Monster Monday: Frost Giant

[@jacobc3400]

The only reason to look forward to Monday.

[@deusvult5737]

For real haha

[@ArcaneForge]

Bless! Thanks so much, Jacob! I'm so glad that I can help to make Mondays a bit more bearable! Cheers for your kind words and for watching my stuff!

[@kingrexy1047]

Another incredible monster Monday and yet again another monster I love in your style. PS I can't wait tell you do gnolls as one of my favorite monsters and the main monsters in my campaign right now. At any rate can't wait tell next week

[@ArcaneForge]

Thank you so much, Zach! Your compliments have already made my day. I'm super looking forward to gnolls as well. I think that they're 5th or 6th in line? Something like that? They can't come fast enough! Cheers for watching!

[@andiebrown7792]

Brilliant content as always, love the little details in this one. The rowboat shoulder guard, the bone jaw on the helmet, especially all the small weapons along the belt. It just makes this creature have life to it, like it tells a story without words.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Andrew! I always love to make creatures look like they've had a life before we meet them, and add a bit of personality to them. I'm really glad that you can pick out those details too. Thanks so much for your compliments and for watching my stuff!

[@cephalonsadistic9331]

I really did play the skyrim theme in the background

[@aidenrhoads3801]

If I set up a campaign with a giant and it kills a party member, I'll have it reenact that glitch from Skyrim. "You turn to face the giant, just in time to see it hurl your nearly dead companion up into the air, his limp body slowly fades from view as it ascends into the sky."

[@ArcaneForge]

100% yes! I love this so much!

[@Tkdean]

love these monster Mondays they are my favorite video of the week i love how you illustrate the image and really make the monster feel alive on the canvas. Keep up the great work Josh :)

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Tkdean! I love how supportive this community is. It really keeps me energised and excited about these videos. I feel a wave of energy every time I read something like this so thank you!

[@epiclids]

This is one of my new favorite D&D series! Keep up the amazing work

[@ArcaneForge]

Thank you so much, epiclids! This is one of my new favourite comments! Cheers for watching!

[@TheDecWhale]

Congrats on 4k!

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Decadent Whale! Congratulations on the incredible screen name, and thank you for watching as well!

[@louie7987]

wait what, i swear you were only on 1.8k, wow that grew quickly

[@holligames8136]

Tonight my group and I are going to start the siege of the frost giants castle, perfect timing for a little monster monday lore!

[@ArcaneForge]

That's such good timing! I felt a disturbance in the D&D forces and I answered them, haha! Hope your campaign goes really well! Cheers for watching.

[@kimh9337]

You, good sir, found a way to make Monday awesome! I salute you!

[@fiercemushroom4840]

Very cool. Loved the lore with this one. A superb job as always.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Fierce Mushroom! Really glad that you enjoyed it!

[@ImThe1stCoolest]

Congrats on 4k from me as well. I went rolling through my 5th edition monster manual and saw a distinct lack of Celestial creatures, so I'd like to request the Solar, Planetar, or Unicorn.

[@InquisitorThomas]

From what I understand they’re going to be adding a ton of extraplanar creatures in Mordenkeinen’s Tomb Of Being Stupid Neutral.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, ImThe1stCoolest! I'm with you, I think some more celestials need to make it on to the list, so I'll add your suggestions! Thanks again for watching!

[@callumwright1722]

Some incorporeal undead would look really cool, a Banshee perhaps?

[@ArcaneForge]

Great suggestion, Callum! It'll be fantastic to research some Irish legends as well! Thanks so much for watching.

[@finnbrodie6903]

Really love your channel, well done! Nothing fancy, but would love to see you draw a good ol' fashioned red dragon.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much for your lovely compliments, Finn! There have been startlingly few dragons suggested, so I'll make sure to add them to the list! Thanks again for watching!

[@BlackMew13]

This picture turned out a lot more colorful than i anticipated, its certainly a nice change from a lot of the more brown and earthy colors many artists use when drawing armored characters^^ You also did an amazing job with designing the armor itself! i love all the small, human sized object you put on it and the boat shoulder pad and the ice swords are really cool ideas as well (no pun intended ;'P) I would like to suggest a Peryton for Monster Monday! I absolutely love how they look in the Monster Manual and they have super interesting lore as well!

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, PPG-Shadeshifter! Thanks so much! I always love to make things a little more colourful. There are a lot of artists keeping things grim and dark, which is great, but I just see way too much of it for my tastes. I'm really glad that you noticed the little collections all of the place. I like to imagine that she's had a whole life before we met her! Thanks for your suggestion as well by the way. I'll definitely add it to the list! Cheers for watching!

[@bruisedfrog]

Great rendition of the frost giant. I'd love to see your take on the Bulette.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, bruisedfrog! Great suggestion as well! If the Bulette isn't on the list already i'll make sure to pop it on there! Cheers for watching!

[@roman11777]

I'd love to see your take on an Atropal.

[@ArcaneForge]

Ooo, I don't know this one, roman! I'll add it to the lost and get excited when I get to discover it! Thanks so much for your suggestion and for watching!

[@kaiklose6172]

I'm a simple man. I see a monster monday, I click.

[@ArcaneForge]

I'm very glad that you did, Kai! Thanks so much for watching!

[@infininoodle]

Great video, as usual! I'd love to see you draw an ettercap!

