Shawn Coss is an Ohio based illustrator who decided to tackle the issue of mental health for his contribution to Inktober. This consists of artists from all around the world challenging themselves to create one ink-based illustration for each day of the month. Shawn Coss has a medical background giving him an in depth knowledge of some of the more severe mental illnesses. Shawn Coss illustrations really stood out to me due to how accurate he portrays mental illness and shows all the different forms of mental illness. He manages to portray each illness in a sinister and disturbing way making people wake up and realise the effects and importance of mental health. Shawn Coss is illustrating mental illness in such a shocking and realistic way that it forces people to face mental illness as an issue, which is important as thousands of people live their lives ignoring the severity of mental illness. Personally I love his work and really admire his head on approach in creating such amazing work, he's not afraid of the controversy they may cause. I cant wait to see which issues he decides to take on next because I'm sure whatever issue it may be he will raise awareness successfully like he has done with mental illness.
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