Artist Draws Self-Portraits Under the Influence of Different Types of Drugs

Bryan Lewis Saunders is a great artist and experimenter who is so devoted to his art that he made himself undergo a rather self-consuming experiment whereby he drew self-portraits under the influence of every type of drug one could imagine. He puts it as follows:

“After experiencing drastic changes in my environment, I looked for other experiences that might profoundly affect my perception of self. So I devised another experiment where everyday I took a different drug or intoxicant and drew myself under the influence. Within weeks I became lethargic and suffered mild brain damage that fortunately wasn’t irreparable. I am still conducting this experiment but over greater lapses of time and I only take drugs that are given to me.”

So here are the results. Also, don’t forget to check out Bryan’s latest work about self-portraits on psychological tests.

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Abilify / Xanax / Ativan (dosage unknown in hospital)

90mg Abilify (after 3 months usage 3x maximum dose)

1 sm Glass of Absinth

10mg Adderall

10mg Ambien

Bath Salts

15mg Buspar (snorted)

4 Butalbitals (doseage unknown)

Butane Honey Oil

250mg Cephalexin (painted w/ watercolor pencil, water and cephalexin)

1/2 gram Cocaine

Computer Duster (2 squirts)

2 bottles of Cough Syrup

1 “Bump” of Crystalmeth

4mg Dilaudid

1 shot of Dilaudid / 3 shots of Morphine (In the ER with kidney stones)

DMT (during and after)

60mg Geodon

Hash

Heroin (Snorted)

Huffing Gas (during and after)

Huffing Lighter Fluid

7.5mg Hydrocodone / 7.5mg Oxycodone / 3mg Xanax

Khat (chew and tea)

3mg Klonopin

10mg Lortab

Marijuana (Kine Bud)

G13 Marijuana

Morphine IV (doseage unknown)

Psilocybin Mushrooms (2 caps onset)

2mg Nicotine Gum (after quitting smoking for 2 months)

Nitrous Oxide

Nitrous Oxide / Valium I.V. (doseage unknown in hospital)

PCP

7.5mg Percocet

2 Pot Brownies

1 Glass of Pruno

Marijuana Resin

4mg Risperdol

Ritilin (doseage unknown-snorted)

Salvia Divinorum (before and right after)

100mg Seroquel

100mg Tramadol

100mg Trazadone

20mg Valium

Valium I.V. (doseage unknown in hospital)

Valium IV, (Albuterol, Saline & Oxygen mixture)

2mg Xanax

50mg Zoloft (after 2 weeks)

10mg Zyprexa (after 2 weeks in hospital)

Ativan / Haloperidol (doseage unknown in hospital)