Mental Disorders

2021Editorial illustration

Six editorial illustrations, each turning a psychological disorder into a visual metaphor: Borderline, ADHD, Cotard Delusion, Dissociative Identity, Paranoid and Alzheimer’s.

Mental Disorders – Borderline: a red figure whose face splits away, coiled around itself on green

Mental Disorders – ADHD: a teal figure with whirling hair and four hands pointing different ways, on purple

Mental Disorders – Cotard Delusion: a dark figure clinging to a skeleton, on ochre

Mental Disorders – Dissociative Identity: several grainy figures, one in a bowler hat, merging into one body, on maroon

Mental Disorders – Paranoid: two pink figures, one clutching its head, the title in mirror writing, on navy

Notes

Made for a calendar. Each disorder has its own colour and its own figures, described below.

Plates

01Borderline A red figure whose face splits away, coiled around itself, on green.
02ADHD A teal figure with whirling hair and four hands pointing different ways, on purple.
03Cotard Delusion A dark figure clinging to a skeleton, on ochre.
04Dissociative Identity Several grainy figures, one in a bowler hat, merging into one body, on maroon.
05Paranoid Two pink figures, one clutching its head, the title in mirror writing, on navy.
06Alzheimer’s A violet figure in profile, its body crumbling away, on dark blue.

Made

Six illustrations
Calendar