I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! Here comes the artist of the week…
Bedupolker, chief propagandist of invertebrates!
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/bedupolker

Featured piece:
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....ongs-to-jacler

Shape & Borders scale = slightly soft/rounded lines: This was difficult to rate because it is a mixture of both features. The lines are generally curvy, helped along by the wings and the feathered antenna. The suit is primarily made up of sharper angles to convey the slender cut of the outfit. The boarders are thicker lines throughout the piece. Lastly, the color shading uses smudging and some gradation, though the outfit follows the clothing folds. Taken together, the wings, head, and other features push the needle into the soft/rounded lines side of the scale.

Detail scale = Just shy of a lot: Those short straight lines are doing work! We see them add fluff in the head, texture in the wings, and an esthetic design throughout the outfit. The head and feathered antenna are convincing, and the wings, although abstract, possess many eye-catching features. The shadowing of the pleated pants and suit jacket are notable, particularly with multiple depths of shadow.

Anthro type = Anthro: There are several moth-like physical features with the subject, such as the wings, head, and back fluff. While it is arguable that an anthropomorphized moth would have a thicker chest, the subject would need additional features to be considered a beast person (e.g., another set of appendages, an alternative to shoed feet).

Bedupolker’s Furry Art Style Profile:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50379293/

There is a range of approaches which are used across their work. Each one is employed deliberately to meet the need of the piece, whether it is a doodled bird answer questions about bugs (#1) or a snail person busking for a few bucks. Consistent throughout their work is the use of thick, inky lines which do the heavy lifting. Number 8, middle panel, the dark lines of the amphipod are used to convey physiological details (hairs), the hardness of the exoskeleton, and shadowing. Lastly, many of there pieces feature authentic renderings of bugs (e.g., bee in #1) or feral interpretations (#8).

Some of you may be thinking if bugs/invertebrates are within the Furry art world. My three responses to that question:
1) There is an absolute artistic overlap between the communities due to an interest with anthropomorphization.
2) Each community, at their heart, has their foundation in joy and acceptance. Perhaps focused on different things, but one can revel alongside the other.
3) Honestly, who cares!

I approached Bedupolker for field testing to see how the scales would fare when used on invertebrates. What I suspected going into this was true, exoskeletons generally lend themselves towards straight lines and clear borders. This is not always true, as seen with the moths (#2 and #6), but we will probably see the scales biasing the lower two categorize for bug-based OCs.

A special thanks to Bedupolker for agreeing to be part of the project! Check the links below for the art that made up their art profile.

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Schedule announcement!
Next Tuesday I will be kicking off my Edwin sketch-a-week project! I have one more artist lined up for field testing, so I will be double booked that day posting for both projects. After next week field testing will go on hiatus while I get the sketch-a-week project up and running. Do not worry about the fate of the scales, I will be using them during the sketch-a-week project to track the project’s art throughout the year. May next step in the scale project is to write up its description, upload the Excel workbook, and develop some training slides. I will get around to it…
Anyway, consider watching my profile for the upcoming sketch-a-week project. It’s going to be interesting to see 52 different artists’ approach to the same OC.

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1 <- Doodled bird, middle panel
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....ort-your-local

2 <- Featured piece
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....ongs-to-jacler

3 <- Bottom panel
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....than-they-have

4 <- Weevil, top panel
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....favorite-music

5
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....ate-each-other

6
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....1552/moth-girl

7
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....104/slater-boy

8
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....ng-to-fire-you

9 <- Amphipod, middle panel 🥺
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....t-amphipod-guy

10 <- Rat, bottom panel
https://bedupolker.tumblr.com/post/.....62240/rat-pets