Monster Illustrations, to Embody Mental Illness

Mental Illness is a serious subject that artist Toby Allen, Designer and Illustrator, describes in a novel way, making Anxiety, Depression, Schizophrenia and many other below, into corporeal beings.  The following is a quote from Allen "The artwork is not at all intended to make light of these conditions but instead is intended to give these intangible mental illnesses some substance, raise awareness and make them appear more manageable as physical entities".  If you enlarge the images below, you can read and understand a bit more of about the symptoms, of the various illnesses.

ARCHIATRIC Mental Health Illustrations Paired with Architecture

A smart way of getting us to talk more, of a subject that the majority of us would prefer not to discuss.

Mental Health - Depression a Journey Through the Jungle of Mind

A serious subject that the artist approaches, by putting his thoughts into illustrations.

Books Hold States of Mind

Clever and symbolic work from Thomas Wightman, a newly graduated graphic designer from Scotland.  Amongst his work we are concentrating on 3 of them that focus on mental disorders.  He uses books, in an artistic way to draw metaphors between art and the state of mind of the people that are afflicted with these debilitating conditions.  He is very insightful choosing to use the book in his work to suggest that when the book is closed everything looks right and everything is contained, but when it is opened the full extent of the condition is in full view.  Opening the book represents opening up about the mental condition, dealing with it and getting help.

Mental Exercises with Surrealism

Photos that make you brain pause and think...

Emotions and Expressions in Ink Portraits

Beautiful expressions centred around the eyes.

Paintings in Swirls of Colour

Acrylic on Canvas Paintings by Eduardo R. Calzado have an incredible amount of detail and precision.  We are used to use these terms for art like of hyper Realistic Art, but Calzado manages to inject these properties into his paintings. He manages to find a way of beautifully marrying, sharp, precise geometric shapes and the fluid curves he conveys in his overall pictures.  These images can be viewed in 2 ways:
1. Enlarged (press the images) to see the level of detail that we were talking about above.
2. Small image you can see the flow of the paintings with all its curves spirals and vortexes.  Enjoy...

Tell a Story with Photo Manipulation

The initial concept to a thought; the seed to a story, expressed in digital art.

Surrealism Allows Travel Through Paintings

Surreal Art is the vehicle through which our imagination is free to navigate to distant and wonderful worlds.

Extremes in Ink Drawing Themes

Another post with a variety of interests. One including a series of the artist interacting with his art.

Interior Design Sketches

Enriching the library of mental images with sketches, to make our homes our own.

Book Page Drawings

Russian born Artist Ekaterina Panikanova now works between Saint Petersbourg and Rome.  Fascinating use of books to create a layered canvas. Unlike a normal puzzle you don't have to move the books to create the image but turn the pages to the corresponding picture.  Very different and fascinating.  The artist is trying to represent mental illness, where the pages of the book are the mind.  In people with psychological problems there is always some form of complication with the way they see and interact with the world. If you notice the images, they are not perfect, there is always something that does not fit, not quite right.

For more book related art see:  Books

Drawings of Architectural Journeys

Welcome to the travel section.

Images Daydreams are made of

Dreams and nightmares, two very powerful forces in our lives. My advice, try and avoid the latter. : )

Ink on Paper Architecture Drawings

Mostly British architecture with two exceptions, Paris and Barcelona.

Urban Drawings from Memory with Detailed Cityscapes

An artist that uses his memories and skills, to reproduce key details, of the cities we live in.