ANDERSON "sCOOP" BENTON

art by @birdpaw__ on twitter

aboutScoop (it/he) is a trans, mixed race artist living in the Bay Area. It creates art surrounding the themes and ideas of anthropomorphism, transgenderism, queerness, therianthropy and neurodivergence. He is a mixed media artist, meaning he does not focus on one medium alone, some mediums you may find here: digital, collage, fabric crafts, acrylic, gouache, marker and much more.

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Digital examples

Traditional examples

• Maudbriar's Playlist

maud finally has time to take care of herself. briar is still hopelessly in love with maud. a story about post-break-up coping, and the different ways that shows in people.only physical copies availible.

• guidebook (2023)

A zine about my personal experience as therian/otherkin. i plan to create more art describing these kinds of experiences but for now this is just a simple breakdown of the two most prevalent parts of myself.

• myriad (2023)

A love letter to queer people of the past. this one shot shows an instance of a seal and a mouse learning how to communicate boundaries. this is all thanks to the queer people who lived and died before us. it's always love for our people.

• stick close to my side (2022)

a zine encapsulating my connection to objects. items are more then just that, they are beings that carry energy just like you or i. in conjunction with that, i also view myself as an object in some ways. it feels right. not in any sort of self deprecating way, i just am an object. a little toy or maybe even a chair.

• untitled (2021)

comic i did on a whim. i used to experience a lot of top dysphoria and this was somewhat of an outlet for that.

• why destroy it? (2021)

another one of my comics that focuses around gender dysphoria. sex can be a difficult topic for me to approach and at this time it was very difficult for me to experience sex without dysphoria.

• daydreamer (2021)

a comic featured in issue #1 of CZC (comic zine collaboration) about a kid in class revisiting their childhood fantasy world.

digital love (2020)

comic that was in celebration of healthy relationship ideas after getting out of a lowkey sucky relationship.

• MIXED (2020)

my experience as a mixed person. i'm blwasian.

• the unknown (2020)

this was a comic done for my mentor during sophmore year in high school. the theme was "the Unkown".

• LOVE. (2020)

Created in response to feeling inadequate towards my high school boyfriend. realize now that we were just kids. still a comic that resonates with most.