This month, we are highlighting a character that has been well-rounded and overall well-loved. We want to appreciate all the hard work that goes into turning designs into full-fledged characters. We’ve asked the creator, WinterTigris, to give us a brief talk about Vani:

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Vani's in general inspirations were punk/rock themes, tigers, trolls (from WoW)! Vani is a musician, he plays music around veritam a lot! in his down time he sews clothes and has a little garden for marigolds, fruits etc! He loves singing as well! 

He came from a bit of a troubled past, with a hard life but he worked on himself a lot to bring himself to how he is now! Vani is a bit brutish and bold, but he usually means well, a tad headstrong and hotheaded! but he is kind, he loves his family and his friends, typically gifting those he's close to gifts!

He lives in veritam, but travels between vinnde often too! sometimes even making trips to salmon coast! Vani loves teaching kids simple things, how to make dye, sew, how to dig plants, how to make music, dance, anything that interests them he will always try to help! As he's not actual teacher he does his best with the knowledge he knows! When he visits vinnde he tends to bundle up HEAVILY in warm clothes, since hes a marsh, he's not really built to withstand that cold"!

• Faunids.com navbar updated
• Users are able to submit gallery submissions for prompts
• Summer camp event!
• Summer Camp page is on Atalav
• New animals have been added to the Flora and Fauna page: Preddums, Bankrunners, Frillgills, Glowspot Eelcats, Hardheads, Hooflets, Nimborbs, Runeback beetles, and Thornate Mantises.
• New and approved height chart!

At the start of August, we will be opening raffle entries for a very special gacha batch!
This batch of adopts have their own unique lineart to match the theme.
Similarly to the Winter Advents food previews, once the raffle form opens up you can select any adopts you want to enter for based on their previews.

This batch also includes a few adopts that can only be won by first time owners! 
Have a friend who wants to join? This might be the perfect time to send them an invite! 

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• Contributor role has been added for non-staff who assist in and outside of events
• The purple default theme has been updated to have better contrast
• The dark theme has been adjusted
• Our navbar has been updated to show only the most relevant links you may need!

• Re-reference tokens now have example images and usage information [HERE]
• Species Change Token can now be used on merfauns and merfaun-hybrids to assign a species to their fish half. The option(s) available for changing the tail are: Any fish in the ray-finned fish taxonomy OR any Atalavian fish species.
• Images added for the following traits: 
  

Trait updates:

• Ibex, Impala, Kudu, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Mouflon, Bovine, Pronghorn, and goat horns have all been merged into Horns. A faunid’s horn “species” is still specific to that lineage. This has been simplified for the website’s purposes. (draconic horns are not included in this change)
• Scale feathers no longer stack onto Bison fluff (exception for belly scales). Faunids that have an existing scale feather and bison fluff conflict will be grandfathered into having Bison Fluff (Feathered). Please send in a report if your faun has this conflict so it can be corrected.
• Cranium feathers have been merged with Feather crest.
• Dorsal mane trait image has been added
• Descriptions have been added for several traits.

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We only have a few days left of our event, so it’s important to know how to submit prompts and gallery submissions! Here’s a small guide on how to do just that:

Upload your image, give it a title, and choose the prompt you want to tag it with (if you want)! 

Then, once you've added your image to the gallery, go to the prompts page here: 

Once you've chosen the prompt you want to submit to, select your gallery post from the list that appears here on the submission page: 

Fill in any other information (title, characters, etc.) press submit, and that's it! 

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You may have noticed that most traits have images on the trait masterlist. These aren't just for show! Trait images are guidelines that show how small or short (green) and tall or long (blue) that trait can generally be. You can use this to help you with your age-ups and re-references.

This month’s trait is Dorsal Mane!

Dorsal mane is a strip of hair that run down the spine of a faunid. At minimum it must start from the bottom of the neck to the base of the tail. The dorsal mane can continue down the tail If the faun has a furry tail, but this is optional. If it is running down the tail, then the dorsal mane can collect together as a fluffy tail tip. 

Here are some faunids that showcase these traits to current guideline standards!

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June was filled with so many wonderful colors. Thank you for participating! 

Feel free to submit your entries into the art challenge galleries even if it’s past the month it was made for!

Last month's winners were:

• Colored doodle from Deertush : @losw
• Re-reference token: @Nepple
• Exclusive Trait Token: hearteater 
• $20: Miettaus 
• Headshot by @Sound "#1 Specialest Boy" Wave : @Clav

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You only have a few more days for July’s art challenge:

Showcase how your Faunid cools off!

Remember that in order to enter for this prompt, you must submit your entry into the art challenge gallery and submit a prompt.

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We are looking for Discord moderators! 

Please submit a form below if you are interested.

https://forms.gle/2aKsYNDzybAHtSAU8 

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There’s only a few days left! Entries will NOT be allowed whatsoever once August comes along, so make sure to put in your prompts and buy your items! 

Pebbles cannot be used outside of the event, but they do roll over to next year if you do forget!

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What do you think is an underrated trait?

Post your answer in the comments to get a special currency! 

The currency reward window closes 7 days after the news is posted.