ben ✹𓃥✲

✱ ben (or kai) ✱ he/him ✱ nonbinary ✱ bisexual ✱ late 20s

i'm a fulltime freelance artist born and raised in the monterey bay of california. currently living in portland, or. my ultimate dream is to move back to monterey bay or san francisco :] i'm interested in design, colors, character concepts, and while i'm primarily a digital artist i've been experimenting more with traditional / physical artoutside of art i'm really passionate about architecture, interior design (or design in general!), fursuits and furry history, public transportation, (new) urbanism / urban planning, anti car dependency movements, hiking, ecology, marine biology, ocean science.
my special interests include fursuits, san francisco (yes the city!), and nature related topics in general especially californian ecology!i'm not very active in public social media spaces these days, maybe that will change.within personal art, i like working on my personal headworlds. one of my main stories is dog of paradise, who stars my oc tex, a gay coyote hitman based in the coachella valley area of california.

[interests] san francisco the city (and greater central coast), life sciences (marine biology, ecology, etc), coastal geography and ocean science, california native plants, foggy and rainy weather, architecture & interior design, fashion, perfumery, textile art, ceramics, fursuits, furry history, y2k era and frutiger aero, vintage toys and games (90s-late 00s), walking & hiking (nature & urban exploration), public transportation, horror related media, pokemon

my fursonas

these are my fursonas / mascots!
i have a few of them, but kai is my main mascot, he's really the most important.
the rest are for fun, and i change them often!
they are inspired by different areas/towns of California that are very important to me, where i grew up, where my family is from, where i spent summers or winters, etc

Kai

✱ Name: Kai Laureiro
✱ Species: American Akita Canis lupus familiaris
✱ Gender: Male he/him
✱ Height: average
✱ Hometown: San Francisco, CA
✱ Occupation: Marine Biologist
✱ Smells like: eucalyptus, wild mint, coastal fog
✱ Song Tycho - A Walk
✱ Toyhouse link here

He's my main mascot and fursona! Inspired by my childhood memories in the San Francisco bay area. A friendly bi jock guy who only ever wants to talk about nature science, Californian ecology, the ocean and so on. Kai lives in the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the shadow of Mt. Sutro. He works as a Marine Biologist, at the (fictional) Moss Beach Marine Lab, south of SF.In his free time, he's always exploring the city, especially the Presidio and Golden Gate Park, flippin' rocks and logs for snakes and lizards, or driving along the coast.

  • likes the ocean and coastline, rainy days and foggy mornings, redwood forests, sports + athletics, surf + skate culture, street fashion, house shows, retro toys + games, architecture

sierra

✱ Name: Sierra Westbrook
✱ Species: Pacific Marten Martes caurina
✱ Gender: Nonbinary he/him
✱ Height: 5'3''
✱ Hometown: Boulder Creek, CA
✱ Occupation: state park interpreter / forestry
✱ Smells like: coast redwood, pine needles, cold brew
✱ Song goth babe - moments/tides
✱ Toyhouse link here

If Kai is the bay/coast - Sierra is the mountains/redwoods. A recreation of my oldest fursona (who was an American Marten!) Sierra is more of a truesona compared to Kai (though Kai kinda fits the definition but I tend to be more fluid/fun with his design.)
He's a mix of pacific coast dweller + woodsy camper vibes. Originally from Rio del Mar Aptos area, but moved to the Santa Cruz Mountains to work in the parks. I imagine he lives in a small apartment or cabin-ish house in Boulder Creek, and spends part time as a Park Ranger (Big Basin or Henry Cowell?), and part time helping to relocate Rattlesnakes for locals.

