...so the "every drug known to man" art guy kind of inspired this thread. There is a lot of great psychedelic inspired art all over the Nexus, but what this thread specifically addresses is art done while actually under the influence of a significant dose of a psychedelic.
I've drawn, painted and even tattooed people while on moderate doses of acid or shrooms. I don't have photos handy of all of it, but here are four decent examples. These are all pieces that were done, start to finish, while tripping. In each case, the entire setup- canvas, color selection, brushes, etc. were in place before dosing, with at least some idea of what the direction of the piece would be. I worked with smooshy abstract stuff that lent itself to a loose approach. I'd already done hundreds of paintings by this point, so holding the brush was second nature and the presence of a hallucinogen in my system was not enough to preclude my being able to paint.
The first one is the largest of the group (4x4'), and possibly my favorite. I had already done one "Hook" painting while tripping before this, and wanted a chance to follow that up. (My avatar is a later piece in the same series, although done while only under the influence of THC). It was a pretty high dose for painting- at least 400ug- enough to seriously threaten my work ethic. The piece took about 4 hours. I later did a much larger "Hook" painting while on a higher dose, made a mess, hurt my hand. You can't package this stuff... it just unfolds as it does.
The second one was smaller and quicker, but on a similar dose. I remember everything in my vision being very watery, and worked to flow with that the best I could.
The third was on a much lower dosage- about 200ug- and is very small, about 4x5". I sat in front of the fireplace with a small brush and tweaked away at this for about 3-4 hours. I've done very similar organic lightburst paintings while tripping two other times, once very successfully and once with horrible results.
The last one was a shroom painting, about 3 grams, painted outdoors at a park. I set the easel up next to a rock cliff and focused on a small spot of mossy rock. My big struggle was just capturing the astonishing beauty of what I was seeing- all that amazing texture and subtle color of the rock and lichen, dazzling and bursting with significance... I kept wanting to put the brush down, since my painting was so simple and crude by comparison. Nonetheless I think the finished painting did capture an element of what I was seeing.
I've drawn, painted and even tattooed people while on moderate doses of acid or shrooms. I don't have photos handy of all of it, but here are four decent examples. These are all pieces that were done, start to finish, while tripping. In each case, the entire setup- canvas, color selection, brushes, etc. were in place before dosing, with at least some idea of what the direction of the piece would be. I worked with smooshy abstract stuff that lent itself to a loose approach. I'd already done hundreds of paintings by this point, so holding the brush was second nature and the presence of a hallucinogen in my system was not enough to preclude my being able to paint.
The first one is the largest of the group (4x4'), and possibly my favorite. I had already done one "Hook" painting while tripping before this, and wanted a chance to follow that up. (My avatar is a later piece in the same series, although done while only under the influence of THC). It was a pretty high dose for painting- at least 400ug- enough to seriously threaten my work ethic. The piece took about 4 hours. I later did a much larger "Hook" painting while on a higher dose, made a mess, hurt my hand. You can't package this stuff... it just unfolds as it does.
The second one was smaller and quicker, but on a similar dose. I remember everything in my vision being very watery, and worked to flow with that the best I could.
The third was on a much lower dosage- about 200ug- and is very small, about 4x5". I sat in front of the fireplace with a small brush and tweaked away at this for about 3-4 hours. I've done very similar organic lightburst paintings while tripping two other times, once very successfully and once with horrible results.
The last one was a shroom painting, about 3 grams, painted outdoors at a park. I set the easel up next to a rock cliff and focused on a small spot of mossy rock. My big struggle was just capturing the astonishing beauty of what I was seeing- all that amazing texture and subtle color of the rock and lichen, dazzling and bursting with significance... I kept wanting to put the brush down, since my painting was so simple and crude by comparison. Nonetheless I think the finished painting did capture an element of what I was seeing.
