The Surreal World of Rust and Humus

Explore a universe from the cosmic dawn to life at the end of time. A breakdown of Lucas Roussel’s surreal worldbuilding epic ‘Rust and Humus.’ --- Read ’Rust and Humus’: Lucas Roussel’s Artstation: Lucas Roussel’s Instagram: If you could witness time from the Big Bang to the last star going out, what moments would stay with you the most? What would you still remember, even as space grew dark and empty? What meaning — if any — would you glean from all of cosmic history? ‘Rust and Humus’ is a worldbuilding project that explores a dreamlike universe from the cosmic dawn to life at the end of time. Created by the visionary artist and writer Lucas Roussel and translated by Laura Remy, it is perhaps the most surreal exercise in worldbuilding I’ve ever encountered. Over the course of the project’s one-hundred and twenty-three pages, long forgo