<div class="box" style="--img:url(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8f/a0/51/8fa051251f5ac2d0b756027089fbffde--terry-o-neill-al-pacino.jpg)">Al Pacino</div>
<div class="box" style="--img:url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/28/d2/e6/28d2e684e7859a0dd17fbd0cea00f8a9.jpg)">Ben Stiller</div>
<div class="box" style="--img:url(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ee/85/08/ee850842e68cfcf6e3943c048f45c6d1.jpg)">Patrick Stewart</div>
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<!-- images from https://codepen.io/petegarvin1/pen/YzWBbRx -->
@property --border{
  syntax: '<length>';
  inherits: true;
  initial-value: 0;
}

.box {
  width:250px;
  height:250px;
  margin:5px;
  cursor:pointer;
  --path:50% 0%, 90% 20%, 100% 60%, 75% 100%, 25% 100%, 0% 60%, 10% 20%;
  clip-path:polygon(var(--path));
  --border:120px;
  transition:--border .5s;
  position:relative;
  background:#444;
  color:#fff;
  display:inline-grid;
  place-content:center;
  font-size:20px;
  font-weight:bold;
  font-family:sans-serif;
}
.box:before {
  content:"";
  position:absolute;
  background:var(--img) center/cover;
  inset:0;
  -webkit-mask:paint(polygon-border);
}
.box:hover {
  --border:15px;
}

body {
  background:#f2f2f2;
}
registerPaint('polygon-border', class  {

  static get inputProperties() {
    return [
      '--path',
      '--border',
      '--dash'
    ]
  }
  
  paint(ctx, size, properties) {

    const points = properties.get('--path').toString().split(',');
    const b = parseFloat(properties.get('--border').value);
    const d = properties.get('--dash').toString().split(',');
    const w = size.width;
    const h = size.height;
    
    const cc = function(x,y) {
      var fx=0,fy=0;
      if (x.indexOf('calc') > -1) {
        var tmp = x.replace('calc(','').replace(')','');
        if (tmp.indexOf('+') > -1) {
          tmp = tmp.split('+');
          fx = (parseFloat(tmp[0])/100)*w + parseFloat(tmp[1]);
        } else {
          tmp = tmp.split('-');
          fx = (parseFloat(tmp[0])/100)*w - parseFloat(tmp[1]);
        }
      } else if (x.indexOf('%') > -1) {
        fx = (parseFloat(x)/100)*w;
      } else if(x.indexOf('px') > -1) {
        fx = parseFloat(x);
      }
      
      if (y.indexOf('calc') > -1) {
        var tmp = y.replace('calc(','').replace(')','');
        if (tmp.indexOf('+') > -1) {
          tmp = tmp.split('+');
          fy = (parseFloat(tmp[0])/100)*h + parseFloat(tmp[1]);
        } else {
          tmp = tmp.split('-');
          fy = (parseFloat(tmp[0])/100)*h - parseFloat(tmp[1]);
        }
      } else if (y.indexOf('%') > -1) {
        fy = (parseFloat(y)/100)*h;
      } else if(y.indexOf('px') > -1) {
        fy = parseFloat(y);
      }
      return [fx,fy];
    }
    
    var p = points[0].trim().split(/(?!\(.*)\s(?![^(]*?\))/g);
    p = cc(p[0],p[1]);
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.setLineDash(d);
    ctx.moveTo(p[0],p[1]);
    
    for (var i = 1; i < points.length; i++) {
      p = points[i].trim().split(/(?!\(.*)\s(?![^(]*?\))/g);
      p = cc(p[0],p[1]);
      ctx.lineTo(p[0],p[1]);
    }
    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.lineWidth = 2*b;
    ctx.strokeStyle = '#000';
    ctx.stroke();
  }

})
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