  • likes: small town life, mountain views, quilted fabric, botanical gardens, road trips, five-panel hats, wool clothes, earthy colors, cinnamon pastries, salmon jerky

Tanoak

✱ Name: Tanoak "Tanner"
✱ Species: North American Wolverine (G. g. luscus)
✱ Gender: Genderfluid any pronouns
✱ Height: 6'
✱ Hometown: Portland, Oregon
✱ Occupation: forestry
✱ Smells like: cedar dust, fall spices, warm leather jacket
✱ Song: Jaguar Sun - Forever and More
✱ Toyhouse link here

a pacific northwest themed wolverine, a character that reflects my genderfluid identity and life experiences with gender/sexualitythemed around the pacific northwest & autumn/winter time!
woodsy/outdoorsy stoner. works in forestry or maybe a lumberyard or both.

  • likes: car camping, roadside truck stops, lumberyards, biker bars, old neon signs and vintage christmas lights, heavy jackets and flannels, cold weather, wildflowers, film photography, weed, beer

Idyllwild

✱ Name: Matteo "Idyllwild" Flores
✱ Species: Rattlesnake / Sidewinder
✱ Gender: Femme Gay Man he/him
✱ Hometown: Idyllwild, California
✱ Occupation: Ceramics Artist
✱ Smells like: sweetgrass, sun-warmed leather, desert pine
✱ Song: caribou - can't do without you

a lovesick cowboy in the low deserts of california. rattlesnakes have been one of my favorite animals for as long as i can remember, and this character is a homage to that.born and raised in the coachella valley, currently residing in the san jacinto mountains at idyllwild-pine cove, teaching at a locally owned ceramics and art studio.a hybrid of western rattlesnake species, primarily Mojave Rattlesnake, Pacific Rattlesnake, as well as Colorado Desert Sidewinder.

  • likes: springtime in the desert, summer on the coast, southwest americana, pottery, textile art, cowboys and westerns, perfumery, vintage furniture stores, leather and suede, soft blush pinks

YARROW

✱ Name: Yarrow Ferreira
✱ Species: California Valley Coyote Canis latrans ochropus
✱ Gender: Genderfluid he/him
✱ Height: 6'2''
✱ Hometown: Joshua Tree, CA
✱ Occupation: plant nursery technician
✱ Smells like: desert sagebrush, sweet orange, incense
✱ Song Jaguar Sun - Cold Wind
✱ Toyhouse link here

my comfort fursona. meant to be much older than me (40s-50s) and i treat him as a comfort fursona. he's themed around 70's as well as mid century modern aesthetics and anything related to the desert. his guilty pleasure is las vegas. he works for the great basin instute as a plant technician teaming up with the national park service at joshua tree

  • motifs: desert life, mid-century modern design, psychedelic art, 70's aesthetics & fashion, tapestries, poetry, candles, incense, road trips, orange blossom trees, floral iced tea

Marlon

✱ Name: Marlon O'Neill
✱ Species: Blue Shark Prionace glauca / + Grey Reef Shark
✱ Gender: Cis Male he/him
✱ Height: 5'10''
✱ Hometown: Santa Cruz, California
✱ Occupation: owner of Abalone*
✱ Smells like: marine salt, pacific fog, citrus sunscreen
✱ Song: Goth Babe - Crocodile
✱ Toyhouse link here

blue shark / grey reef shark hybrid
he owns a skate/surf retail store combined coffee shop called
Abalone (inspired by Mollusk in san francisco, just with coffee attached to it)

  • motifs: cute beach houses, aquariums, fossils, sea glass, raw fish, early 2000s skate/beach fashion

rain

✱ Name: Raincoast "Rain"
✱ Species: Mountain/Woodland Caribou
✱ Gender: Nonbinary he/they
✱ Hometown: Big Sur/Carmel Valley, CA
✱ Occupation: Architectural Designer
✱ Smells like: wild mint, coast sagebrush, damp earth
✱ Song: ford. - Tell Me (Anew)

an architectural designer (and designer in general) from the bay area of california. he mostly grew up in berkeley, currently lives part time down in big sur/carmel valley. rain is mostly interested in landscape architecture, and has a fascination with concrete n the sun, weathered driftwood exterior, reclaimed wood and metal accents, ceramic tiles, and round windows.he is inspired by both north american reindeer (like boreal woodland) and scandinavian reindeer (like norwegian mountain)

