Sal, a shark dude, takes a leap in the air and swings around his anchor guitar.
Here's some storyboard poses I got done on stream today featuring Sal swinging his anchor guitar.
#Faunofyew #RhythmRivals
Feli, a small goat boy, encounters a hovering yellow flower and looks at it with curiousity. Feli is dressed in all white and gold, adorned with a crown of roses.
Here's Feli imagined as a summonable hero. I even came up with lore (in the reply, SPOILERS down below)
#AFKJourney #Faunofyew
Artist/Animator Faun in the center; Top Left: Rhythm Rivals Action Pose 1: Feral is leaping down for a kick, Sal is hunched over cool with his guitar slung across his shoulders, and Bailey unleashes some fire from her bass; Top Center: Feli from AFK Journey holding a red flower, a wind blows some petals off; Top Right: Storyboard Scene from Rhythm Rivals, the gang is riding on the subway to their first show; Center Left: My Merlin-sona from AFK Journey wearing a gothic dress with devil horns and bat wings,with a red flower eye patch too; Center Right: Amir from Dislyte, looking a little bashful with his shirt off, his cracks reveal his top surgery scars based on my headcanon for him being trans; Bottom Left: Rhythm Rivals Storyboard, a character title card for Adagio who is leaping into the air with joy, they have a colorful trail behind them reminiscent of the genderfluid flag. Text reads "ADAGIO He/She/They Singer" Bottom Center: A screencap from a fan animation I did for Oceonax's birthday. It shows a retro style chibi Oceo giving a peace sign after having transformed into her magical girl outfit. Text reads "Shining Mermaid Oceonax will be right back!" Bottom Right: Rhythm Rivals Action Pose 2: Damini and Adagio are standing proudly amongst their other bandmates
Here's my #artsummary2025! I manage to squeeze in a few illustrated pieces and an animation throughout the year. But the big bulk of stuff I've been working on are the storyboards (which I give you a sneak peek of!)
#artvsartist2025 #Faunofyew
Merry Christmas! A big thank you to the influx of new folks following.
To those new, hi! My name’s Faun and I’m making an animated pilot called Rhythm Rivals. It’s a LGBT+ show about bands weaponizing their instruments to fight off rival bands and other threats.
#RhythmRivals #Faunofyew
I had the itch to drew my Merlin from AFK Journey. The fashion in that game is peak, but this is hands down my fave dress.
#AFKJourney #Faunofyew
The Rhythm Rival gang is all set and ready to perform their first concert. Bailey is shooting some flames out of her bass. Sal shreds on his anchor guitar. With mic in hand, Adagio enthusiastically pumps their fist up into the air. Feral gives a little half-hearted twirl of their drumsticks. And on keyboard, Damini shoots some fireworks from her mechanical hands.
This summer has been a bit rough for me, including a move, but I'm finally getting back into the animator seat and getting through more storyboards for Rhythm Rivals!
#Faunofyew #RhythmRivals
Feli from AFK Journey holding up an anemone flower. He looks in awe at it as a wind picks up and starts blowing petals away.
Feli's Flower
This little goat boy deserves the world 💖
#AFKJourney #Faunofyew
Ruzebow AU based off bugs: Cobalt the Stoic Beetle Knight, Goldenrod the Smarmy Bee Fencer, Hunter the Go-Getter Mantis Mercenary, Mauve the Deadly Moth Rogue (with a weakness for shiny things), Ochre the Wily Cricket Bard, Alabaster the Kind Firefly Cleric, Phthalo the Prideful Dragonfly Mage, and a mysterious shadowy monstrous figure with eight arms each wielding a weapon
I ran with this idea of Ruzebow AU but what if bugs!
#CrimzonMuze #Faunofyew
Happy Pride Month folks! From this demi bi trans woman to all my wonderful LGBTQIA+ friends, family, and followers, you are all incredible being YOU! And lots of love from the peeps in Rhythm Rivals too, many are different shades of the rainbow and are proud to be!
#Faunofyew #RhythmRivals
In addition to storyboarding, I've been working on turn arounds for the Rhythm Rivals crew! Here's the main bandmates. I've had some great help from @dragonbeak.bsky.social to help turn these out even faster.
#Faunofyew #RhythmRivals #indieanimation
And stream done! Here's a sample of the boards completed during stream!
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Here's some #RhythmRivals boards from the intro sequence where the band makes their way to their first show via montage!
