Fantasy Worldbuilding - Rivers and Monsters

Here is a new fantasy worldbuilding and map video where I talk about rivers, while I continue to practice creating watercolour fantasy maps. I’m a beginner and I’ve recently started using watercolours, and I thought it could be fun to share the process with others.
I talk about settlement, the importance of rivers, a little bit about geology, and how people have adapted to living near rivers. I also list different types of fantasy monsters that you can include if you’re running D&D adventures, or other roleplaying games for 5e systems.
I also talk a little bit about Swedish folklore, including “Bäckamannen”, an evil creature that lives near streams and lures people to their deaths by playing beautiful music.
(If you can come up with more monsters, or have homebrewed your own creatures, share it in the comment below, if you like.)
Thanks for watching and I hope that you’ll have a wonderful day!🖌️☕️🎨
Cheers/ Tove
Time stamps
00:05 Walking down the river
00:13 Let’s talk about rivers and fantasy worldbuilding, while I practice creating watercolour maps
00:32 Setting everything up to begin drawing
00:42 Drawing a meandering fantasy river
00:56 Where rivers begin and end
01:52 Rivers and fantasy worldbuilding
02:10 Trying watercolour lifting technique
02:44 Fantasy maps and rivers in Eastern Farraway
03:30 Huge thanks to everyone who has subscribed and left kind comments!
04:18 Settlements near rivers in fantasy worlds
05:10 River monsters for D&D and other 5e systems
06:00 Create homebrewed monsters from stories and folklore
06:15 Bäckamannen
07:06 The final watercolour rivers and fantasy map
07:33 Mistakes are okay, it doesn’t have to be perfect
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Music: Me and Nature (slowed and reverbed version) by Olexy | Courtesy of LesFM. We supported the artist by purchasing a single track license to use their music for this video.

[@toddirvine5886]

One of these videos and a cup of coffee is the perfect, peaceful start to my day.

[@midnighttower4717]

It works both way, then. Starting my day and reading comments like this… It makes me so happy! Thank you so much for your kind words! 😺

[@mitschire]

Those are so cute. I would love to make little bookmarks with landscapes on them like those 😍

[@midnighttower4717]

Thank you so much! 😺 I like working on smaller pieces of paper, it gives me room (no pun intended) to experiment and try different versions of what I’m drawing. The size of the paper is actually great for making bookmarks, I made a video where I painted an Elven bookmarks inspired by Arwen’s necklace, the Evenstar. If you want to have a look, here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWPYYohve8yLmNk Cheers/ Tove

[@BeInspiredwithDominic]

This was quite enjoyable to watch, thanks for sharing!

[@midnighttower4717]

Thank you so much! I like doing these videos and sharing them (although I'm not a proffessional, this is just a fun side-project). But hopefully it might inspire others to pick up a pencil or brush and draw something. 😺