Acid Trip: Drawing Under the Influence

By prawn1 March 6th, 2009

As part of a test conducted by the US government in the 1950s, an artist was subjected to a dose of psychotomimetic drug LSD-25 and given free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils. What follows is a series of 9 drawings the artist made at varying stages of his trip. His evolving subject is the medico that jabbed him.

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3 Comments

Mo! (Reply) on March 6th, 2009

Familiar! very familiar…. hahahah good sht!
Lucy Furr (Reply) on March 9th, 2009

Must remember to have crayons and paper in my activity box next time a drop a cap.
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