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Oh wow hi new followers! My name is Faun, a trans woman animator making my passion project, Rhythm Rivals! It's about rival bands fighting with weaponized instruments. I'm currently developing the animated pilot (as well as a smaller visual novel prequel!)
#Faunofyew #RhythmRivals #indieanimation
Amir from Dislyte standing shirtless. He's got one hand in his pockets and the other behind his head, looking bashful.
Been itching to draw my favorite twink from Dislyte, Amir! Had a lot of fun deviating from my usual art process too trying to go more painterly. And yep I made him trans because I wanna.
#AmirDislyte #Faunofyew
Doodling at work and I got reminiscent of my old webcomic called Princess Reaper. I’ve been thinking of a way to revamp it and I thought a fun idea was that Moira here is the reaper for candle folk and instead of a scythe, she has a candle snuffer. #FaunofYew
Here comes the latest Break Out Star, @shiabun.bsky.social!
A little thank you gift for giving the Rhythm Rivals Kickstarter a really lovely spotlight during one of his streams. Here's ShiaBun Rhythm Rival-ized!!
#Faunofyew #ShiaBun #RhythmRivals
A cute magical girl ( @oceonax.bsky.social ) just had her birthday and I made a lil animation to celebrate. Happy Birthday Oceo ❤️
#OceonART #Faunofyew
18 - Dislike any OCs?
For which reason? I dislike their design I gave them? Or I don’t like/approve of their personality or actions?
Well, an easy punching bag for this is Sylvester again lol
#RhythmRivals #Faunofyew #OC
17 - Youngest and Oldest OC
Youngest would be Junko (She/Her) and Julian (They/them) at 18. They both would have been fresh out of high school if they hadn’t flunk 3 times in a row.
Oldest would be Antonio (He/Him) whose 56
#RhythmRivals #Faunofyew #OCs
16 - Tallest vs shortest OCs
Currently, I’d give those rewards to Lynx and Tanya. I love me a height difference duo (tho their relationship is 100% platonic)
#RhythmRivals #Faunofyew #OCs
14 - Neglected OCs
Besides all my back burner project OCs, in Rhythm Rivals, I think that will have to go to Azra (Zey/Zem) While integral to the story, zey don’t really have much of any screen time. But I still need to update zeir design one of these days
#RhythmRivals #OC #Faunofyew
12 - Killed any OCs?
Wellllll… I’m not going to go into spoiler territory but there may be one or two deaths in RR ;)
I do have an undead character, Violet Hildegard (She/They)!
#RhythmRivals #OC #Faunofyew
11 - Nice to my OCs?
I try to and want to! But that usually doesn’t make for the most exciting stories (and RR is not a slice of life kind of show)
But I do love to show Adagio and the band being a close knit found family, so that’s something I suppose lol
#RhythmRivals #Faunofyew #OC
10 - Villain OCs
There are a TON of them (as the "rivals" in the title suggests).
Mercedes (She/Her) is Adagio's ex seeking revenge on them for tanking her pop career.
And other bands, like the Thunderous Raptors, will go toe to toe with Adagio and their band.
#RhythmRivals #OC #Faunofyew
07 - Do you ship your OCs with someone else's?
Not really. The closest would be my monstersona, Riley, who I shipped with Damien from Monster Prom.
The next answer may not come as a surprise at all lmaoooo
#Faunofyew #OC #MonsterProm
06 - Describe Character Creation Process
Um... idk? Sometimes a fan character or OC gets retooled to be in RR (Like Lynx who was originally my dnd character). Other times I try to come up with characters based on the story's needs, like this group of directors.
#RhythmRivals #OCs #Faunofyew
05 - Main Reason for Making OCs
I just think they're neat! I love building their personalities, backstories and what not. And I just love being able to convey those through the design, pose, and expression!
#RhythmRivals #OCs #Faunofyew
04 - Favorite OC Design: Feral (They/Them)
Another hard choice. But I'll go with Feral since I incorporated a lot of their personality through their design. They are a wererabbit, but they want to appear intimidating. So they wear this fox-like hoodie to do so.
#RhythmRivals #OC #Faunofyew
03 - Favorite OC: Raleigh (He/They)
It's so hard to pick faves! But if I MUST choose, it will be probably this satyr. They were originally based off my fan monstersona design of Monster Prom, Riley. But now Raleigh has really evolved into their own character.
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