The result? An intricate giant puzzle that embodies his fund-raising efforts, moods, hunger and mistakes flawlessly. So, he started to seek out sponsors - In return for the money, he incorporated their company logo or icon into his masterpiece. Along the way, he also decided he wanted to take his giant maze on an international tour to showcase it to children and adults all over the world. Instead of using a pencil so that he could erase mistakes, he decided to challenge himself, by using a thin black sharpie and being creative with the mistakes by adding fun illustrations. Not envisioning any problems with the conditions, Joe began drawing his masterpiece on July 27th. And last but not least, the maze puzzle had to be solved by somebody. Also, to ensure that he created the entire maze solo, it had to be witnessed by least five people at regular intervals. While they agreed, they had a few conditions - The maze would have to be completely drawn by hand and at least 10 square meters ( 107 Square Feet). So, he contacted the folks at the company to see if they would consider his idea. He was even more encouraged when he realized that while there were six maze records in the book, none of them were for hand-drawn ones. Therefore when he recently decided that one of his life-long goals was to get into the Guinness World Records, it was the one thing he knew he could do well. Joe, a cartoonist at ToonSeum in downtown Pittsburgh says that as a child his doodles, spread over large pieces of paper, often turned to mazes that he would proudly display on his room wall. That's because while he is almost done sketching what is most likely the world's largest hand-drawn maze, he cannot get into the record books until he finds someone willing to put in the 30-40 hours it will take to solve it - That is, if it is solvable at all, something the artist is only 99% certain about. If you are one of those kids that loves to solve puzzles or finding your way through mazes, Pittsburgh artist Joe Wos is looking for you.
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