  • likes: beachcombing, thrifted drinkware, rare tea blends, concrete and driftwood architecture

Canyon

✱ species: red-tailed hawk
✱ gender: nonbinary he/they
✱ hometown: tucson, arizona
✱ occupation: photographer
✱ scent: dark roast coffee & vanilla clove

just a fun bird oc for whenever i feel like drawin a bird :]

  • film photography, heavy work jackets

Cocoa

✱ species: japanese macaque
✱ gender: nonbinary any pronouns
✱ hometown: toronto, canada
✱ occupation: professional snowboarder
✱ scent: banana smoothie & coconut milk

monkey who happens to be a pro snowboarder...
Lives in a world visually similar to Inkopolis/Splatoon.. but all animals

  • winter sports, bonfires, boba cafes

✱ design by: MunchMonster

my characters

This page is a work in progress
i'll host random pics/galleries of my ocs here!

Joseph "Tex" Saldahna

✱ species: california valley coyote
✱ gender: male he/she
✱ hometown: palm springs, ca
✱ scent: tobacco & orange blossom

A gay hitman based in the Southwest and Southern California area. Main character of my story/headworld so I draw him a lot!!

  • the desert, neon signs, casinos, wildflowers, palm trees, classic cars, cool knives, guns, city night drives, floral prints, roll-your-own cigarettes, fruity cocktails

Fen Ranulph

✱ species: eurasian wolf
✱ gender: male he/him
✱ hometown: new york city, ny
✱ occupation: consultant
✱ scent: iris flower & leather sandalwood

Fenrir is a white-collar businessman from New York City, working at a consulting & accounting firm Lupus & Vulpes. A love interest for Tex in my story - Fen hires Tex as a personal (and strictly) bodyguard, but they end up becoming close friends.

  • contemporary design, art deco, autumn and winter, libraries, art and history museums, perfumery, whiskey, rare steak, dark chocolate, tiramisu, affogato

Orphéon

✱ species: mascot / pool toy / wolfdogpuppy
✱ gender: what
✱ hometown: PARIS / NYC / LA / TOKYO
✱ scent: vinyl plastic & garage fumes

a mascot for a fictional fashion brand. inspired heavily by comme des garcon and similar brands. designed for clothes and collectables and other things. can be made of clear or opaque material, white or shiny silver, covered in stickers/logos, and so on

AeRo

✱ species: airplane dragon
✱ gender: unknown
✱ hometown: the skies...
✱ scent: cool ozonic air & gardenia petals

work in progress etc

  • list of things here

✱ design by: tropicalsteppe

cirrus

✱ species: angel (wolf)
✱ gender: genderless it/they/he
✱ hometown: spawned in at 43°10'59.2"N 111°56'47.0"W
✱ occupation: ?????
✱ scent: rosewater & tea leaves

not to be confused with the generic black wolf i usually draw, this is more of an angel themed character and anthro. sometimes i pair him with church the coyote

  • list of things here

Church Casino

✱ species: demon (coyote)
✱ gender: genderless he/it
✱ hometown: Truth or Consequences, NM
✱ occupation: conman
✱ scent: burnt piñon pine & monsoon creosote

An oldish character of mine I used for experimental art that has more desert landscapes or psychedelic feeling. A mysterious desert dweller, canyon wanderer, night road rider... known by locals as a cryptid, a werecoyote, a trickster, a conman, a gambler... he is a demon but he's not actually all that powerful. wanders the southwest in search of interesting things.

  • dark canyons, old gas stations, cowboy western wear, flashy outfits, smell of the high desert after a thunder storm, gold, rattlesnakes, black coffee, raw meat, clove cigarettes, low riders

Aquarius

✱ species: bobbitt worm
✱ gender: male he/him
✱ hometown: fantasy beach, ca
✱ occupation: life guard
✱ scent: green palm leaves & water lily
✱ pinterest: [link here]

from a (made up) town called fantasy beach, with white sands, quaint pastel beach motels and breezy palm trees. works as a lifeguard, alternating for the beach and a local resort pool.