[@miles6283]

I would love to see that too! I had never heard of that, so this made me go and do some research on them

[@ArcaneForge]

Oh, nice suggestion, Emiel! I'll totally add that to the list! Thanks so much for your kind words and for watching!

[@Corgieg]

A Rust Monster would be awesome to see!

[@ArcaneForge]

Great call, AtomicRodent! If they're not on the list already, I'll definitely put them on there! Cheers for watching!

[@sharkoj]

Awesome vid, still waiting for that Oni one

[@ArcaneForge]

No worries Roy. I can't wait to draw them either! The list is getting huge now but they're definitely on there! Thanks so much for your kind words and for watching!

[@maxhuftalin8529]

Great drawing! Please draw an Androsphinx!

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Max! I'll definitely put that on the list! Can't wait to draw that one! Cheers for watching and for your kind words!

[@tankyaiben6652]

love these videos and the channel in general. I a couple of your videos you said you were going to do a dragon but still their is no dragon. I would really love to see a Cooper dragon.

[@telenNG]

I've never actually had the pleasure of using one of these yet I get the feeling if I did I would have the entire species being a fragmented shards of a god and if kill one you can take the physical Shard of said god and use it for crafting or you could try to resurrect the thing if you got enough of them together just a couple of ideas

[@ArcaneForge]

That's such a cool idea, telenNG!!!!!! I've never thought of that but I'll definitely use something like this in future games. Thank you for the suggestion and for watching!

[@tdtdtd4443]

Great video lile always

[@ArcaneForge]

Thank you so much! Cheers for watching them, TDT DTD!

[@baneshulger8583]

Please make a monster Monday on demagogon.

[@ArcaneForge]

Great call, daedricwolf! If it's not already been suggested, I'll definitely put that on the list! Thanks so much for watching and for your great suggestion!

[@tamerling1305]

Could you do a Flail Snail they are just to funny in corridor fights.

[@ArcaneForge]

Yuuuusss! Great suggestion, Tamerling! Can't wait to get to this one. Cheers for watching!

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Personal preference, I make my Frost giants stronger and tougher than Fire giants but still give the Fire giants higher ac to reflect their armor and metal working skills.

[@cameronshippy1691]

I would like to see a gold dragon

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, Cameron! Thanks so much for your suggestion! There's a startling lack of dragons being suggested, so I'd definitely added yours to the list! Thanks so much for watching!

[@gex6692]

A MOTHER FOOKIN NAGA

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey! I'm not sure if they've been suggested yet or not, but I'll definitely add them to the list if they're not already on there! Cheers for watching!

[@gex6692]

thank for respond make me feel specile

[@taigerus4418]

Very well. *Plays Skyrim theme in background*. Yep it is COOLer this way

[@ArcaneForge]

I totally had that playing while I was drawing it! Haha! Cheers for watching!

[@taigerus4418]

Arcane Forge i don't know was it ever brought to you, but i really respect time you put in interacting with people in comments and it is one of things that i miss when creator becomes huge on youtube, even though i tottaly understand impossibility of answering every comment when you get to a position when thousands of people write down random nonsense in comment section :)

[@ArcaneForge]

That's really sweet, taigerus, Thank you so much. I really love seeing what people think about the videos I make. It's really lovely to see such a wonderfully supportive comment section as well. I'd initially feared how cruel people would be when I first started making content but everyone's surprised me with their kindness. It's only fair that I repay that by being here when I can! That said, the "top 5 worst DMs" video has taken on a life of it's own, and I tend not to respond to comments on that one because I can't keep up with them. But I'll always try and get back to people who take the time to write to me otherwise! Thanks so much for appreciating that! I'm really glad to have you and everyone else who enjoys this stuff!

[@angfaulith6489]

Draw a Shadow dragon good sir!

[@kevinobill4818]

I don't really like monsters that look too human appearance because I can understand the appearance of a wierd monster like Frost Giants. Dragons are the only thins that I liked the most because I'm a person who likes reptiles in our world.

[@starspawn507]

I can’t believe I actually won something! :D I sent the email. Thanks in advance for the art!

[@ArcaneForge]

Haha! You're very welcome, Theren! I'll send them off asap. I just need to draw the Robe of Stars first so that I can send everything off all at the same time. Cheers for watching!

[@isaaccollard8504]

The only good part of Monday.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Isaac! The best part for me is reading all of these comments! So thank you, and for watching my stuff in general!

[@ZombieChimpanzee]

will say the jotun in norse myth were typically treated more neutrally and as a people with a broad morality, much like the gods or mankind. many gods, including Odin and Freyr, married or had famous love affairs with giants or giantesses. Loki is almost certainly a jotun, which may not be a ringing endorsement, but also Thor would be, if we followed geneology, three quarters jotun, odin being most likely half jotun, and thor's mother being jotun. and also some beings worshipped as gods were in fact jotun, Skadi the goddess of skiing, was entirely jotun. Aegir is a jotun worshipped as a sea god. the norse gods, at least the aesir, not so much the vanir, aren't really all that distinguished as a different type of being than jotuns. there were differences, but they wound up being more in culture and values, than in origins. there's far more nuance and subtlty associated with norse giants, as the term giant doesn't really apply to them, since not all of themare even notably large in size, and not all of them are even humanoid. it's quite interesting.

[@mauktheogre4477]

"We wuz orks " Do ettins

[@asaka616]

Draw a female firbolg please

[@ArcaneForge]

Good call, Asaka616! Firbolgs definitely need to go on the list! Thanks so much for watching!