAN

MAZE YOUR CAR SPARKLE

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO MAZELINESS

KEEP CALM AND MAZE YOUR CAR

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel !!

Coming next week:

A maze of a building that houses a famous performing arts group.

Maze of the Week #77 - Giraffe Maze

June 19, 2023

Maze of the Week #77 takes us to the plains of Africa or maybe your local zoo with this Giraffe Maze. While this is not my first animal maze, it is my first high level maze. I am debuting the maze this week to celebrate World Giraffe Day on June 21 !

Photo: I used this photo from flickr user Mad Ball and adapted it into a maze. I was watching a YouTube video one day and noticed that the coat of a giraffe would make a good maze

The Maze: Color. Large Size. You cannot see the maze on most screens and this is meant to be printed and solved on a large piece of paper.

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel !

If you like animal mazes, I have some much more simple, kids focused mazes from a few years ago. There are over 30 and my favorite are the Iguana, Pug dog and the Bald eagle.

Coming next week:

A sign maze.

Maze of the Week #76 - Northgate Shopping Center Sign Maze

June 12, 2023

Maze of the Week #76 takes us from Aurora, Illinois and a shopping center sign. This is a great old time looking sign that I found that I loved so I made it into a maze. You can find it near the road on Route 31 in front of the shopping center. This begins a mini 3 part series of mazes of signs in the state of Illinois.

Photo: Check out a few different photos on Flickr, and this other photo. Or my favorite view from Google Maps !

The Maze: Bottom to top solve. Full color. Relatively easy maze.

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel !

Coming next week:

An animal maze.

Maze of the Week #75 - Peter B Lewis Building Maze

June 5, 2023

Maze of the Week #75 takes us to the city of Cleveland, Ohio and the campus of Case Western Reserve University for a maze of the Peter B Lewis Building. The building houses the Weatherhead School of Management, opened in 2002 and was designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry. You can learn more about the building on the university website and also the historical page of the city.

YouTube video of the building:

Photo: Taken by my friend Heidi !!

The Maze: I went back and forth of the use or non-use of shadows with this maze many times. I found that in order to show the true unique shape of the building I needed to do the shadowing as best I could, otherwise the structure looked flat to me. I hope you like it ! Also I did the maze with a paper ratio that is longer than normal.

Peter B Lewis Building Maze — Peter B Miller Building Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Also you can watch the making of the maze on my YouTube channel !

Coming next week:

A sign maze.