Ben Hattrell

It's been a couple of years now since I have designed and published a labyrinth, so many of you may be wondering what has happened to me ?

Well, besides aging to 23, recently, most of my free time has been dedicated to writing reviews for my review blog reasea.org. If you're a fan of my artwork and enjoy reading about smoothies, films and hotels, you can read my articles and contact me directly by email on that site. 

In the next few years I'll aim to produce some more intriguing designs for this gallery. 

Here is my most recent blog review advert : 

My future in drawing similar designs to that previously witnessed depends on having equipment to draw with. Various pens are available many of which appear to flood the page by spreading with ink. These ink pools cannot be tolerated when it comes to precise passages leading to a destination as unwanted closures may occur. This compromises the quality of the design and makes the maze more difficult if not impossible to complete.

Whilst all my designs can be completed in future I shall be trialling some new Japanese pens to see if they can reduce this spreading effect of ink. The paper I will be using will be significantly thicker than that previously used. my designs therefore will not turn into an inky sponge on wavy paper due to moisture but will stand proud on the firm card-like paper they deserve to be rigid enough to withstand a tearing pressure from that confident maze passage explorer.

The designs I have made so far may be able to be converted to prints onto this paper so that this can be sold and shared with individuals like yourself within the near future. You can therefore get a copy in the post to complete in your leisure time if you wish. This equipment therefore may improve these designs and distribution aswell as quality in the near future and I am excited to be able to provide such advances for my loyal followers and viewers. 

Thanks for for reading and keep viewing my profile to see newer blog updates. Feel free to check out my Instagram posts at benandthegang and my main art profile http://www.painters-online.co.uk/artist/benh4

Feel free to check out my newest designs. My latest is the moon labyrinth completed September the 1st 2016. 

So after a long summer of cycling and getting ready for graduation and my next year of university I decided that I hadn't created any artwork for over a year. It was time for a change and i needed inspiration. having watched a few movies it was time to step up to the plate or sheet as the case may be to get started. following a cycle outing it occurred to me that all my labyrinths previously had been based on rural locations or organisms on Earth but I had never ventured yet into a more abstract or different place to that familiar to most people.

Aliens of the big traditional green variety seemed to much of a jump from the underlying theme of natural scenes for this stage in my drawing hobby so I thought of the moon to help create something different. the surface was researched before I even began, looking into the craters and volcanoes which exist there. Day and night was not incorporated with lighting as only 1 half of the moon is dark and in 2D drawings I assumed the light side was being depicted. 

Although i I am a scientist the science was never the focus of this design it was creativity but tailored to not replicate but resemble the real thing through the media of paper and ink and the design of a maze. 

Photo editing was helped by my grandad and am hoping to broaden access to this new design by uploading soon to a multitude of other art websites under my name. 

See other photos and images on my Instagram @benandthegang or my main art profile on paintersonline.co.uk under Ben Hattrell 

Thanks for reading and I will be creating more designs over future summers or holidays.