The Art of Daniel Chaparro

Multi-class Nerd • New Yorker • Cartoonist • Illustrator • I draw stuff. You like looking at stuff. Ain't THAT awesome?

[nightslayerdan]

I'm a tough man to surprise, sometimes. My imagination goes to many weird and wonderful places when confronted with a question or a challenge. But my roomie just came home and placed THIS beauty in my hands, as a #belatedbirthday gift. 😱 I. AM. FLOORED. 💜 #fallout4 #nerd #geek https://www.instagram.com/p/By_wjpiBpy8/?igshid=ivlnl0cga6yi

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Wreck't, Half-Orc Cavalier Fighter in my #homebrew #dnd campaign. . "Wreck't" was not the name this warrior was given at birth. In fact, our hero was an orphan. Son of a renowned Orc soldier & a human sorceress, the child grew up in the dusty mean streets as an urchin, and developed a reputation for stubbornness and a short temper. By a chance meeting with a certain gunslinger, our hero channeled his strengths and his foibles into becoming a stalwart #fighter and was dubbed a knight, and magistrate. . #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artwork #characterillustration #dungeonmaster #dungeonsanddragons #drawing #dnd5e #hero #ink #illustration #lineart https://www.instagram.com/p/ByE9jCHBIIM/?igshid=15v3c585h7hkm

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Ziegfried, Human #cleric of Justice . Ziegfried is an ornery priest, serving his sentence for crimes he... DID commit. He is obligated to find the former gang that had sold him out, lest Ziegfried be summarily executed. The old gang seemed to have worked with a corrupt judge, and scattered to the four corners of the empire. . Ziegfried had recovered one of the Relics of The Arcana, a holy warhammer named "Penance." Now dubbed an imperial magistrate, Ziegfried had been granted permission to travel the world on his manhunt, as well as expose (and hopefully rout) the threat of an Overlord the people call "Invincible." . #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artwork #characterillustration #dungeonmaster #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd5e #hero #ink #lineart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxy92eThBHp/?igshid=1pv6boner309m

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Dalton Morgan (Variant Human, Gunslinger) . Dalton is a man who would rather use his words than his bullets, especially after the things he's seen in the battlefield before he became an adventurer. He has been known for his occasional "dirty tricks" (i.e. Eldritch Blast out of nowhere!), which he would deploy to give his companions a winning edge. He and his former squad mates once pooled their wages into a tontine, and Dalton intended on being the last gunman to survive. He is periodically reminded that he may yet die at any time. . #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artwork #drawing, #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #gunslinger #hero #homebrew #ink #lineart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxo5PlMBrli/?igshid=iujolljqjm2n

[nightslayerdan]

🎶Then one foggy Christmas Eve...🎶 . Testing out exposures and shutter speeds on my phone's camera settings. Applying some of what I remember from photography class with what I'm learning about my new camera. 📷 . The first photo is closest to what I saw with my naked eye. Reminds me much of a KISS song, "Heaven's On Fire." 🤘🏼😎 (at Madison Square Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrsrAxhjLzK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rvqtlydz3dt7

[nightslayerdan]

Sometimes, ya gotta kick it a little "Old School" for your group of seasoned veteran players. 📏✏📐 . #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonmaster #fantasygrounds https://www.instagram.com/p/BpeCf5CHbqp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17qnduggrlh5e

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Thoughts On Critical Role

Based on Mercer's own descriptive preamble of the world of Exandria, I'm wondering how long it'll take before anyone else realizes both Critical Role campaigns have occured in a post-apocalyptic setting. 🤔🤔🤔

[nightslayerdan]

Been a while since I posted anything. Had to work some extra hours on things that need not be shared here. Took me away from the things I enjoy most: characters and stories! . Getting back into it, slowly. Rust may have built up. This is not a commission. This is practice. 🛠 . #art #artist #artwork #artistsoninstagram #drawing

[nightslayerdan]

Thoughts: What IF Vecna won at VM's battle?

I don't think anything would immediately happen to Tal'Dorei, per se. Remember that Vecna attacked Vasselheim, which is on another continent entirely.

IF Vecna won, then there would be a temple built in honor to the God of Secrets. That means that, fundamentally speaking, there would be clergy dedicated to the art of blackmail and fearmongering (perhaps Trickery or Death domains). And since Matt seems to have created Exandria to reflect our world, they would function much like certain politicians around the world.

