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.

