Inktober is a relatively new month-long challenge for artists all over the world. It was created by Jake Parker, who came up with the idea to focus on improving skills and developing positive drawing habits. For 31 days of October, everyone who wants to participate creates an ink drawing and posts it online using the #inktober tag. Each year there's a new prompt list to be used for the pictures. Shawn Coss decided to ditch the guidelines and create within a sore theme, posting new mental illness ink depictions every day of the Inktober.
Shawn's mental illness art translates sicknesses of the mind in an eerily accurate way, and his ghoulish illustrations don't end with Inktober. The artist has worked for such clients as the horror king Stephen King himself, creates Cyanide & Happiness cartoons, and even has his own clothing line.
So if you're searching for support with your mental illness or are plainly into horror, check Shawn's art below. It surely gave us the chills!
#1 Social Anxiety Disorder
556points
#2 Major Depressive Disorder
512points
#3 Insomnia
489points
#4 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
448points
#5 Bipolar Disorder
433points
#6 Borderline Personality Disorder
423points
#7 Autism Spectrum Disorder
414points
#8 Paranoid Schizophrenia
371points
#9 OCD
347points
#10 DPD
322points
#11 Anorexia Nervosa
238points
#12 Depersonalization Disorder
230points
#13 Agoraphobia
222points
#14 Dissociative Identity Disorder
214points
#15 Capgras Syndrome
197points
#16 Cotard's Delusion
179points
#17 DSED
160points
#18 Schizophrenia
156points
Exploring mental illness through art can be a powerful way to convey emotions and experiences that are often hard to articulate. Shawn Coss's work during Inktober is a prime example of how these themes can be expressed creatively.
If you're intrigued by artists who illustrate mental disorders as haunting personas and wish to delve deeper into this compelling subject, consider checking out how other artists also depict mental health issues as haunting creatures.