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In March 1995, artist Bryan Lewis Saunders made a promise to himself to create a new self-portrait every day for the rest of his life. To this day, he has kept this promise; Saunders has made over 11,200 of them.

While this alone sounds like quite the experiment, in 2000, he set out to create an even more radical subseries within the project. The artist painted tens of self-portraits whilst being on mind-altering drugs, and so, “Under The Influence” was born.

Within weeks, he became lethargic and suffered mild brain damage. Saunders even became a frequent guest at the hospital. Nevertheless, he continued drawing. The artist sought “experiences that might profoundly affect his perception of self” and when you see just how different each of the drawings from “Under The Influence” is, you can’t help but think he succeeded.

#1 1 sm Glass Of Absinth

#2 10mg Ambien

#3 Ativan / Haloperidol (Doseage Unknown In Hospital)

#4 90mg Abilify (After 3 Months Usage 3x Maximum Dose)

#5 Alcohol

#6 Morphine IV (Doseage Unknown)

#7 Psilocybin Mushrooms (2 Caps Onset)

#8 Bath Salts

#9 1/2 Gram Cocaine

#10 4mg Dilaudid

#11 Carbon Monoxide Inhalation

#12 DMT (During And After)

#13 Opium

#14 Abilify / Xanax / Ativan (Dosage Unknown In Hospital)

#15 LSD

#16 Celexa (Dosage Unknown)

#17 Computer Duster (2 Squirts)

#18 2 Bottles Of Cough Syrup

#19 1 Shot Of Dilaudid / 3 Shots Of Morphine (In The ER With Kidney Stones)

#20 Heroin (Snorted)

#21 Huffing Gas (During And After)

#22 Marijuana (G13)

#23 Marijuana Resin

#24 Pcp

#25 15mg Buspar (Snorted)

#26 1 “Bump” Of Crystalmeth

#27 300mg Lithium

#28 Nitrous Oxide

#29 Huffing Lighter Fluid

#30 7.5mg Hydrocodone / 7.5mg Oxycodone / 3mg Xanax

#31 Khat (Chew And Tea)

#32 3mg Klonopin

#33 10mg Lortab

#34 Marijuana (Kine Bud)

#35 100mg Tramadol

#36 25i-Nbome

#37 10mg Adderall

#38 4 Butalbitals (Doseage Unknown)

#39 Butane Honey Oil

#40 250mg Cephalexin (Painted W/ Watercolor Pencil, Water And Cephalexin)

#41 Hydrocodone And Oxycodone (Dosages Unknown)

#42 2mg Nicotine Gum (After Quitting Smoking For 2 Months)

#43 Novocaine

#44 Oxycodone (Dosage Unknown)

#45 7.5mg Percocet

#46 1 Glass Of Pruno

#47 Ritilin (Doseage Unknown-Snorted)

#48 250mg Soma

#49 100mg Trazadone

#50 20mg Valium

#51 Valium I.V. (Doseage Unknown In Hospital)

#52 2mg Xanax

#53 Absolute Shatter

#54 Benzedrine

#55 60mg Geodon

#56 Hash

#57 Kief

#58 4mg Risperdol

#59 Salvia Divinorum (Before And After)

#60 100mg Seroquel

#61 Sodium Thiopental IV

#62 Valium IV, (Albuterol, Saline & Oxygen Mixture)

#63 50mg Zoloft (After 2 Weeks)

#64 10mg Zyprexa (After 2 Weeks In Hospital)

#65 20mg Cyclobenzaprine

#66 Nitrous Oxide / Valium I.V. (Doseage Unknown At Dentist)

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