Stunning illustrations portray mental illness like you've never seen before

Shawn Coss is an artist who works with Cyanide & Happiness and also on his own projects.

For inktober, Coss decided to shine a light on some mental health issues.

Little did he realise that his illustrations would connect with so many people. One of his posts on Facebook has more than 30,000 shares alone.

Coss said: "If you need help, don’t be afraid to ask."

People have been thanking him on social media and the response to his work has been overwhelmingly positive.

However, some people have problems with Coss depicting illness’ that he does not suffer from himself describing his art as "disgusting" and "insulting".

Coss said to his followers: "Thank you for the love and hate. Glad my work can affect so many."

At the end of the day, love him or hate him, Coss has started an enormous conversation on mental health in an open and unique way.

via breakingnews.ie