  • iridescent, holographic, and glittery materials, pool water, seashells, bath bombs, stickers, pink plastic, floral perfume

✱ design by: vhsdruid

Coast.

✱ species: sea otter
✱ gender: trans male he/him
✱ hometown: santa cruz, ca
✱ occupation: surf instructor
✱ scent: sea mineral & old leather

retired pro surfer turned surf instructor based in capitola/santa cruz. lives in a navy blue craftsman house, in pleasure point.

  • neoprene smell, driftwood art, coconut surf wax, verve coffee

my kintypes

  • you found my not so secret secret kin page!! this is a page where i list my current animal kin for fun

  • i've had 'kin' feelings since i was a kid, way before the internet. i always attached to a specific animal or group of animals throughout my life. it's always shifted but i've always had some kin feelings towards canines, reptiles, mustelids, raptor birds!

  • i know nowadays people go by terms therian and similar - not sure if i would. i just always used kin as long as i can remember. it's mostly a fun neurodiverse thing, and maybes lightly spiritual but not too serious.

canis lupus

  • especially mexican wolves, great plains wolves

canis latrans

  • western coyotes!

vulpes

  • north american foxes, but also folk art / toony foxes in particular, more so than realistic foxes

domestic dogs

  • american akitas!

Martes

  • american marten and pacific martens

gulo gulo

  • wolverines!!!

Aphelocoma

  • western / california scrub jay

crotalus

  • pretty much any rattlesnake species but i have a soft spot for mojave rattlesnakes and pacific rattlesnakes

lone moutain

Lone Mountain is a slice of life, small town drama centered around LGBT romance. Focusing on a friend group who grew up the Monte Toyon area forest communities. They remained in town after graduation, despite many peers outside their close group leaving for college.
The story and cast deal with romance, gender/sexuality feelings, post high school/college feelings, longing for a different life away from home

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trauma

working / temporary title

A medical drama taking place at the fictional Westwood Medical Center's trauma unit / emergency room. Ranked #12 in the states, WMC, or Westwood Health, is a non-profit & medical research center, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Famous for it's emergency and level 1 adult and pediatrics trauma centers, and level 3 prenatal care. It competes with NYMed and Cedar Lake Hospital.While it is a serious story / drama, it does play around with early-mid 2000s medical dramas (think House, Greys Anatomy, etc) , a bit of y2k feeling, music, tropes... etc.

jack

-- name: jack laureiro
-- species: vancouver island wolf / mexican wolf
-- gender: two-spirit he/him
-- hometown: seattle, wa
-- occupation: forester / park ranger / conservationist
-- scent: warm summer air, red cedar, sweetgrass, fresh ground coffee
-- pinterest: [link here]

Patagonia camping dad. Woodsy, fun warm colors.Spends time between the Bay Area and Lake Tahoe area.

  • forest hikes, mountain views, small town life, rivers and creeks, wildflowers, five-panel hats, earthy colors, flannels and quilts, roadside biker bars, salmon jerky

design notes:

  • can have entirely natural markings or stylized markings on his back

  • has faint face freckles

  • always has some sort of facial hair, and always has body hair

SANTO

-- name: santo navarro
-- species: california valley coyote
-- gender: two-spirit he/him
-- hometown: palm springs, california
-- occupation: unknown
-- scent: night blooming florals, desert pine, old leather, copal resin, palo santo
-- pinterest: [link here]

descendent of Trickster Coyote. depsite this he could just be an ordindary coyote man in our world, just with special ancestry, or he can have minor powers of a chaos god.

  • forest hikes, mountain views, small town life, rivers and creeks, wildflowers, five-panel hats, earthy colors, flannels and quilts, roadside biker bars, salmon jerky

design notes:

  • i change his design a lot - no worries about getting it "wrong"!

