From anxiety to depression to body dismorphic disorder, Toby Allen intended by this artwork particularly to give these intangible mental illnesses some substance and make them appear more manageable as physical entities.
?The project originated from imagining my own anxieties as monsters and finding it to be a cathartic and healing process to draw them,? Allen told The Huffington Post. ?It made them feel weaker and I was able to look at my own anxiety in a comical way.?
?The project originated from imagining my own anxieties as monsters?
?It made them feel weaker and I was able to look at my own anxiety in a comical way?
?I hope it helps [people] see their illness in a different light, make it appear more manageable?
