Mental illnesses often get ignored, or aren’t taken as seriously as they should be, because they don’t always come with physical symptoms.
So, to draw attention to mental illness like OCD, body dysmorphia and bipolar, UK artist Toby Allen has drawn them as monsters, complete with evil superpowers.
‘I want to make people aware of how damaging these illnesses are and how much of a burden they can be to those who suffer from them,’ he explains of his Real Monsters project.