  • most important features: cheek dots, off white fur + big akita head/neck

  • can have optional speckling / freckles across fur

  • chest tattoos are optional, and can be stylized in any way

  • eyes are any blue, blue green, blue gray, etc! below are some examples:

THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS!!!

(and is missing a lot of entries.)

i will always be adding to this page as i read and learn about more scps!

last updated: 5/2/2021

list of favorite scps

scp foundation is one of my special interests. i made this both as a reference for myself but also people who are sort of new to it! i have 3 sections - the more popular and easy to read Scps (like for new people), my personal favs/underrated ones, and then lengthy, maybe harder to understand but still really good ones. note: you will not see the sculpture or unkillable reptile here.this page IS intended for newer readers, and the later sections are intended for everyone

"easy" to read, more popular ones

  1. scp-804 World Without Man - this was one of the first SCPs to really creep me out as a kid. although its FAIRLY tame compared to some other SCPs... it's just nostalgic for me!

  2. SCP-024 Game Show of Death - an abandoned studio, presumable for some sort of gameshow. guests can enter and become contestants in a dangerous gameshow with a mysterous announcer entity.

  3. SCP-096 The "Shy Guy" - another VERY popular scp, but i'll include it since it's also nostalgic for me, another one that used to scare me as a kid!

  4. SCP-3008 A Perfectly Normal, Regular Old IKEA - yes, its THAT ikea one. if you don't know what i'm referring to, then check it out

  5. SCP-261 Pan-Dimensional Vending - the iconic vending machine scp, and what got me into it in the first place many years ago. what makes it a fun read is the log attached to it.

  6. SCP-294 The Coffee Machine - a drink dispenser version of the vending machine, once again has an entertaining though much much shorter log

  7. scp-978 Desire Camera - feels somewhat similar to the scps above, but with a camera! i enjoy scps with interesting test logs such as these past 3.

  8. SCP-662 Butler's Hand Bell - a bell that summons a teleporting butler.

  9. SCP-1715 Online Friend - "an anomalous entity that sporadically joins and integrates itself into small online communities such as message boards and wiki databases."

  10. SCP-1609 The Remains of a Chair - as the title states... remains of a chair, that originally would appear whenever someone needed to sit. Sounds pretty normal, but it was destroyed by the GOC to contain it due to its teleportation abilities, which backfired...

  11. SCP-2030 LA U GH IS F UN - an anomalous television series of people's candid responses to bizarre and often disturbing situations.

  12. scp-2306 Revenant AI - a mysterious 16 GB flash drive.

  13. SCP-348 A Gift from Dad - less of a scary scp, more of an emotional one. a bowl of comforting soup.

  14. scp-1171 Humans Go Home - a short and silly scp. an unknown entity who communicates by writing on window condensation.

  15. SCP-1193 Buried Giant - "a genetically normal human arm of unusual length, located in a drainage pipe inside the basement of a telephone switching station in Scottsdale, Arizona."

  16. SCP-2006 Too Spooky - An entity who's goal is to scare as many humans as possible, and can change it's form to anything to do so...

  17. ●●|●●●●●|●●|● ●●|●●●●●|●●|● - ████████████

  18. scp-4999 Someone to Watch Over Us - a mysterious humanoid figure who manifests to a solitary person on their deathbed.

underrated and/or personal favs + also some more detailed, or lengthy, and so on....

  1. scp-1950 The Infectious Time Loop - An ordinary house in Texas.

  2. SCP-5031 Yet Another Murder Monster - SCP Foundation contains many deadly entities who wouldn't hesitate to kill a human. This is just another one of those...right?

  3. SCP-1733 Season Opener- a digital recording of a specific NBA game between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. however, every time the tape is played, things began looking different... (don't forget to read Partial Timeline Document 001 to see the changes of playbacks overtime...)

  4. SCP-2558 Horseshoe Beach First Baptist Church (Relocated) - a strong personal favorite of mine, thanks to the creepy audio! a church, originally from florida, that moves along the ocean floor....

