Hello, hello! Rhythm Rivals is now officially open for VOLUNTEER voice actor auditions! Check out the available roles in the picture attached. Interested? Go ahead and fill out this form: forms.gle/7iWbmNkDeguV... #IndieAnimation #VoiceActing

Quick Rhythm Rivals update: I’m now planning to open auditions for remaining voice roles around the start of November! (Please be aware these are VOLUNTEER positions) I’ll be rolling out a new graphic with more details on it soon! Keep an eye out!

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

Been making rough assets for the visual novel adaptation of Rhythm Rivals. Here’s the roughs for the main bandmates talking sprites!

SO Rhythm Rivals Update: I really want to get the RR story out there for folks to enjoy, but the pilot has been going at a snails pace. So I figured a quicker way to get this ball rolling is to make a visual novel out of the pilot episode!

I’d like to make the VN available on itchio (maybe steam) with a “pay what you want” for it. The funds from that will go directly back into the pilot like paying voice actors/musicians along with other help I do want to preface that there will not be voice acting in the VN, but there will be music!

So @rhythmrivals.bsky.social will be having a visual novel release before the pilot to help gain an audience for the project and potentially more funding for it! Hoping to get that done in the near future!

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! #RhythmRivals #Faunofyew #indieanimation

Here's some #RhythmRivals boards from the intro sequence where the band makes their way to their first show via montage! #Faunofyew #indieanimation

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

And I'm live with Rhythm Rivals Storyboarding Stream! Come on in and hang out: www.twitch.tv/faunofyew

Last stream of the week: Making more Storyboards for Rhythm Rivals! Come on in and hang out! www.twitch.tv/faunofyew

Hey folks, so the kickstarter didn’t meet its goal. And that’s ok. It might be the end of that, but Rhythm Rivals is just beginning! I will still continue chugging along with preproduction with storyboards as I look for other options of moving forward.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone who supported and believed in my project ❤️And I’m proud that we were able to make it over 3k, which is not a small number to reach by any means! This won’t be the last you’ll be hearing about RR! Stay tuned folks!

Today's the day! Rhythm Rival's kickstarter has gone live! #RhythmRivals www.kickstarter.com/projects/goa...

Happy New Year everyone! We are down to only ONE more day until the Rhythm Rivals kickstarter launches! Our last (but certainly not least) voice actor reveal is ShiaBun (@shiabun.bsky.social) voicing the screamo rattlesnake, Gus! #RhythmRivals

HEY LISTEN! Only TWO more days until the kickstarter launches! Today's voice actor reveal is HespersQuest (@hesper.positivt.space) as the pilot's main antagonist, Lexie the metalhead guitarist. #RhythmRivals

We’re starting the countdown to the #RhythmRivals kickstarter launch! We’re officially FIVE days away! And to celebrate, we’ll be announcing the voice actors on board. Starting with the voice for our cool guitar shark dude Sal is @riikami.bsky.social!

We are now FOUR days away from the kickstarter launch! Up next in our voice actor announcements, we have Angie Min (@basicsanpie.bsky.social) as the kickboxing drummer bunny, Feral! #RhythmRivals (apologies for the multiple posts, I’ll get it right eventually!)

Only THREE more days now! Today I'm happy to announce that Michaela Laws (@vamichaelalaws.bsky.social) will be starring as Bailey, the bubbly pyromaniac bassist, in the pilot! #RhythmRivals

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The Pre-Launch Page for the Rhythm Rivals Pilot is UP! Be sure to follow it to get notified when it goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/goa...

BIG NEWS FOLKS! The Pre-launch page for the Rhythm Rival's kickstarter is UP! Follow it to be sure to be notified when it goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/goa...

These skies are looking so much bluer. Adagio agrees. #OCSky #RhythmRivals #Faunofyew

Here's an animatic I did for #RhythmRivals a while ago. It was a short meant to be like an intro video to video game right before the title screen popped up: youtu.be/t70Xd3NW6AI?...

Here's the #RhythmRivals main crew. Left from the original pitch back when I was pitching it as a game (Adagio was meant to be a customizable player character) Right their most recent iteration for the animated pilot! #Faunofyew #OC #art

01 - Oldest OC: Adagio!! Originally based off my custom character from Rock Band (who was a drummer). Adagio has gone through so many iterations. But that green fur trim jacket remained through out lol #RhythmRivals #OC #Faunofyew

02 - Newest OC: Tanya (She/Her - on right) I designed her for the pilot (but unfortunately her scenes got cut BUT she would appear in future episodes!) She's a drummer/dj of a Drum n Bass duo "CatScratch." Her counterpart, Lynx (they/them), is the bassist and leader. #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. #RhythmRivals #OC #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

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

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

08 - Fav OC Ship Raleigh (totally not Riley) X Daichi (totally an oni and not a devil) So uh yea, I pretty much took my fansona Monster Prom ship and was like "Wait I can make this ship canon with my OWN characters lmao" Art by @huniedham.bsky.social #RhythmRivals

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

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

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

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

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

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

#RhythmRivals main cast is made up all sorts of LGBTQIA+ identities Feral is trans masc nonbinary Damini is a trans woman Bailey is pan and demi Adagio is genderfluid Sal is bi Mercedes is aromantic!