Quite a few paladins would not be able to weather the crisis of faith, or keep the vows they once made. We would have Oathbreakers, probably worse than Arkhan himself.

Assassination would be a viable career choice for many peasants looking to make some coin to fend off the suppression of expression. Bards from the College of Whispers would be far more prominent in the world as NPCs, as well as Rogues who have specialized in being Masterminds or Inquisitives, since Matt would have folded in the officially published material from 5e into his campaign setting. Because Matt already did, and continues to do so as new things open up new stories to tell in his world.

Now, fast forward ALL this about 20 years, into the Mighty Nein's side of the world... and the bad guys in the Dwendalian Empire would be even bolder and more empowered to let the iron fist show more than the velvet glove. The Imperial family line would likely have been slain to create a power vacuum, throwing nearly all of Wildemount into civil war, civilian unrest and suppression (possibly even oppression in a rash of cases).

It's likely the Mighty Nein would have mostly been bad guys looking to keep their necks than just maladjusted jerks learning to actually work together to achieve some modicum of difference in the status quo.

[nightslayerdan]

If it's one thing I enjoy drawing, it's a #zombie! 💀 . This is inspired by the Screamer, one of the dangerous #zombies you find in the #videogame "State of Decay". Its scream serves a few functions: it can stun you, it attracts other zombies to your location, and it is the primary means to attract hordes and infest buildings. Only on rare occasions can a Screamer actually harm you directly, but really these things are nasty. 🎮 . This was also an excuse to play with some tool combinations I have not tried before. Today I learned that water soluble #brushpens play very nicely with #ballpointpen! No #ink smears! . #art #artwork #artist #artistsoninstagram #drawing #illustration

[nightslayerdan]

Thoughts on Yasha & Master Trent, and the Bullet She Couldn’t Dodge

It's a little bit of Ashley playing up Yasha's low CHA & WIS as character quirks, if I'm being honest. Ashley has a rare gift for this kind of RP that makes her a wonderful and adroit actress & performer. What intrigued ME was the spell that Master Trent cast on Yasha to... essentially keep her chatting, focused on him. Which Ashley and the other players didn't even realize she played right into. Yasha just didn't know any better, according to the dice. I think it was the Enthrall spell! That spell is great for protracted interrogations by bad guys, to eventually break and brainwash their subjects over numerous sessions & castings. It essentially makes the subject significantly weaker to Suggestion, Command, Dominate Person, Modify Memory... Like "Hail Hydra" type of stuff, here. It is a SINFUL spell, considering the context of the scene. I wanted to rip Master Trent’s trachea right out of his neck. 😱 I mean, look at poor Caleb! He spent a LOT of time with Master Trent... and look at what he made Caleb do! Master Trent will burn, one day. And it may end being a small comfort to Caleb, because there is still room for so much more healing for Caleb. Yasha is in serious danger, next time she encounters Master Trent. And there's a golden opportunity for Yasha & Caleb to keep each other safe, going forward.

[nightslayerdan]

Another #art #commission is ready for color! This is one #dwarf #paladin who hand-forged her own weapon and armor. . #artwork #brushpen #dndcharacter #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #fantasy #illustration #ink #lineart

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#WIP on another #art #commission.

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And now, a different kind of #hexblade #warlock. . #art #artist #artwork #brushpen #commission #drawing #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dndcharacter #fantasy #illustration

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Two more #art #commission #lineart pieces complete, ready for color! 🎨🖍 . For my fellow #Critters: so these guys are going to be candidates to join the Slayers Take, set in @matthewmercervo's Tal'Dorei campaign setting! Their trial hunt will be tough, but let's hope these newbies are tougher! #criticalrole #CritterPC . Bless their dice, because the DM (my client) may be a diabolical mastermind. Or just diabolical.

[nightslayerdan]

Been a while since I posted. Had a LOT of IRL stuff to deal with at the day job that nearly got in the way of the work that matters to me. Thanks for your patience! 😊 . This is an #art #commission of a player's hero for an upcoming #dungeonsanddragons #RPG home game that is being planned. . What would you say is this hero's biggest threat?

[sovonight]