  5. SCP-2265 Dinner with Andrew - a localized two hour time loop within an Italian restaurant.

  6. SCP-SCP-5706 NSFW WARNING SKYRIM SPEED RUN PRANK!!!!! (GONE WRONG!) [GONE SEXUAL!!] {NOT CLICKBAIT!!!} - see title.

  7. SCP-5821 Voregeoisie - Try to take a guess based on the title alone.

  8. SCP-001 Proposal The World's Gone Beautiful - My personal favorite 001 proposal for how short and sweet it is. I also recommend this person's analysis.

  9. SCP-001 Proposal A Record - My second favorite 001 proposal for being so simple.

  1. scp-SCP-2682 The Blind Idiot - An abnormal single Korean raspberry found in a store in Ukraine. A quote from said raspberry: "I am the last product of our science. Ultimate knowledge. The final fruit of a universe. The last thing. How do I explain this to you. I can barely understand your simple language patterns. I'm computing with the Chaos of Limbo but I am blind to everything but your electricities. Do you understand how frustrating this is!?" and another quote from the rapsberry: "Interaction with God caused strange things to happen to us. It was like us, but somehow even more advanced. We did not understand!".

  2. SCP-3300 The Rain - an annual event that occurs in a town called Clear Water, Montana, in which the residents are "replaced" with new ones.

  3. SCP-3333 Tower - a spatial anomaly located within the Suntop fire lookout, located in Mt. Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, United States of America, accessible by a ladder and trapdoor.

  4. scp-001 Proposal When Day Breaks - What if the sun became anomalous and ended the world?

  5. scp-3000 Ananteshesha - A massive, eel like entity deep in the ocean that excretes a unique substance.

  6. SCP-3001 Red Reality - ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAV SCPs!!! It's the log of a researcher trapped paradoxical parallel pocket dimension, with nothing but a recorder that emits a red light.

  7. scp-4000 Taboo - won a contest on the site, and for a good reason. an extradimensonal location home to...fae... with very special rules. I recommend the Declassified article after.

  8. scp-3999 I Am At The Center of Everything That Happens To Me - one of my FAV scps! it is long, it is confusing, it is weird, it is NOT an scp but at the same time i think its a genius scp. not for everyone. * warning: mentions sexual assault | If you are having a hard time with this one, check out the Declassified article.

  9. scp-4012 Than Teach Ten Thousand Stars How Not to Dance - by the same author who did scp-4012, has a familiar feeling. it is... a long and strange one. "a large extra-dimensional space resembling Earth, but displaying significant deviations in terms of space, chronological procession, and dominant species." * warning: has autoplay background audio.

  10. scp-4444 Bush v. Gore- "SCP-4444 is an incorporeal extra-dimensional entity that has been cohabitating the body of former United States Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr., presumably since late 1998.".

  11. scp-4205 In the Eyes of the Beholder - an interactive scp! just see it for yourself!

  12. scp-245 SCP-RPG - placing this one at the very end because it is a playable rpg maker game! i found it to be a great expensive and love how meta it is. Definitely for a more seasoned SCP fan!!

additional reading...

  1. Log of Extranormal Events - "This page is to document anomalous events that have attracted the Foundation's interests, but occurred too briefly for the Foundation to secure or contain them. Instead, the Foundation deploys a cover-up team to conceal the evidence from the public. This is merely a reminder to agents and researchers that not all of them can be contained."

  2. Log of Anonmalous Items - "The SCP Foundation has discovered a substantial number of items which are simply too useless to merit further attention. This document lists those items which have prompted some curiosity. It may be used as a resource should knowledge of these items become useful or necessary in the future."

  3. Canons Hub - There are actually multiple "canons" in the universe. There is no set "canon", anyone can write and imagine the foundation's world how they want. Some of them are very interesting - like the idea that the foundation is widely known in the world (Broken Masquerade)

  4. Explained SCPs

If you need help understanding an scp, you can try looking it up on scp explained for a short and to the point explanation, or on SCPDeclassified for more thorough and well written explanations!